Beginners' Guide
When you begin playing online it can be a very daunting experience. Questions such as "Is it safe to give them my bank card details", "How do I know the Casino games aren't rigged?", "Where is the best place to play that game?" and "How do I know if I will be paid" are all on your mind. Well to begin with you can be assured that we have extensively tested every site we list and can say that the casino games are "fair" and that the sportsbooks will not "cheat" you. Each software type has its own certain characteristics, but they all payout to a set % and have just as many 7 in a row winning hands as losing ones it averages out in the end. Our reviews are based on our actual experiences the last time we played there, it is all based on facts NOT what we have been told by them.
There are several useful tools which any successfull Gambler wouldnt be without. It is useful to separate your gambling from the rest of your life, so firstly and most simply get a new E-mail address for use purely at gambling sites. This will prevent your real mail box becoming full of SPAM . Addresses can be obtained for free from Yahoo or Hotmail .
Another way to separate your play from regular life is to ring-fence the money you spend. This will firstly allow you to control your spending and also count your winnings. It also means as it is money you had mentally spent already, you wont be waiting for a cashout to clear before you can pay your gas bill! For more experienced players it is also advisable to get a Neteller account in $s and a Moneybookers account in £s. This will save a fortune in exchange rate fees for when you play at foreign sites and make it much easier to Arb and Trade the bookmakers. You could also set up a seperate bank account to use as well. Between these funding methods you have contained your "bankroll" and this is what you can use to gamble with from now on.
A few common misconceptions:
1) Being a Net winner at a bookmaker will get your account closed - False , it is not whether you win or lose it is the bets you make to get there, with three losing "arbs" being a negative but three winning odds on shots with not value being in your favour.
2) It is a good idea to open your account in the currency that offers the highest bonus amount - False , it will make you stand out a mile, the difference in value is negligible and you are asking for trouble. If you are from the UK and having a £s account is possible then use your head and open a £s account.
3) The bookmaker always wins - False , we could list a dozen bookmakers who have gone bust in the last twelve months alone, if it was easy to make money being a bookmaker everyone would do it. They can and ARE regularly "beaten".
4) There is a "right" and "wrong" way to bet - False that is simply not true and everyone is different therefore every bet, stake and site that is best for PersonA is going to be different to PersonB. Dont let anyone ever tell you the bet you placed was "wrong".
5) Review sites and "Regulators" have any actual influence. False it is all a facade to give an illusion of security in an otherwise lawless environment. The "Regulators" such as Ecogora and the LGA are funded by the Gambling Industry and will act accordingly. Review sites also are only a "guide" based on the past, including this one 10* sites could turn bad at anytime, our guess is no better than anyone elses at the end of the day.
Finally the best advice we can give is to always read and learn from the experiences of others, check the forum and if you have any questions just ask. If you have played somewhere post your experiances and say how it went, what you thought was good/bad etc, then others can learn from you too! If you havn't introduced yourself yet why dont you do so Here .
If you are looking for recommended places to play then you have a choice of several hundred Bookmakers , Casinos , and Poker sites to chose from.
Good Luck!
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