For example, "Caribbean Stud Poker" is a great version of poker.
Here is what it looks likes:

To start playing, you need to place coins on the "Ante" spot.
Also, you can bet $1 on the coin slot above the Ante, to try for the progressive jackpot.

Then, click on "Deal" to start playing.

5 cards are dealt to the player and dealer, and you can see one card of the dealer.

You need to try to beat the dealer's hand.
If you feel that you can win, you can click on "Call" where you will bet an additional 2 times the amount of your ante.
Or, you can choose to "Fold" and not play this round.

The dealer only joins with a one pair or with and Ace and King.
Otherwise the dealer "does not qualify" and you can win 2 times your bet amount.
If the dealer qualifies, the payout gets higher as you get a better hand.
But, if the dealer does not qualify, even if you have a good hand, you can only win 2 times your bet amount.

In this hand, the dealer and I both had one pairs, but since I had a one pair with a higher card, I win!

Also, if you get a hand that is flush or higher, you can win a part of or all of the progressive jackpot.

Let's go through how to play live dealer games on 888 Casino.

To play live dealer games, click on the "Live Casino" icon in the lobby after logging in.

Then you will find a menu of which game you want to play.
You can choose between roulette, blackjack, and baccarat.

Next, you will see a number of tables.
If you put your mouse over the table, you can see some stats and also a picture of the dealer.
Click on the table you want to play on.

So here is what the table looks like.

The video shows the a live video of the dealer dealing the cards.
When you want to play, wait for the current round to be over, then bet on the table.
Once the time limit is up, the dealers starts to deal the cards.

It is really a different feeling of playing when you play against a real dealer.
Once you get use to it, you can go around and play the other live dealer games.

Okay, let's try to figure this out...
I guess we choose which type of cards to use first.

On the top of the screen you can choose from four types of cards, each that cost different amounts.

I will choose the Classic cards.
I guess to start, I click on the "10 NEW TICKETS" button.

...oops, maybe not.

Actually I need to click on one of the cards that is being shown, then click on "Buy ticket".
Then the card shows up.

When I scratched all spots, I got $0.70 on three spots.

It looks like what I get on three spots is what I win.
Then I scratch the "x" on the bottom right.
Here I got a "2", and it shows me that I won $1.40 on this card!

So, the "x" looks to be a multiplier that multiplies whatever I won on the spots.

Cool, so I won already on my first card!
Hmm, this is really fun!
You can also use the "Autoplay" feature on the bottom, to play a number of cards in a row.

If you are looking for a change, the scratch cards may be a good one to try.

Today, I am playing Hulk on 888 Casino.
Hulk is an awesome game with cool graphics and bonus games!

The Hulk reel item substitutes for other items (except the scatter item).
So in this spin, the Hulk item substituted for "9", and I got a big win!

The game also has a jackpot feature where you can win one out of three jackpots.

Today the largest jackpot is over 10,000 dollars!

Whoa, a big win of $20!
Using the Hulk item, I got five 9's!

I couldn't get the bonus game today, but I will surely get it the next time I play!

When the roulette spins, the camera zooms in on the wheel.
This part is a real roulette wheel.

Nice, I win!

There is a different feel to the game when you see it live like this!
Cool, I am doing quite well :)

I have had three wins consecutively.
It is hard to have a strategy for roulette, but I usually divide the table into four parts, 1-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-36.
I try to see where the ball has not landed in the recent rounds, and place my chips in those areas.

Of course it doesn't work all of the time, but not doing bad so far.
For example, in this last three spins, they have all landed on the 30's.

In a flow like this, I lose consecutively...

But today, I am up so far!
I will keep playing for a bit longer.

For me, playing online casinos is a good chance for me to get some relax time.
Just sitting down and playing some games to forget about all the things at work.

I will try some video poker at Everest Casino.

I will play the "Deuces Wild" with 9 hands.
Video poker with multiple hands is a game where you can play many hands at one time.
The cards you hold are reflected on all hands.
Also, in a Deuces Wild game, 2's are treated as wild cards.

Whoa!!
I just got a flush on the first draw on my first hand!

I am off to a good start :)

Nice another hand where I got a full house on the first draw!
This means I get a full house win on all 9 hands, guaranteed.

And check out this hand!
Four of a kind on two hands!

Man! I am on a roll!
Check out this hand, a Straight Flush and a Wild Royal Flush!

Today looks like my lucky day!

Today, I will play their King Kong slot game.

This is a great game with great graphics!
Like in this spin, King Kong opens up the entire row for multiplied wins.

Cool, a big win!

Oh nice, with three "KING KONG" reel items, I got the bonus game!

In this game, I need to choose whether King Kong destroys planes that come from the right or left.

You can continue until King Kong misses three times.
After the bonus game, you can choose from many prize packages, free spins or mystry prizes!

I chose to take 50 free spins.
50 free spins is a lot!!!!

King Kong is really really fun, and I already won quite a lot!
This is a recommended game!

Okay, let's try some slots!
How about this one, "Lucky Charms".

Hmm, weird music... haha

Let's try it out.
The spinning graphics is very unique, set on this "mysterious" theme.

I see now that the items on each reel must be lucky charm items from all over the world.
You can see the beetle from Egypt, the Chinese character for good luck, and the golden cat which is a Japanese lucky item.
Bring on the luck!

The game also has a Jackpot.
I am playing "Lucky Charms 1" so the jackpot is about $4,600.
There are other versions, like "Lucky Charms 50" with a jackpot of $103,000!

Nice, I got a bonus round!
I guess three sevens starts the bonus game.

Here is what it looks like:

I get to open 7 spaces and if any of them match, I get paid out.
Here we go!

Nice, I got a match from the first two picks!

Awesome, another match on the next picks!

Ended up with another pair, to win a total of 105 coins.
The lucky charms worked. haha

This is a fun game, with many extra features, just look at the "Pay Table".
Okay, I will keep playing for a bit longer.

Come oooooon lucky charms!

I believe that it is important for people like me that were not damaged by the quake, to keep on working at their regular jobs as normal, instead of remaining in grief, so that this country's economy can be back on its feet as soon as possible.
For me, that means working hard at my day job, and also continuing to inform people over this blog of how to play at online casinos.

So,

Today, I chose to play at 32Red Casino, not only due to that it is the featured casino of the month on this site, but also because they are having 4 weeks of great bonuses.

The "Fortune Bonus" offers various deposit bonuses during each of the 4 weeks.

I made a deposit on the fourth week of the promotion.
The fourth week offers the below:

If I make a deposit of over $50, I can receive a bonus worth 50 dollars.
In order to claim the bonus, you must go to the website of 32Red, and in the "Promotions" sub-page, enter the "Fortune Bonus" page.
In this page, click on the "CLAIM THIS BONUS" button.

A pop-up like the below shows up:

Enter your 32Red account number and password, then check to accept the terms and conditions.
Then click on "Claim your Bonus" button.

This is all you need to do to receive the bonus!
I made a deposit of $50 so my credits were doubled to $100 with the bonus.

I played "Double Exposure" blackjack with the newly received bonus.

Double Exposure actually shows you the first 2 cards of the dealer.
So it is easier to see the outcome of the dealer when you hit or stay.

So, as you can see, when you take advantage of periodically offered promotions, you are able to enjoy casinos much more!
Make sure to check out the promotions on the website and emails so that you don't miss out on the opportunities!

Playing some slots while I type here. haha

Today, I will give an update of what happened after playing last time on Carnival Casino, in regards to the "Big Bucks Bonus"...
Please read my previous blog entry to read more about this bonus.

Well, at first there was no update because I did not receive anything in my email inbox...

So, I decided to send Carnival Casino an email, to find out just what the "Big Bucks Bonus" was all about.

Here is my email:

Within a day after sending the email, I received the following reply:

I guess with the amount that I played, it wasn't enough to fullfill the requirements to receive a bonus...
That is unfortunate...

In order to not get into these disappointments, the best thing for me to do is to find promotions that give clear guidelines of who is eligible.
Of course surprises are great, but a surprise of not receiving a bonus is, well, not really a good surprise...

I did some searches on recent promotions that look interesting, as well as have clear guide lines.

Everest Casino
"Weekend Bonus Blast"
From February 1st, for 8 weeks, when you make a deposit on a weekend, you can get a 50% in bonuses for every deposit you make of up to $200. For example, if you deposit $200, you will get 50% of that, meaning $100 extra in bonus credits! Not bad!

888Casino
"Casino Race"
On the 5th day of every month, play any of the 888Casino games and whoever gets the most comp points wins prizes! To qualify, you need to make a deposit of at least 100USD during the event hours. The prizes are as below:
* Highest comp point accumulator = Wins 1,500 USD bonus
* 2nd -3rd = Wins 750 USD bonus
* 4th -5th = Wins 500 USD bonus
* 6th -30th = Wins 120 USD bonus
* 31st -130th = Wins 50 USD bonus
* 131st -250th = Wins 25 USD bonus
Wow!! This is really nice!! Top prize of $1,500 in bonuses!! I bet you have to play a whole lot to get that though, but prizes are given to 250 players!

32Red casino
"RED LETTER DAY"
Every week, 32Red Casino gives away 1,000 free casino chips randomly to 5 players that have played for real money on Thursday. If you play for real money on Thursday, you are automatically eligible for the drawing that takes place on the next day.
Nice and easy!

It's good to know these things before you start playing so that you can take advantage of the bonus opportunities.

I think I will take advantage of the 32 Red offer next time I play!

I had been away from my playing for some time now due to a really busy schedule at work...
Fortunately the wave of busy days has passed, and now, it is time for me to get all of that frustration out!!!! haha

Today, I am going to check out some promotions and see what extra's I can get.

It's always a good idea to check the official website for the latest in promotions and other goodies.

Today's choice is Carnival Casino.

Here is their "Promotions Calendar" for February.

Today, they have the "Big Bucks Bonus".
Here is what it says

Hmm... Not much info...
But sounds like I might get some goodies for playing.
Can't complain about that :P

Let us play some good ole three hand blackjack then.

Not bad, I was on a losing streak, but made back my losses...
Now onto some Video Poker.
The 50 line Jacks or Better allows me to play with 50 hands at once!

This is quite a fun game!
But, in the end, I have lost a bit.

Now lastly some slots.
Man, I am jumping around games today...
Must be my frustration taking the best of me. haha

One of my favorite slot games, "Queen of the Pyramids".
The bonus game on this slot is so cool looking!

Well, I guess having not played for a while did not give me "beginner's luck" again. haha

I played through a quite a bit of my credits...
Well, let's see what happens tomorrow, with the "Big Bucks Bonus" promotion.

Hopefully I can report to you what they mean by "something grand" :)

This is the simple game that everyone knows.
The rules for playing is a bit different than just simply bet and win.
You place a bet to play the game, and you get wins per card that you solve.

The game on Imperial Casino is very nice.
The game let's you know what cards can be moved by giving you guides.

I lost on my past round, but I'm doing well on this round!

Already got a couple of aces in the box.
Ahhh...
But I ended up losing.

I'll try one last time.
Let's see if I can get a win!

Oops...

I lost...
Well, I will stop here.
I will try again on another day because I want to see what it looks like when I win!

But a nice game to play in a slow pace.

I wonder what the bonus game looks like.
I hope I can play some kind of a pinball-like bonus game...

NICE, a BIG WIN!

A win of 120 coins!
Hmm...
One bad thing about this game, is that it does not show how much I won in dollars...
It's hard to understand how much I actually won...

Well, I am not getting any bonus games so far...
Let's look at the payout table.

So, the balls get me free spins, and the "Bonus Round" picture gets me the bonus round.

Let's see if I get it!

YESSSSSS

Got it!!!!!
Here is what it looks like.

WOW, so it is a real pinball game!!!!
I click on the left or right arrow buttons to move the bars to hit the ball.

Hmm, I did really bad and lost the ball right away...
But I still won 211 coins, and it was really fun!

Man, I might get hooked on this...
Well well, I'm gonna keep trying to get more of this bonus round!

See you!

Queen of Pyramids on the Playtech software is a good game.
There is a jackpot, and also many features like free spins.

Like here, I won 4 free spins, and got $16.50 out of it!

The spins have very nice and smooth graphics.
I think Playtech has very nice games.
You can play Playtech games on various casinos, like
Carnival Casino,
Wild Jungle Casino,
Casino Las Vegas,
Zipang Casino,
Swiss Casino,
Club Dice Casino,
etc...

Let's see if I can get a big win!

COOL, I got a win of $18.75!

Let's keep going, I am doing really well today!
Awesome!

Another big win of $24.60!
It's a good timing because I was on a losing streak.
Now I made back all of my losses and some more :)

I will end while I am up!
Have a great weekend!

I'm gonna try a new game today.
Sic Bo.

This is a game where three dice are rolled, and you need to try to guess the outcome.
For example, you can choose what the number will be for two of the dice, or the total sum of the three dice.
The payout changes according to the difficulty of predicting the outcome.
It is similar to roulette, but with dice.

For example, on this bet:

I bet on that two of the dice will be these combinations:
1and3, 1and6, or 3and6.
Also, I bet that there will be two 4's.
And, I bet that these will be a 5 in one of the dice.

The outcome iiiiiis...

1, 6, and 3
NICE!!!!

That means, I won on the on my prediction for 1and3, AND on the 1and6, AND on 3and6!
AWESOME!
I bet a total of $5, and won a total of $18!!!!

Nice, I am winning on most of my bets!

I really want to ge a win on the double dice (two of the same numbers), because that has a high payout.

As in roulette, you can see the history of past outcomes on the top left corner.

Okay, I will play a bit more and see if I can end with a win!

Cool, I will end with this play and a slight win overall!

Sic Bo is an interesting game, easy to understand, and easy to win!
It will be interesting to try to find various strategies for this game.