General Player Support Questions Thread

[katy]

Wow! Thanks Andy. I am going to have to throw my cautionary side to the wind and just bet the whole £25 in one go I think. How exciting!

[Andy]

Good luck! Come back with how it goes. (You might actually like to use it for some real practice on how to play the games/find ones you understand and enjoy but it is entirely up to you).

[munk]

I have just ventured into the world of casino bagging and did VC Games blackjack which went smoothly. Am now planning to do Littlewoods. Is this a casino that is worth sweepering the blackjack? Or is it just better to play straight £1 hands?

Sweepering is a load of rubbish though isn't it? So I'd do whatever method feels best to you. Why are you more likely to win a hand following win, rather than following a loss? Superstition? Or am I misunderstanding what sweepering is supposed to be?

I think your question has been well and truly answered now probably, but just to say that sweepering doesn't really have any statistical advantage over flat betting - any indication that it might is purely illusional! However as someone mentioned above it does get you through the wagering quicker and some people do think that certain types of software are 'streaky' in that they tend to see you get a lot of winning hands in a row, so sweepering can help that way. Personally I don't know about that, if you want the lowest possible variance then flat betting using the basic strategy is the only way to do it afaik.

When working through a WR using Blackjack, does buying insurance for blackjack count towards the WR? I.e. if I'm playing £5 stakes and then I buy insurance for £2.50, is that another £2.50 off the WR??

Don't know about it counting to insurance but IIRC insurance is only worth doing if you're counting cards - which is impossible on online casinos anyway because the decks are shuffled after every hand. So end of day don't bother with insurance on online casinos.

[Dave]

Thanks for that - never thought about it that way but I'll stop buying the ins now then.

Another quick question... does it really make much difference on the varience and stuff if you're using 4 or 6 decks, for example, rather than 2 decks?? Does it work in the houses favour to use more decks or the players??

[Andy]

It makes no real difference at all. Just following a basic strategy table on any Blackjack type will do.

[Dutchy]

Makybe....you can use Poli to upload to Neteller for free

[Dave]

Just about to go for the ITV casino sign-up offer - is there anything I should know before I do it?? I've got a Partybets account and a Gamebookers account so I understand I can't take advantage of the casino offers there but am I right in thinking I can take up the ITV casino offer but I'll have to use a different username and e-mail address than the other two?

[Andy]

Yes thats right you should be able to have accounts at all three, thats always been fine before, i have all three.

[Dave]

Thanks for the quick reply Andy Will sign-up in a min - will prob use a new username and e-mail address just for safety

[Hippyer]

Is Stan James in the fivers list Gibralta or UK?
I have a Gibralta account and am about to open a UK account before they merge later this month.
Thanks in advance