Real Deal Poker and Income Access, the new way to promote poker rooms

MONTREAL, Quebec -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Real Deal Poker, the only online poker room to deal real cards, has partnered with Income Access to bring their unique new poker product to poker affiliates looking for a radically different kind of poker room to promote. At RealDealPoker, cards are not dealt by a computerized random number generator (RNG); instead, they are shuffled and dealt by an automatic card dealing machine.

"When players trust a poker room, they play higher stakes and stay loyal to the site," said Affiliate Director Paul Gambrill, previously Head of Poker, Casino, Sportsbook marketing for two leading UK betting and gaming companies. "Players trust what they see and what they see at RealDealPoker is real cards being dealt right before their eyes."

RealDealPoker pays affiliate commissions of 15% - 25% and will host private affiliate-specific free rolls for high-volume poker affiliates.

The affiliate marketing software program provided to RealDealPoker affiliates through Income Access gives affiliates a variety of in-depth performance reports, allowing them to track marketing campaigns quickly and easily. Affiliates also have access to proven marketing and communication tools.

"We are very excited to be providing in-depth reporting functionalities to RealDealPoker affiliates," said Nicky Senyard, CEO of Income Access. "Their product is so new, and so unique that I'm sure poker affiliates are going to do really well with it."

RealDealPoker.com's patented Cut N' Shuffle system was designed to deter or eliminate the use of Bots. It scrambles, shuffles and deals real decks of cards, digitizes the results and then translates them to its online poker table games. It records real shoes of cards and then plays those, rather than relying on a computerised random number generator. This allows the system to offer players a "cut function" and the deployment of "burn cards". The system also produces fully audited hand data through its Game Check® function.

eGaming Review

eGaming Review Magazine and EGRmagazine.com are related online gambling publishing brands covering online gambling industry news and regulation topics.

eGaming Review, a print magazine, offers weekly gaming industry news including coverage of online casinos, bingo, online poker and sports betting. As well as news, the magazine offers features, roundtable discussion and interviews with industry leaders.

EGRmagazine.com, its accompanying web brand, is the leading online gambling industry news website, and also publishes features and blogs and hosts peer discussion.

eGaming Review is also responsible for the annual Power 50 list of the top fifty most influential Internet gaming companies, hosts the EGR Live event and presents the annual EGR Awards to gaming operators that it judges excel in their respective fields.

eGaming Review and EGRmagazine.com are owned by Pageant Media.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ Pageantmedia.com: Publications and Events

Links

• Official site
• eGaming Review Jobs

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Gambling Act 2005

The Gambling Act 2005 (c.19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It mainly applies to England and Wales, and to Scotland, and is designed to control all forms of gambling. It transfers authority for licensing gambling from the Magistrates' Courts to local authorities (specifically unitary authorities, and the councils of metropolitan borough, non-metropolitan district and London boroughs), or to Scottish licensing boards. The act also created the Gambling Commission.

The Act gives its objectives as

"(a) preventing gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or disorder or being used to support crime,

(b) ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way, and

(c) protecting children and other vulnerable persons from being harmed or exploited by gambling."

Some provisions of the bill faced controversy, particularly in its original form, where it would have allowed large numbers of so-called "super casinos" to have been set up. With the Parliamentary session drawing to a close, a compromise was agreed to reduce this to one.^[1] Despite a lengthy bidding process, with Manchester being chosen as the single planned location, the development was cancelled soon after Gordon Brown became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.^[2] The Act also specifically regulates internet gambling for the first time.

The bill is wide-ranging including regulation of (illegal) lotteries. The "no purchase necessary" clause on on-product promotions and semi-legal competitions will go, replaced with the so-called "New Zealand Model" where purchase may be a requirement, if the purchase is at the "normal selling price".

The Act, together with regulations and specifications developed by The Gambling Commission define, and in some cases redefine, categories of gaming machines and where they are allowed to be placed.

1. ^ "Climbdown saves super casino plan". BBC News website. 2005-04-05.
2. ^ "Super-casino proposal is ditched". BBC News. 2008-02-26.

Links

• Text of the Act
• Explanatory note on the Act
• Department of Culture note on the Act

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Acey Deucey

Acey Deucey, also known as In-Between or Sheets, is a simple card game that involves betting. Before the action, each player must add their ante into the pot. Two cards are then dealt face-up to one player. That player then bets from nothing to the amount that is in the pot at the time whether or not the third card will numerically fall in between the first two. If the third card falls in between the two other cards, the bettor takes the amount he bet out of the pot; if the third card falls outside of the two other cards, the bettor must add what he bet to the pot; and if the third card matches the numerical value of one of the other two cards, the bettor must add to the pot double what he bet. If two cards of the same value come up, i.e. 2,2 the bettor picks if the next card will be higher or lower and bets. If the next card is the same as the last two, i.e. a 2, the bettor must triple his/her bet.

The rules and specifics of the game often vary from region to region. For example in Liaoning province, northeast China the minimum number of players is 4 and each player is required to ante before the first card is turned. Two cards are then dealt face-up to one player. That player then bets from nothing to the amount that is in the pot at the time (during the first time around the table players are only allowed to bet up to half of the pot) whether or not the third card will numerically fall in between the first two.

If the third card falls in between the two other cards, the bettor takes the amount he bet out of the pot; if the third card falls outside of the two other cards, the bettor must add what he bet to the pot; and if the third card matches the numerical value of one of the other two cards, this is referred to as a "Post" and the bettor must add to the pot double his initial bet. If two cards of the same value come up, i.e. 2,2 the bettor picks if the next card will be higher or lower and bets. If the next card is the same as the last two, i.e. a 2, this is considered a "Post" and the player is required to pay double the bet for the hand.

In addition to this, there is a special rule for Aces. If the first card turned is an Ace the player may choose its value as either the high Ace or the low one. If an Ace comes up as the second card turned it is always considered the high Ace. If a player "Posts" on an Ace they are required to pay four times their bet for that hand. Aces also cause an automatic loss if it is the third card turned when the first two cards are a match, i.e. 6,6. The best spread in the game is considered to be a low Ace on the left and a high Ace on the right. This is also one of the worst hands to get as you run the risk of the third card being an Ace and having to pay four times your bet for the hand.

Another variation is to split the cards if two end cards are the same value. This requires the bettor to ante in for two hands and the dealer would draw one more card under each of the end cards. After this, the same rules apply.

Strategy

Players might be surprised to hear that attempting to middle two posts with a spread of less than 7 will show a long term loss. Where n is the spread between the posts ((n * 4) / 50) = 4(11 − n) / ((50 + 2(2 * 3 / 50)) solves to a break-even point of 7.

Links

• In-Between (Acey Deucey) - Non-Poker Games

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5 Card Stud

5 Card Stud is a 1968 Western, released by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the script, based on a novel by Ray Gaulden, was written by Marguerite Roberts, who also wrote the screenplay of True Grit for Hathaway the following year. The film features Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum.

Plot

In the 1880 town of Rincon, Colorado, a gambler is caught cheating at a five-card stud poker game. One of the players, Van Morgan, tries to prevent the others from administering frontier justice, but is unable to stop the man's lynching. Morgan leaves town, but later returns when he hears that a couple of the other players from that ill-fated game have been murdered.

The town has a new resident, a stern preacher named Reverend Rudd. As more members of the lynch mob are killed off one by one, it becomes clear that someone is taking revenge and it is up to Morgan to solve the mystery. Finally, only he is left. He discovers the identity of the killer just in time.

Links

5 Card Stud at the Internet Movie Database

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Big Six wheel

The Big Six wheel, also known simply as The Big Six, is an unequal game of chance, played using a large vertical wheel that can be spun.

Since 13 May 2002, it can be played legally in licensed casinos in the United Kingdom, under The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (Statutory Instrument 2002/1130).

Rules

The wheel is divided into a number of equal segments separated by spokes or pins. Each segment is associated with a number. The wheel is spun by a dealer, and the winning segment is indicated by a pointer mounted on a flexible piece of rubber or leather, which also rubs against the pins to impart friction and slow the wheel down.

References

Regulation in the United Kingdom

• Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 2899 The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) Regulations 1994
• Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 597 The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
• Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1130 The Gaming Clubs (Bankers' Games) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Regulation in New Zealand

• Division 10 - Money Wheel of the Rules of Games

Links

• Probabilities of Big Six wheel

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History of casinos

Casinos are everywhere in Macau. Pictured here are the Wynn Macau, Casino Lisboa and Grand Lisboa.

The precise origin of gambling is unknown. The Chinese recorded the first official account of the practice in 2300 B.C., but it is generally believed that activity of gambling, in some way or another, has been seen in almost every society in history. From the Ancient Greeks and Romans to Napoleon's France and Elizabethan England, much of history is filled with stories of entertainment based on the games of chance.^[1]

One of the first known casinos was the Casinò di Venezia, established in Venice Italy around 1638.^[2] and is still in operation.

In American history, early casinos were originally known as saloons. The creation and importance of saloons was greatly influenced by four major cities; New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago and San Francisco. It was in the saloons that travelers could find people to talk to, drink with, and often gamble with. During the early 20th century in America, gambling became outlawed and banned by state legislation and social reformers of the time. However, in 1931, gambling was legalized throughout the state of Nevada, and Las Vegas, spawning America's first legalized casinos. In 1978, New Jersey allowed gambling in Atlantic City, now America's second largest gambling city. Other regional centers for gaming in the U.S. are Tunica Resorts, Mississippi and in the Gulf Coast region around Biloxi.

Notes

1. ^ "History of Casinos & Casino Jobs". Job Monkey.com.
2. ^ "Casinò di Venezia".

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