Reason I like Bovada #3:
Stick to dollar slots. The American Casino Guide reports that the house edge on dollar slots in Las Vegas in 2009 was about five percent, but increased to more than 10 percent for penny slots. Generally, the lower denomination on the slot the higher the house edge you must beat to win.
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Let me share myexperience at another online casino whose name Iwon't mention: I wanted to try out theirfree-play games, and they made me sign up for anaccount. That was annoying, just for free-play, butactually most casinos make you register, so theycan annoy you by email to pressure you intodepositing real money.
I didn't get to choose my own username, theyassigned one, and it was long! An astoundingtwelve digits of mixed numbers and letters. There was no way I'd be able to memorize it, I'dhave to write it down.
After trying out the free-play games I decidedto deposit money and play for real. And guess what?I had to register a separate account to playfor real. They assigned me a brand-new twelve-digitusername. Great.
Shortly thereafter they started offeringplay-in-browser games. That's convenient, so Iwanted to get in on that. Guess what? Yet anotherusername.
And guess how they handle they money they giveyou as a matching bonus on your deposit? Youguessed it, another account.
Okay, now let's fast-forward to Bovada: Oneaccount gets you everything. And I meaneverything. Real money, fake money, bonuses, you name it. I didn't get to choose myaccount name, but at least it's easy toremember.
And if you want to play for free with fakemoney, you don't even need an account at all. Forexample:
Play for free, no B.S.
One click and you're in.
All in all, I think Bovada is the best bet for U.S. players.
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Reason I like Bovada #4:
It's fair and safe
As always, the best way to avoid losing money by gambling is to not gamble in the first place. That goes double online, because online gambling is largely unregulated in the U.S. That means the casinos serving the whole U.S. don't answer to anyone. If you have a problem with a casino (like they won't pay you), then you're usually out of luck. I can't count how many players have written to ask me for help because they didn't get paid by some other casino. (Not that I helped them, it's not what I do—if a dodgy casino won't pay you then you're on your own.)
So if you're intent on gambling online, then the #1 most important thing is to pick a good casino. The good ones know they make more money with fair games and consistent payouts than the dodgy casinos, because fair play means repeat customers and good word-of-mouth referrals. It's no coincidence that the most successful online casinos are the ones that focus on their customers.
Many casinos try to find excuses to not pay winning players, especially players who have won big. Outright cheating (rigged games) is pretty rare, but it happens. Either way, with the lack of regulation in the U.S., if you have a problem with an online casino, you're usually out of luck.
So all this is another reason why I advertise Bovada, and have done so for over ten years. They use industry-standard software, it's absolutely fair, and players get their payouts, consistently. I have a choice in whom I advertise, so I purposefully picked a casino with a good reputation where I'm confident my readers will have a good experience.
To be clear, Bovada's not perfect. Once they got duped by a bad vendor (Betsoft) who provided progressive slots whose jackpots weren't winnable. When I discovered this I alerted Bovada, and they pulled all the Betsoft games from the site, but I thought they were slow to do so and didn't offer proper restitution to affected players. (more on this) Still, even with this incident, their overall history is better than most; as just one example, there are many other casinos still offering Betsoft's questionable games.
Another good thing about Bovada is that they allow me to mediate if one of my readers clicks over to them, plays the games, and has a problem they can't get Bovada to resolve. My time is valuable and I wouldn't offer that service if I had to do it very often. I think I've gotten maybe one or two inquiries from affected players in the 14 years I've been advertising Bovada.
Bottom line: I'm confident that Bovada is fair and reasonably safe. You might have a good experience with another casino...and you might not. I trust Bovada, and that's why I picked them.
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