Casino players fall into two main groups: those who play the games at an online casino such as Jackpot Capital Casino or at any of the hundreds of land-based casinos. Most of the tips we will give apply to both sets of players. In many cases, they are a lot easier to apply when you play at an online casino.
Here is our basic list. An expanded explanation will follow.
- Always stay loyal to your time and money budgets.
- Understand the rules of every game.
- Understand basic playing strategy for every game.
- Understand the difference between high, medium, and low volatility.
- Do everything you can to stay in excellent health.
- Cultivate many different ways to have fun.
- Understand the reasons why so many advisors say not to do specific things.
Naturally, there are even more tips than these nine tips, but we decided to start here.
1. Staying Loyal to Your Time and Money Budgets
The need and value of time and money budgets have been covered many times here at Jackpot Capital. A quick perusal of our blog articles will find many references to time and money management. That time and money management are super important is a given in almost everything we do.
The key difference between all of those references and this one is the word “loyalty”.
We usually associate the word “loyalty” with reference to a spouse or partner, one’s country, one’s job, and so on. By using loyalty here, we mean to imply that you have done all of the necessary due diligence for responsible gaming.
It means that you have thought out your time and money budgets clearly. It also means that you won’t continue playing even if you are having a good winning streak, but your gaming time is up. A winning streak can always turn into a losing streak.
Since online casinos such as Jackpot Capital are always available, there is no reason to bring an overly large bankroll to a session. It is a lot harder to be loyal to a time and monetary budget when you are at a land-based casino.
2. Rules are Guidelines
In blackjack, a lot of land-based casinos pay only 6-5 for a blackjack. That payout is in the rules. Here at Jackpot Capital, we pay 3-2 for a blackjack. That is also in the rules.
A lot of land-based casinos pay only 8-5 or 7-5 for a full house and a flush in video poker. We pay 9-6. The great return to player rate of about 99.5% in blackjack and video poker when you follow the best strategy on every hand is impossible at a casino that pays only 6-5 for a blackjack and 8 or 7 to 5 for a full house and a flush.
Every game has its rules, and you benefit enormously by knowing the rules for any game you play. One of the reasons we offer unlimited free play is because gamers might need free play in order to learn the rules of a game that is new to them.
3. Strategy Can be Basic or Complex
This tip is similar to the tip above, but it has its own unique aspects. For example, as basic as it is, insurance in blackjack is statistically considered a poor decision.
In Caribbean Poker, the dealer has to qualify in order to win the hand. The qualifying hand for the dealer is different in each variation. Therefore, the basic strategy is different for each of the three Caribbean Poker variations.
We offer European Roulette, which has a house edge that is half the house edge in American Roulette, which is the only roulette game offered at most American land-based casinos.
In order to win the extra bonus for a Royal Flush in video poker, you have to bet the maximum for the hand. Similarly, in order to win a progressive jackpot, you have to bet the maximum on the winning payline.
4. Volatility in Slots -a Factor in Setting Your Playing Budget
Volatility is simply how winnings are distributed among players. High volatility has relatively few winning spins, but the wins are relatively high. Low volatility is the exact opposite: many winning spins with relatively small wins.
Depending on the size of your bankroll, you might decide to play more low volatility slots.
5. Great Health is a Priority
That should be obvious. What is a lot less obvious to a lot of casino players is that the gaming is a lot more fun when you are in good health. Eating well and properly, exercising, sleeping well, reducing stress, and so on are a few of the ways we can all achieve excellent health.
We have gone so far as to recommend not playing when you are under the weather, feeling less than tip top, too tired to make good decisions, and so on.
One very important aspect of casino gaming, especially at a land-based casino, but also here at Jackpot Capital online casino, is the need to get up and stretch. This tip is easy to do at our great online casino. Players at land-based casinos are reluctant to give up their seat so they can stretch. This often leads to severe cramps in the legs.
Most people like a little alcohol. We stress that alcohol reduces cognitive function and, in gaming, leads to mistakes. So, never drink alcohol in any form while playing online casino games.
Of course, everyone knows that land-based casinos give free alcohol. They do this because even a little alcohol will reduce cognitive function, and that leads to mistakes in gaming.
6. Cultivate Fun
A man named Robert Pirsdig wrote a seminal book of the 1970’s called Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. This was a book of philosophy masquerading as a novel. In the book, Pirsig wrote about a concept called quality. He posited that every job requires the worker to cultivate quality moments on the job to prevent the job from becoming boring.
Online casino gaming is a quality moment. However, we all can have many quality moments. The best online gaming can lead you to quality moments in many other areas.
7. Just Say No to Actions that Lead to Gaming Losses
Many of the tips we have given here simply say that there are many actions that you should say no to. Short sleep, alcohol while gaming, eating that leads to poor health, not exercising and stretching, playing 6-5 blackjack or 8-5 video poker, and so on.
Here is just one more thing that gamers are exposed to all the time, but should receive a big NO from you. That is following betting systems. In short, betting systems do not work. They ignore the inevitable losing streak. In the Martingale System, which is the most commonly followed system, even a three-hand losing streak requires the player to make an outrageous bet just to win back their original bet.
Follow Jackpot Capital’s Gaming Advice
All of the positives we have covered in and more lead to great online casino gaming here at Jackpot Capital. We carry over 400 games, with slots leading the way. We also offer variations of blackjack and video poker with their high, about 99.5%, return to player rate if you follow the correct strategy on every hand.
Gaming at Jackpot Capital is safe as we protect your money with the best encryption software around.