Casino GamesGambling SearchCasino games history begins in ancient centuries. The earliest gambling games originate from betting on the outcome of events. This type of games swept all ancient cultures including Egypt, Greece and Rome. People created different devices catering to gambling. The most popular wagering articles were marked disks or bones, the forerunners of dice, and spinning well or shields. Card games came later, after the invention of paper. Actually, these three types of devices provided the basic from which modern casino games have evolved. Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep. The Romans were fervent aficionados of dice games. As their troops conquered Europe, they brought the dice games with them. By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England, and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses. The lowest possible score was a pair of ones-known as crabs. European settlers took the game with them to America, where it was simplified and evolved into the game that is now played in casinos around the world. Historians differ in their theories regarding the invention of roulette games. However, most of them agree that roulette is likely to come from ancient Greece, where soldiers created a game using a shield, which was spun on the top of a spear. They marked section on the shield and placed bets on where the shield would stop. The Romans played similar games, using spinning chariot wheels. French mathematician Blaise Pascal also is often credited with inventing the roulette wheels as a result of his experiment with perpetual motion machines. Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as way of raising founds for his provinces army. This proved to be huge success and even funded the building of the Great Wall of China. Lotteries were brought to America in the 1800s by thousands of Chinese immigrants. As usual, gambling games were played in special buildings aimed at entertaining people, where they could dance, listen to music and, of course, gamble. Italians called such a country house "casino", a diminutive of "casa" (means "house" in English). As time went by, the core activity of such casinos focused mostly on gambling activity. The meaning of "casino" equal to gambling establishment was finally set in the 19th century. Today the gambling industry boasts not only land-based resorts but virtual, internet casinos known as online casinos. Most online casinos have the same games as land-based casinos. The most popular games are poker, roulette, slots, baccarat, blackjack, craps, keno, video poker etc. There also many other gambling options, however, all their variety can be divided into two basic categories: 1) Games of chance, which mostly depend on luck, rather than the player's skills The first type, games of chance, presents such games like craps, roulette, slot machines, keno, bingo, lottery and the big 6 wheel (wheel of fortune). The result of the last throw of dice or spin of wheel does not affect the next event. Each event has the same odds, in other words, when you throw a coin the chance of throwing tails is always 50%. The outcome is independent, separate and not related to the past or succeeding event. In these games the dice, wheel or ball cannot remember what happened and you cannot calculate with it. Games of skill are considered to be blackjack, baccarat, video poker, regular poker, sports, horse racing etc. The results of the past event can influence the next results. For example, if all the aces have shown up in the first round of blackjack, you know that no more will turn up until the deck is reshuffled. Playing perfect strategy therefore will increase your chances of winning. In these games you have to be aware of what is going on, make calculations and get informed before playing. |
