The Big Six casinos in London

Casino Paul / 12-04-2014

When you ask the average person in the street about UK casinos, many of them with think about the James Bond dinner jacketed super rich geezer, throwing tens of thousands around and generally not behaving like someone you might see in your local G or Genting casino. Well, as we know, most casinos don't bear a whole lot ...

Cheating in casinos part 1 – past posting in its many forms

Casino Paul / 11-23-2014

Firstly, let's make it clear - cheating in casinos is illegal in the UK.  It used to be "kind of" illegal, in the sense of constituting obtaining goods by misrepresentation, or some such relatively obscure law, but now it's directly illegal thanks the the Gambling Act 2005 - so anything you read here is for your ...

Card Counting

Casino Paul / 11-17-2014

Maybe you've seen the movie "21", read the book that inspired the movie ("Bringing down the house" by Ben Mezrich)  or you've heard about the mysterious art of card counting from another source (possibly even the Hangover movie).  Tales abound of people making untold millions by mastering an arcane and fiendishly ...

Casino basics – first timer ?

Casino Paul / 11-06-2014

All these casino reviews and posts about the finer points of casino going, and we realised we didn't have a simple guide to how to get started in a casino for the first timer. Well, let's get that straightened out.   It can feel a little bit intimidating, wandering into reception for the very first time, but ...

Poker for vaguely curious but not really interested beginners

Casino Paul / 10-29-2014

If you like a trip to a casino, but generally look at the poker room with a mixture of confusion, nervousness and just a teeny bit of curiosity, this post is aimed at you.  If you want to learn how to play the game successfully, or think you can read here how to make a living out of it, there are plenty of other places to ...