Odds of Online Casinos

Online Casino Odds, Odd Indeed.

Online casinos are popular worldwide, and grow in popularity with more and more players playing each day. For those whose only access to a casino is an online casino, this is understandable; however, these online casinos are nowhere near as close to the real thing when it comes to simulation.

The simulations of the online casinos are simply incapable of representing the real-world environment in which the scenarios play out. In the case of craps, the online casino determines the roll of the dice by randomly generating a number. But this “randomness” doesn't encompass all the variables its real-world counterpart would experience.

For instance, different craps players utilize different rolling styles. Shaking the dice, hurling them upwards, casting them against the back wall, or merely shuffling them across the table, all different styles of rolling undergo a tremendously different pattern dictated by complex laws of physics. The online simulations simply can't mimic all these variables.

The online casinos can only utilize programs to generate a random number. The online casinos may not even be utilizing proper odds if this is all they're doing. For instance, the numbers 1 through 12 do not have equal chances of occurring in craps, so if there is a number generator at work which is randomly generating numbers between 1 and 12, then the game has fundamental flaws in the rules and odds of craps. It would be more accurate for the online casino to consider all possible combinations, and the probabilities of each, and then choose randomly from that set and those probabilities, but certain elements of real-world play and the elaborate environment in which the game is played are still absent.

What I’m about to tell you is true and happens more frequently that one would imagine. A tester recently played at an online casino (Craps) to monitor the number frequency in the field. In a test run by the player, 150 rolls were played in craps and the results were analyzed for inconsistencies– and inconsistencies there were. In one set of 150 rolls, 11 non-field rolls were consecutively given, and later in the same set, 12 more non-field rolls were consecutively given. This may not sound particularly interesting to someone who doesn't play craps, but anyone who knows the odds knows this is outstanding. In fact, the odds of 11 non-field numbers rolled consecutively is over 1 in 600, and 12 non-field rolls in a row is over 1 in 1000. Of course, that's the odds given ordinary probability, which this site obviously didn't utilize, as both were seen in the same set of 150 rolls.

This is just one analysis of the failed inner-workings of the simulations provided by online casinos. If you're interested in playing at online casinos, you may want to run similar experiments to verify the generators were written properly and the odds add up. Even then, you need to be weary of the environment you're playing in, because it's not the same as playing at a real-world casino.