Casino Facts

Welcome to our Casino Facts and Insights section. Do you know who the Top 10 High Roller Casino players are? What about the business objectives of most casinos? Understand these and you´ll see “under the bonnet” of the casino.

Progressive slots jackpots are getting bigger by the day- many accumulate pots in excess of a million pounds. But how do progressive jackpots work?

And what does Pay Out mean at a casino? Most online casinos bang on about payouts of 96%, 97% and even 98%- but what does this mean for you exactly? And while we are at at, what is the Casino Drop? What is casino churn?

One of the most usefule casino facts for you is the following: When casinos quote their payouts, it´s normally an average measure of all the games played at the casino. Some casino games, like blackjack and baccarat, have a higher payout (which means better odds for you) than other games like Keno and Sic Bo. If you weight your game play to those games with better odds, you will improve your overall odds. Check out our article on which casino games have the best odds.

We have also got some weird and wonderful casino facts in here, such as why there are no (or should we say no many) clocks in Las Vegas. And how casinos use facial ID technology to combat fraudsters. Look up if you are reading this on your mobile in a casino! You’re on camera!

As they say, forewarned is forearmed, so make sure you have a quick browse through some of the articles in this section and get a felling of how casinos operate. They are not in business to make you money, so your best bet is to understand their motivations and ways of doing business so that you can try and turn the tables on them.