Review of BeatWebCasinos.Com
- Title:
- BeatWebCasinos.Com
- Author:
- Bill Haywood
- Publisher:
- RGE Publishing
- Date:
- 2000
- ISBN:
- 0-910575-14-2
- Pages:
- 198
- Price:
- $14.95
October 28, 2000
Of the many businesses that operate on the Internet, one of the most
interesting is the online casino. Are these sites legitimate? How do
they work? Do they pay off winners? Do advantage players have any
shot at making money there? These are all questions that Bill Haywood
sets out to answer in BeatWebCasinos.com.
Haywood starts the book explaining the basic foundations of gambling
on the Internet, exploring the casino businesses themselves, the folks
who develop the gambling software, how one plays and pays, and why most
online casinos actually do pay off their winners. This information is
authoritatively written and should be valuable to any player before gambling
on the Internet for the first time.
Next, the author discusses advantage play against these casinos. They
give sign-up bonuses which can be exploited by savvy gamblers. The
trick is to do so without tipping the casino off that one is an advantage
player so that it will be easy to collect one's winnings, and the player will
be welcome to return at a later date. This is tricky, since the casino has
a complete electronic record
of one's activities at their site. So, Haywood tells the reader about
how to camouflage one's play. He also discusses on what basis to choose
which casinos and bonuses are worth playing, and how to keep track of
who has paid and who hasn't.
Later in the book we hear about some more advanced techniques for squeaking
out an additional edge. We also learn about sports betting on the Internet
and the author's vision for where Internet gambling is going from here. The
book ends with three appendices, a list of the author's experience of good
and not so good Internet casinos, information on some of the software
providers, and an explanation of how to play basic strategy blackjack.
As a gambling veteran, although one who has not played in online casinos,
I found Haywood's discussions of the gambling and math issues to be accurate
and worthwhile. He clearly understands the what it takes to be an advantage
player. As someone very experienced in the operation of the Internet, I
found his background here to be pretty solid, yet generally understandable.
There are advanced techniques someone with a lot of understanding about the
workings of the Internet can use to find out more information about these
sites, but I think the author's depth is just about right for this book.
Overall, this book is quite well written. There are a lot of good ideas
packed into this book, readers really get their money's worth out of
BeatWebCasinos.com, yet the author is under no delusions
about what one can reasonably expect, exactly what someone can make, and
what it takes to beat the online casinos. This is a must read for anyone
who wants to take advantage of Internet gambling, and, frankly, I think
this is a must read for anyone who doesn't want to get ripped off gambling
online at all. Highly recommended for anyone interested in Internet
gambling.
Capsule:
This book is a comprehensive and honest look at advantage play and Internet
casinos. Anyone wanting to make money gambling on the Internet should
definitely read this book. In fact, even if one just wants to gamble
recreationally on the Internet, this book would be well worth while for
its advice on who to play with and who to avoid. I highly recommend
BeatWebCasinos.com as an excellent value for the gambling
enthusiast.
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