Talking of Cleopatra.. I wonder if they had gambling of some sort in those days… probably betting of a kind. I’ll bet you five gold pieces that big hairy gladiator gets taken apart… maybe something like that. But seriously do you know any famous people that are known to enjoy their gambling? I’m going to [...]

Its well known that online gamblers will multi-task and play a few tables at once or be doing something whilst they are playing online. I picked up on this clip of an interview of Tom “Durrrr” Dwan whilst he was at the Aussie Millions.  Why were you missing in action Tom?  I errr was… errr….playing [...]

Less than a week to go and the new president will take his place.  From an online gambling perspective I can’t wait for the change of leadership.  From a personal perspective, change is always good and I hope that the economy is repaired as quickly as possible, so that people can prosper, instead of fearing [...]

Welcome back. Happy New Year and all the best for 2009. Well it was a nice break for a few days and it was good to catch up with family and friends. I hope that you managed to take it easy for some of the time and get a break. 2008 got off to a [...]

There is no sure way to win at poker every time, but there are things that can be done to learn how to win more often. Since poker is a combination of chance and skill, even the best strategies are likely to fail sometimes. The first most important thing when playing poker or other online [...]

All who play it love the game of Baccarat, but the war rages on between the French and the Italians as to where exactly the modern variation was actually invented. Baccarat developed in Italy during the late fifteenth century, conjuring its name from the Italian word, baccara, meaning zero. Zero referred of course to the [...]

American Baccarat has always been the game of choice amongst high rollers, but over the recent years, Mini Baccarat has taken the casino floors by storm.  The two versions are identical, and the only difference between them is the sheer size of the bet.  In the expensive version, the table consists of fourteen seats, labeled [...]

. . Hello, I am Thomas McKinley and welcome to my blog on Baccarat. For the last twenty years I have slogged away in the gambling industry, you name it from being a dealer in Vegas through to selling casino game software – I have been there and done it. Baccarat is my game, but [...]