Casino Strategies Analysed

We all think we know how to beat the system but is there a way of making regular profits at online casinos? There are certainly no guarantees but many believe they have the methods to ensure that they win more often than they lose.

Here are two popular strategies that are worth looking at in greater detail.

The Hawks Method

The Hawks System is deployed at the roulette tables and takes on the concept of mathematical probability. The theory is that you place a bet which is close to 50 / 50 – e.g. Red or Black and if it wins you collect but if you were to lose, then you simply double your stake until the right colour drops in, thereby collecting a profit as soon as your bet lands.

It’s the type of strategy that could see you removed from a land based casino but there is some basis behind the concept when you’re playing online, away from the CCTV monitors.

However, there are two issues: firstly, this isn’t an exact 50 / 50 punt and you always have the possibility of the ball landing in the zero pocket. Make sure, therefore, that you don’t try this out on the American Roulette version where there is an extra pocket marked 00!

The second, and perhaps more serious problem is the maximum stake. Let’s say that the game you’re playing has a maximum stake of £300.00, or currency equivalent, and your opening bet is £1.00. If you lose ten bets in a row then you have put down an awful lot of money for no return. For a colour to land ten times consecutively might sound unlikely but try it and it may not be as rare a phenomenon as you might think.

If you want to trial this then one thing you can do is compare various casinos to see who has the higher limits on European Roulette.

Card Counting

The theory behind counting can be applied to many card games but perhaps it is most widely associated with Blackjack. Before setting out on any quest to make money from the online casinos, it should be understood that this is highly complicated and anyone tackling the system should have an acute mathematical and analytical mind.

Many who qualify on that basis will still struggle when the game starts, the cards are dealt and the pressure is truly on.

To understand it in the most basic of terms, players will allocate a number to each card in the pack, noting that tens and picture cards, plus the Aces, are more beneficial to the player rather than the dealer. It requires feats of memory too as you glance around the table to see who has what in their hand and the less Aces and cards valuing ten that there are, the more chance you have of beating the bank.

Card counting is another method to encounter disapproval at physical casinos even though it is harder to prove than the Hawks Method. Online however, you can avoid the live dealers and use a pen and paper if you wish, to tick off the cards that are already out.

As we mentioned at the start of this article, there is no such thing as a sure fire win so by all means consider these and other strategies on the understanding that a profit is not guaranteed.

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