Suckout King
04-20-2006, 04:49 PM
As this site grows and grows there will be less need to go elsewhere for your information. In the mean time here are some excellent resources one click away. The first list are general casino relevant sites, then there are some blackjack specific, some slots specific and finally some other specialist interest sites. Lets start:-
General casino links
www.wizardofodds.com
This site is THE place to go if you want to know what the house edge is on certain games, what the optimimum strategy from Blackjack is. Some of the info is really easy to access and some is a little buried. It also has links to some of the better casino based sites that there are about.
www.casinomeister.com
This site doesn't meet the full extent of its brief - being a watchdog and a representative fore both player and casino but this place does more than most to acheive these lauded goals. If you want to know a good number of safe sites, they are mentioned here. As are those which are blacklisted etc. This is also a great place for you to go if you are having problems with a casino. There are channels via this site that enable you to deal with them effectively. In short this is a site to add to your favorites BUT it should not be the only site you look at in assessing the worth of casinos. As I have said elsewhere you will not neccisarily approve of their critique of casinos and you might feel that some casinos that they disprove of are well worth playing on.
http://www.casinobonuspages.com
They say"Featuring the most up to date database of online casino bonuses. Sign up bonuses, no deposit bonuses and monthly bonuses. Over 350 detailed casino bonus reviews." and this is not far from the truth. It is a great resource for all you bonus hunters out there. It covers in easy to read table format lots of casinos and their bonuses etc warning you of their blacklisted casinos and telling you whether bonuses are sticky or not and how best to exploit them (ie. BJ etc not full strategy). For anyone who wants to find sites to go bonus hunting and knows how to do it then this site is a great place to access the info easily. I haven't checked it thouroughly yet but so far all the advice I have seen on 20 or so casinos has been pretty much 100% correct. They also have some information that you can access if you have deposited on at least two of their links. Some of the offers are out of date but this is true of most portal sites.
www.bonusrating.com
At first glance this site looks great. It has lists of all sorts of bonuses etc. Then you look closer and see that they have only dealt with half a dozen or so affiliates and are not particularly discriminate on who they recommend etc. Similarly whilst they catogorise their bonuses they do not do so in a particularly consistant way. Still If you cannot find a site you like on this web site then they are an easy way to find a new site. Their "no deposit" section is well worth looking at even if it includes things that should not be there
www.casino.com
Is a good site for info on all aspects of gambling it has far more helpful hints than most sites regarding slots and has plenty of info on everything else a casino gambler wants to see. The "news" section's last entry is for over a year ago. Despite this there is still a good deal of content worth searching out.
http://www.online-casinos.com
they say "Online casino gambling guide offering independant information on online casinos and poker rooms. Find gambling news and the latest online casinos and poker rooms reviewed at Online-Casinos.com." It is a great site for up to date news, comments, basic strategy and some site recommendations. The news section is both entertaining and informative.
www.gamesmasteronline.com
Ok don't bother with the forum - not much to see but there is some really good BJ and poker content as well as some content for other casino games that is worth a look. I am thinking of putting some of the BJ content directly accessable via this site - it is well worth looking at anyway. Their attitude to slots etc is DONT - which might not be what slots players online are wanting to read. They do have some good video poker info including hand specific advice/quizes.
http://www.advantageplayer.com
has info on poker, blackjack, video poker and roulette primarily. The section on video poker contains a useful Q&A section and is hosted by Dan Paymar - author of a well known Video Poker book. Might be worth a look generally but the video poker section definately is worth checking out.
Blackjack
www.blackjacktournaments.com
This site is run by Ken Smith who is a big name in BJ tournaments. Considering this then the content might not overwhelm anyone but there is some good advice, articles etc. If you want to learn how to play these better, find out when games are (offline as well) and maybe help influence how Global Player run their tournaments then this place may well be worth a look. I think the best feature though is the list of offline BJ tournaments. If you are interested in these then this is the site for you.
www.blackjackinfo.com
Is also a site that Ken Smith is involved in. This has lots of useful tournament strategy and has a basic strategy engine - telling you what is the best strategy after you click on the appropriate set of rules etc. Kevin Blackwood (author of "Play Blackjack Like the Pros") has recently started contributing to the site as well. Not bursting with content but the content is very good. It has a forum as part of it and this is a good source of info from everything to strategy (non card counting), strategy (card counting) to online casino bonuses (not exculsively blackjack) and well - the whole gamut of Blackjack play.
http://www.qfit.com/
Casino Verity blackjack - very highly regarded software wellworth checking out particularly if you want to try to get a positive EV from live play. Also there are great links to other interesting BJ sites and some good stuff for pai gow poker as well.
Slots
www.slotcharts.com
Is a site worth looking at if you like progressive jackpots and want to see which game/ site is "hot" just now. I am not a progressive jackpot fan myself prefering small wins regularly. Still this is a great site for getting access to information that any progressive slot fan would die for. It is well presented and easy to navigate.
www.slotsadvisor.com
So many sites dealing with slots seem to take the view I have a traffic lets refer them to as many casinos through my links as humanly possible to make me as rich as I can be in as short a time and space as possible. Actually finding any non banner content can be tough. This site whilst full oflinks at least has the decency to provide you with some quality information whilst you are there. Seriously though this site does have some good info you should check out whether it is newbie advice or info on some of the latest slots games etc
www.slotsinfo.com (http://www.slotsinfo.com)
Contains some useful and interesting information for slots fans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_machine
Has an interesting article on slots that clarifies the differences between the European style slots and the American slots and also has a few intersting links including to http://money.howstuffworks.com/slot-machine.htm which whilst focused on American style slots is about as indepth as anyone could really want.
Video Poker
Many generalist gambling sites have good information on Video Poker and it is hard to find a specialist site that has any more useful information. Wizard of Odds has much of the information on strategy and payouts that you would want.
http://www.lotspiech.com/poker/index.html
is a site that has a good article on Video Poker strategy as well as strategy charts for the various versions of video poker. It has some other excellent info as well but just note that this site falls into the short but sweet catagory. Still it is worth checking out.
http://vegasreference.com/games/videopoker.html
Is well worth a look anyway but the video poker stuff is particularly good
General casino links
www.wizardofodds.com
This site is THE place to go if you want to know what the house edge is on certain games, what the optimimum strategy from Blackjack is. Some of the info is really easy to access and some is a little buried. It also has links to some of the better casino based sites that there are about.
www.casinomeister.com
This site doesn't meet the full extent of its brief - being a watchdog and a representative fore both player and casino but this place does more than most to acheive these lauded goals. If you want to know a good number of safe sites, they are mentioned here. As are those which are blacklisted etc. This is also a great place for you to go if you are having problems with a casino. There are channels via this site that enable you to deal with them effectively. In short this is a site to add to your favorites BUT it should not be the only site you look at in assessing the worth of casinos. As I have said elsewhere you will not neccisarily approve of their critique of casinos and you might feel that some casinos that they disprove of are well worth playing on.
http://www.casinobonuspages.com
They say"Featuring the most up to date database of online casino bonuses. Sign up bonuses, no deposit bonuses and monthly bonuses. Over 350 detailed casino bonus reviews." and this is not far from the truth. It is a great resource for all you bonus hunters out there. It covers in easy to read table format lots of casinos and their bonuses etc warning you of their blacklisted casinos and telling you whether bonuses are sticky or not and how best to exploit them (ie. BJ etc not full strategy). For anyone who wants to find sites to go bonus hunting and knows how to do it then this site is a great place to access the info easily. I haven't checked it thouroughly yet but so far all the advice I have seen on 20 or so casinos has been pretty much 100% correct. They also have some information that you can access if you have deposited on at least two of their links. Some of the offers are out of date but this is true of most portal sites.
www.bonusrating.com
At first glance this site looks great. It has lists of all sorts of bonuses etc. Then you look closer and see that they have only dealt with half a dozen or so affiliates and are not particularly discriminate on who they recommend etc. Similarly whilst they catogorise their bonuses they do not do so in a particularly consistant way. Still If you cannot find a site you like on this web site then they are an easy way to find a new site. Their "no deposit" section is well worth looking at even if it includes things that should not be there
www.casino.com
Is a good site for info on all aspects of gambling it has far more helpful hints than most sites regarding slots and has plenty of info on everything else a casino gambler wants to see. The "news" section's last entry is for over a year ago. Despite this there is still a good deal of content worth searching out.
http://www.online-casinos.com
they say "Online casino gambling guide offering independant information on online casinos and poker rooms. Find gambling news and the latest online casinos and poker rooms reviewed at Online-Casinos.com." It is a great site for up to date news, comments, basic strategy and some site recommendations. The news section is both entertaining and informative.
www.gamesmasteronline.com
Ok don't bother with the forum - not much to see but there is some really good BJ and poker content as well as some content for other casino games that is worth a look. I am thinking of putting some of the BJ content directly accessable via this site - it is well worth looking at anyway. Their attitude to slots etc is DONT - which might not be what slots players online are wanting to read. They do have some good video poker info including hand specific advice/quizes.
http://www.advantageplayer.com
has info on poker, blackjack, video poker and roulette primarily. The section on video poker contains a useful Q&A section and is hosted by Dan Paymar - author of a well known Video Poker book. Might be worth a look generally but the video poker section definately is worth checking out.
Blackjack
www.blackjacktournaments.com
This site is run by Ken Smith who is a big name in BJ tournaments. Considering this then the content might not overwhelm anyone but there is some good advice, articles etc. If you want to learn how to play these better, find out when games are (offline as well) and maybe help influence how Global Player run their tournaments then this place may well be worth a look. I think the best feature though is the list of offline BJ tournaments. If you are interested in these then this is the site for you.
www.blackjackinfo.com
Is also a site that Ken Smith is involved in. This has lots of useful tournament strategy and has a basic strategy engine - telling you what is the best strategy after you click on the appropriate set of rules etc. Kevin Blackwood (author of "Play Blackjack Like the Pros") has recently started contributing to the site as well. Not bursting with content but the content is very good. It has a forum as part of it and this is a good source of info from everything to strategy (non card counting), strategy (card counting) to online casino bonuses (not exculsively blackjack) and well - the whole gamut of Blackjack play.
http://www.qfit.com/
Casino Verity blackjack - very highly regarded software wellworth checking out particularly if you want to try to get a positive EV from live play. Also there are great links to other interesting BJ sites and some good stuff for pai gow poker as well.
Slots
www.slotcharts.com
Is a site worth looking at if you like progressive jackpots and want to see which game/ site is "hot" just now. I am not a progressive jackpot fan myself prefering small wins regularly. Still this is a great site for getting access to information that any progressive slot fan would die for. It is well presented and easy to navigate.
www.slotsadvisor.com
So many sites dealing with slots seem to take the view I have a traffic lets refer them to as many casinos through my links as humanly possible to make me as rich as I can be in as short a time and space as possible. Actually finding any non banner content can be tough. This site whilst full oflinks at least has the decency to provide you with some quality information whilst you are there. Seriously though this site does have some good info you should check out whether it is newbie advice or info on some of the latest slots games etc
www.slotsinfo.com (http://www.slotsinfo.com)
Contains some useful and interesting information for slots fans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_machine
Has an interesting article on slots that clarifies the differences between the European style slots and the American slots and also has a few intersting links including to http://money.howstuffworks.com/slot-machine.htm which whilst focused on American style slots is about as indepth as anyone could really want.
Video Poker
Many generalist gambling sites have good information on Video Poker and it is hard to find a specialist site that has any more useful information. Wizard of Odds has much of the information on strategy and payouts that you would want.
http://www.lotspiech.com/poker/index.html
is a site that has a good article on Video Poker strategy as well as strategy charts for the various versions of video poker. It has some other excellent info as well but just note that this site falls into the short but sweet catagory. Still it is worth checking out.
http://vegasreference.com/games/videopoker.html
Is well worth a look anyway but the video poker stuff is particularly good