There are more and more crypto casinos appearing at the market, among them Bitcasino. Although the most popular casino games are the same in traditional casinos and crypto casinos, virtual currency casinos have a lot of advantages over the traditional ones, for example, anonymity, transparency, faster withdrawals, and more attractive bonuses and jackpots. If you haven’t played any gambling games so far, or you just want to learn the basics of blackjack, roulette, video poker, slots, dice or baccarat, we strongly encourage you to try your hand in a crypto casino, such as Bitcasino and to check out the below list of most popular casino games.

Blackjack

Blackjack is a classic casino card game, and you will find it in every casino, including Bitcasino. The goal of the game is to score 21 points, what we call a blackjack. If neither of the players scored 21 points, the one who has the biggest number (but no larger than 21) wins. The points are rewarded in a given way: ace – 11 or 1, jack, queen, king – 10, and from 2 to 10 – equally to the value of a card.

In the beginning, a player receives 2 face up cards, and a dealer – one face up and one facedown card. Then, a player can get another card (hit), do not take any cards (stand), take insurance, double the stake (double down), or split the cards when both of his cards are equal (e.g. 8 and 8).

If the player has 21 points or less, the dealer discovers his face down card and depending on the number of points he can draw more cards. The dealer must play according to the following rules: take the card if he has 16 points or less and not take more cards when he has 17 points or more (regardless of how many points the player has).

Playing blackjack is very attractive because when you learn the basic strategy, in some parts of the game the mathematical advantage will be on your side, and it is no different in crypto casinos, such as Bitcasino.

Roulette

Roulette is a simple game which you will spot in every casino. Its history dates back to ancient times and it is called a queen of casinos.

There are 37 numbers on the roulette wheel, with half of them red, half of them black, and one green (0). The casino advantage is equal to 2.7%. In American version of roulette, there is one more green number – 00. Bet on any combination on the roulette table by putting chips on it. Depending on the bet the casino awards you or collects the bet. To make the experience from playing roulette even better you can try playing in a live casino, which is offered but most major traditional and crypto casinos, including Bitcasino, the #1 licensed bitcoin casino in the world.

The win depends on the type of bet.

• Straight Up, one number – 35:1
• Split Bet, two numbers – 17:1
• Street Bet, three numbers – 11:1
• Corner Bet, four numbers – 8:1
• Five Bet, five first numbers (0, 00, 1, 2, 3) – 6:1
• Six Line Bet, a line – 5:1
• Column Bet, a column – 2:1
• Dozen Bet, dozens: 1 – 12, 13 – 24, 25 – 36 – 2:1
• Even, Odd, even numbers, odd numbers – 1:1
• 1st 18, 2nd 18, numbers 1 – 18 and 19 – 36 – 1:1
• Red, Black – red numbers, black numbers – 1:1

Video poker

Video poker is a combination of an exciting and easy slot machine game with a well-known card game – 5 Card Draw poker. It has become extremely popular thanks to high and frequent winnings, as with the right strategy, you can minimize casino’s advantage to virtually zero, such as in Bitcasino. The game is about the best five card hand. When observing the cards distributed, we estimate their values and we can make one exchange of any number of cards. The better the card layout after the exchange, the bigger the wins. Video poker is often called “Jacks or better”, only completing a pair of jacks or a higher card arrangement ensures winnings. The better the cards the bigger the win.

In order to understand the basic rules of video poker, you need to remember poker hand rankings from the lowest to highest ones:

• High Card, no specific hand, no pair, e.g. K4589 is a K-high,
• One Pair, e.g. AA568
• Two Pair, e.g. KKQQ2
• Three of a kind, e.g. JJJ73
• Straight, five cards in a row, e.g. 34567
• Flush, all cards in the same suit
• Full house, three of a kind plus one pair, e.g. 33355
• Four of a kind, e.g. QQQQ5
• Straight flush, straight of the same suit, e.g. 45678 of spades.
• Royal Flush, the highest possible straight flush – AKQJ10 of the same suit.

Using the optimal strategy, we can not count on big wins, but certainly, the game will provide a lot of excitement and a small profit.

The general rule is that it is better to stay in a low system than to aim at big wins. Compare the received cards with the list below and discard the cards that are not useful.

• From straight to royal flush – discard 0
• Three of a kind – discard 2,
• Two pair – 1,
• One pair– 3,
• Four cards in the same suit – 1,
• Four cards to straight – 1,
• Three high cards – 2,
• Two high cards – 3,
• One high card – 4,
• Low cards – 5.

Ready, steady, go!

After reading the basic rules of video poker, roulette and blackjack you should be ready to try your hand in the most popular casino games. If the rules are not fully understandable by you, you may try playing play money games at the beginning. In the next part, we will discuss slots, baccarat, and dice. Stay tuned!

The Russian Parliament Duma is likely to consider a new legislation on cryptocurrency in the coming winter. Anatoly Aksakov, the State Duma Committee head on the Financial Market, said that the parliament will consider a new regulatory bill to monitor the cryptocurrency circulation in the market space in January or February

He said: “The long-awaited law on digital financial assets is in the GPU for approval … It is in conjunction with two others: the law on the regulation of investment platforms or crowdfunding and changes to the Civil Code. We agreed that the law on digital financial assets should be adopted along with these two legislative acts … Judging by the information that I have, this is January-February. Most likely, February, of course. Consideration of all three bills should pass,” he stated.

Earlier last year, the lower chamber adopted the first reading of digital assets bill, which was introduced by the Federation Council members with Aksakov as the head and the deputies of State Duma. However, his statement suggested that this time in February the law would be framed in such a way that it administers crypto activities in the insurance and banking sectors.

 “The next law from digital is a bill regulating the activities of electronic platforms, in use, the marketplace. I submitted this bill to the State Duma for consideration at the end of December. We have a plan to adopt this law by February 15 in order to launch a pilot project about 20 credit institutions and the Moscow Stock Exchange are preparing, “he said.

It’s a beginning of a very successful year for CoinPoint Group INC. CoinPoint is a leading multinational premium digital marketing agency, with outstanding place on the global blockchain and crypto map since 2013.

CoinPoint a well-known partner within the iGaming business, as it has helped dozen of igaming companies achieve amazing results and exponential growth in their business, while first integrating blockchain into their model and helping operators position themselves better in the market.

Asia, being the major and one of the biggest markets in terms of iGaming for all sectors including live dealers, sports betting and table games, is in a dire demand for new technologies and solutions and also professional and experienced partner to advice on the right marketing approach in such a dynamic and demanding industry. By participating in one of the biggest Asian iGaming events in March 2019, CoinPoint is aimed at confronting these demands and further assist the most aspiring projects in the industry reach the well-deserved prominence.

Denitza Alexieva, Head of Marketing of CoinPoint Group INC. underlines:
Asia is a complex market and our clients recognized they needed a professional agency with global experience and a strong network of local partners. CoinPoint has been in this market since 2013 and it helped numerous platforms, providers and operators implement crypto solutions throughout the years. We see Asia as the leading market to implement blockchain technology into iGaming businesses. We at CoinPoint keep bestowing our blockchain and crypto knowledge to them, so that they can keep up the pace with the latest blockchain trends.

EOSBet is the first fully-licenced and provably fair on-chain casino whose marketing campaigns and Asian market reach is successfully put through by employing CoinPoint’s remarkable strategies and network of connections. EOSBet is currently ranked as no.1 Gambling dApp on ample of dapp reviews, and has seen its user-base grow significantly, especially those from Asian countries.

“We’re very excited about CoinPoint’s expansion into the Asian iGaming market. The vast majority of our traffic comes from Asia, so it’s important to have a strategic marketing partner in the region. Players in the Asian market have a strong understanding of the benefits that blockchain technology brings to the gaming industry, especially with regards to provable fairness and new token economies”.

Similarly, we are lending RWB solutions international a hand in crypto implementation and integration especially in Korean and other Asia-Pacific countries. The immediate upshot of our consultation is an emergence of Asian-based iGaming brands which started optimizing RWB’s resources to the best of their capabilities.

Miscellaneous clients operating on the Asian market, have been added to CoinPoint portfolio, but can’t be quoted because of signed NDA. The majority of CoinPoint’s clients spring from dApp and payment solution industries.

Nowadays and further down the road into 2019, CoinPoint is, and will be, working more with Asian clients and partners to present, implement and monetise blockchain solutions, together with dApps technologies, advanced acquisition channels, hosting and CDN prioritization, new age of gaming solutions, P2P sports betting and many more.

If you are interested in discussing our capabilities and outreach in Asia, you can contact us on sales@coinpoint.net .