Never ending facts about gambling

Online casinos use a computer program called a random number generator (RNG) to generate the results for their games. These programs duplicate the odds and probability you would see in a live casino game.

In a sense, all online casino betting games are rigged. But not in the way you think. The management of the casino can’t turn a slot machine you’ve been winning on “off”. The random number generator takes care of that by paying off less than the true odds of winning. Casinos are willing to accept short term losses in order to keep you motivated to play their games. If no one ever won, no one would ever play.

For the longest time everyone thought that the cartoonish kings in a pack of cards are just that: cartoons. Actually, there is a story behind this as well. Each of the illustrated kings represents a real one from times immemorial. King David of Israel represents spades, the French King Charlemagne is for the hearts, Alexander the Great, the Macedonian King represents clubs, while diamonds is for the Emperor of Rome, Augustus Caesar.

There are some other facts such as if you were playing an online sports betting game where you could win every time you bet, but you only win $95 for every $100 bet. In other words, every time you bet, you’d see a net loss of $5 or so. No one would play that game. But give someone a chance of winning in the short term, and they’ll be all over that game trying to get lucky.

 

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