There are rumors everywhere that this casino is owned by Tony Friedman and Avi Goldman of Windows Casino. Regardless, this place is worth checking out, as it is a very impressive concept. There are real opportunites here for an intelligent player.
You can play as a regular player OR as the dealer in every game they offer. Right now they have double deck blackjack, single-0 roulette, video poker, and slots.
Every member of this casino is permitted to spend up 50% of his total play AS THE DEALER.
What's amazing about this concept is when 2 humans are playing against each other, there is absolutely NO INCENTIVE for the casino to rig thier games. The casino itself HAS NO MONEY AT RISK, and is not gambling. In fact the casino isn't making bets at all. It is simply collecting its 1.5% commission from the dealer ONLY, and it doesn't matter which member WINS (the player or the dealer) since the casino gets its fee no matter what.
When you choose to BE THE DEALER, this increases your chances of winning, since you gain some of the favorable odds reserved for the casino. At the end of every round the casino takes a commission of 1.5% of the total bets bet against the Dealer. The casino never charges THE PLAYER a commission. (Original Mary is WRONG about this. Its rare for her to be wrong, so I figured I'd point out this single instance. )
Example
A Dealer chooses to play in Table III. This means that the Dealer meets the minimum requirements for playing in this table type: a minimum of 755 Credit Points and a minimum balance of $755. The system then matches a Player to the Dealer and after the Dealer 'Approves' the next round, the Player places his/her bets on the table. Notice that the view of the table has changed to that of the Dealer's. Let's say the Player places $137 and receives a 'K' and a '3' and the Dealer's upcard is a '7'. The Player decides to 'Hit' his/her hand and receives a 'J', and therefore busts. The Dealer's hole card is then revealed to show a '5'. The Player loses his/her bet and since the bet against the Dealer was $137 the casino takes a commission of
1.5%*137 = $2.06, which means the Dealer wins 137-2.06 = $134.94 on this round.
The casino's edge in Blackjack with these rules is approximately 2% (bear in mind that this percentage depends on the knowledge of the player in Blackjack. Also, this 2% is how the casino makes a profit on Blackjack) so as the Dealer you actually gain an edge of about 0.5%.
If you are competing against a player who is smart and plays optimally, you will no doubt lose at a rate greater than 1%.
The roulette game there is single-0, and therefore the house advantage as a player is only 2.7% making it a good deal. But what's amazing about the concept is that when you play as the DEALER, the house only takes its same 1.5% cut.
Therefore, you actually have an advantage of
2.7%-1.5% = 1.2% on every spin of the wheel.
WOW!! But remember you must spend half of the time as the dealer and the other half the time as the player. So as the player you lose at the normal 2.7% rate. As the dealer, you win at the normal 1.2% rate. Therefore for your TOTAL play as both player and dealer you are only losing 1.5%.
I believe there may be real opportunities here when dealing the jacks or better VP. As the dealer, I ran into a few players who have NO IDEA what it means to play optimally. This is good news for me. These players were probably exposing themselves to a 4% advantage, and I was raking in a the profits (4%-1.5%) = an astounding 2.5% advantage for me. While playing as THE PLAYER, I was playing optimally (8/5 Jacks) and was losing ar the rate of 2.7%. This means I was losing 0.02% overall.
However, bare in mind you can't pick and choose the humans you are playing against. They desperately need to change this. If you can find a true idiot to play against, you stand a good chance of coming out ahead. But thier system randomly selects a player for you. Since I don't know who these players are, I had doubts whether or not these players were real players or ROBOT players. The only thing I could do is go into chat mode and find someone whome I assumed to be real.
The customer service there is by email only. No phone support. No live chat.
Support responded to my email within 7 hours. (Not the speediest reply - but acceptable)
The email gave me a lengthy explanation of the deposit/withdrawal process, and it answered all 7 out of my 7 questions. Very good.
So what's the verdict? I don't know yet. I know they will be offering bonuses to regular players there - which will ultimately give the smart player an advantage. The problem is -- with the likes of Friedman/Goldman, who wants to take the chance of these bonuses(and possibly winnings) being witheld?
You can play as a regular player OR as the dealer in every game they offer. Right now they have double deck blackjack, single-0 roulette, video poker, and slots.
Every member of this casino is permitted to spend up 50% of his total play AS THE DEALER.
What's amazing about this concept is when 2 humans are playing against each other, there is absolutely NO INCENTIVE for the casino to rig thier games. The casino itself HAS NO MONEY AT RISK, and is not gambling. In fact the casino isn't making bets at all. It is simply collecting its 1.5% commission from the dealer ONLY, and it doesn't matter which member WINS (the player or the dealer) since the casino gets its fee no matter what.
When you choose to BE THE DEALER, this increases your chances of winning, since you gain some of the favorable odds reserved for the casino. At the end of every round the casino takes a commission of 1.5% of the total bets bet against the Dealer. The casino never charges THE PLAYER a commission. (Original Mary is WRONG about this. Its rare for her to be wrong, so I figured I'd point out this single instance. )
Example
A Dealer chooses to play in Table III. This means that the Dealer meets the minimum requirements for playing in this table type: a minimum of 755 Credit Points and a minimum balance of $755. The system then matches a Player to the Dealer and after the Dealer 'Approves' the next round, the Player places his/her bets on the table. Notice that the view of the table has changed to that of the Dealer's. Let's say the Player places $137 and receives a 'K' and a '3' and the Dealer's upcard is a '7'. The Player decides to 'Hit' his/her hand and receives a 'J', and therefore busts. The Dealer's hole card is then revealed to show a '5'. The Player loses his/her bet and since the bet against the Dealer was $137 the casino takes a commission of
1.5%*137 = $2.06, which means the Dealer wins 137-2.06 = $134.94 on this round.
The casino's edge in Blackjack with these rules is approximately 2% (bear in mind that this percentage depends on the knowledge of the player in Blackjack. Also, this 2% is how the casino makes a profit on Blackjack) so as the Dealer you actually gain an edge of about 0.5%.
If you are competing against a player who is smart and plays optimally, you will no doubt lose at a rate greater than 1%.
The roulette game there is single-0, and therefore the house advantage as a player is only 2.7% making it a good deal. But what's amazing about the concept is that when you play as the DEALER, the house only takes its same 1.5% cut.
Therefore, you actually have an advantage of
2.7%-1.5% = 1.2% on every spin of the wheel.
WOW!! But remember you must spend half of the time as the dealer and the other half the time as the player. So as the player you lose at the normal 2.7% rate. As the dealer, you win at the normal 1.2% rate. Therefore for your TOTAL play as both player and dealer you are only losing 1.5%.
I believe there may be real opportunities here when dealing the jacks or better VP. As the dealer, I ran into a few players who have NO IDEA what it means to play optimally. This is good news for me. These players were probably exposing themselves to a 4% advantage, and I was raking in a the profits (4%-1.5%) = an astounding 2.5% advantage for me. While playing as THE PLAYER, I was playing optimally (8/5 Jacks) and was losing ar the rate of 2.7%. This means I was losing 0.02% overall.
However, bare in mind you can't pick and choose the humans you are playing against. They desperately need to change this. If you can find a true idiot to play against, you stand a good chance of coming out ahead. But thier system randomly selects a player for you. Since I don't know who these players are, I had doubts whether or not these players were real players or ROBOT players. The only thing I could do is go into chat mode and find someone whome I assumed to be real.
The customer service there is by email only. No phone support. No live chat.
Support responded to my email within 7 hours. (Not the speediest reply - but acceptable)
The email gave me a lengthy explanation of the deposit/withdrawal process, and it answered all 7 out of my 7 questions. Very good.
So what's the verdict? I don't know yet. I know they will be offering bonuses to regular players there - which will ultimately give the smart player an advantage. The problem is -- with the likes of Friedman/Goldman, who wants to take the chance of these bonuses(and possibly winnings) being witheld?