Different Types of Casino Games

There are several ways to categorize the various types of casino games. There’s one approach that many casinos take: slots versus table games. You can also think of them in terms of strategy, such as chance vs. skill games.

Some games, such as poker or craps, require a dealer (often called a croupier). Others, such as many video slots, create entire worlds for you to explore on your own. You can put some of these on autopilot and watch your luck unfold. Others, such as Slingo and game shows, necessitate active participation.

What are the Different Kinds of Casino Games?

There are numerous games available at an online or land-based casino. Some are games of skill, while the majority are games of chance, especially when any game of skill that one does not know how to play is a game of chance.

Even games with a teachable strategy have a house advantage. In the long term, beating the casino is extremely difficult, if not impossible. So, the best reason to play a game is not that you think you’ll win, but because you enjoy playing it. Contrary to popular belief, casino games are all about having fun. 

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Different Types of Slot Games

Due to their popularity and sheer variety, slots are one of the most important categories of casino games.

Charles Fey invented the first few slot machines in the United States around the turn of the twentieth century, and they took off after Prohibition when Las Vegas casinos took off. The casinos originally installed them to entertain the wives and girlfriends of high-rollers who were supposed to be away playing blackjack or other table games. Nowadays, the majority of high-rollers are slot players!

Classic Slots – These are simple games because they are based on the original slot machine mechanics and frequently use the same Lucky 7s, liberty bells, and fruit symbols that the first slot machines popularized. If you get three matching symbols, the machine will pay you, and it’s as simple as that.

Video Slots – Video slots have more features and cutting-edge graphics, and they frequently include bonus rounds that function as mini-games within the main game. Sticky, expanding block wilds, multipliers, tumbling reels, and cluster wins add incredible variety to the original slot concept. 

Jackpot Slots – Jackpots can be fixed, with a fixed win amount, or progressive, with a percentage of each player’s stake added to an ever-growing prize pot. Most jackpot games are video slots in which you win the jackpot by beating the bonus round, adding to the game’s suspense.

Megaways Slots – These employ a Big Time Gaming-developed mechanic that adjusts the number of reel spaces and symbols in play with each spin. As a result, no two spins are alike, and the number of pay lines, or ways to win, skyrockets into the six-figure range.

Slingo

Slingo is a game that combines aspects of slots and bingo. The game is played on a 55 grid with slot reels directly beneath it. Each game has ten spins (not counting bonus spins). To earn Slingos and advance up the pay ladder, players must match the numbers on the reel with those on the grid. Consider it similar to crossing off the numbers on a bingo card as they are called out.

In addition to numbers, some jokers allow you to select the number you want to eliminate – perhaps one with multiple potential intersecting Slingos (you can win horizontally, vertically, and diagonally just like in bingo).

Slingo adapts popular slots and live casino game shows to Slingo. 

Game Shows

Have you ever wanted to be a contestant on a game show with a big, lit-up wheel spinning in the background, charismatic hosts, and contestants competing for the big prize? Now is your opportunity!

Our live casino offerings include game shows with hosts spinning massive bespoke wheels in real-time on games like Crazy Time, where players wager on which multipliers and bonus features they believe the wheel will land on. We have game shows based on books, such as Alice in Wonderland, TV shows, such as Deal or No Deal; and even popular slots, such as Gonzo’s Treasure Hunt, based on NetEnt’s hit slot game.

Sic Bo

Sic Bo is a game based on the outcomes of three dice that gamblers played for centuries in China. The rattling sound of the three dice jumping around in the dice roller cup will greet you as you enter the live Sic Bo lounge. When they come to a halt, the roll’s outcome is displayed on the screen and announced by the dealer. 

Craps

Craps is a fast-paced dice game played at a table managed by a croupier. It is played in rounds, with each round having a different “shooter,” or person throwing the dice. The goal of Craps is to predict the total of the two six-sided dice thrown. The dice launcher in our live craps offering throws the two dice against the opposite wall of the craps table to generate an outcome. The game permits different bets on different rolls and degrees of house edge.

Roulette

Roulette is a traditional chance table game. Its name is derived from the French word for “small wheel.” A circular track with red and black “pockets” is featured on the roulette wheel (numbered squares on the wheel where the ball can land). There is also one green pocket with a zero in European Roulette, whereas American Roulette has two, marked 0 and 00. Roulette balls, also known as pills, are small white balls that fit perfectly into the pockets.

Players can wager on colours, types of numbers (odds, evens, highs, or lows), or specific numbers. As the pill stops at the end of the spin, winnings are distributed to anyone who correctly bet. The lower the odds, the greater the payoff.

Baccarat

Baccarat is a card game based purely on chance. Unlike the card games of skill that follow, in baccarat, players don’t move the cards or make decisions based on their hands. Either the Banker wins or loses, and that’s all she wrote. Don’t let the simplicity fool you into thinking anything is boring about baccarat, though. The rules of the game make for highly-varied results, meaning neither the player nor the house ever really knows what will happen in the short term.

Types of Casino Games of Skill

Blackjack

Blackjack is considered a mixed game because it combines chance and skill. Lady Luck can benefit from the player’s knowledge, but things can fall apart despite sound strategy if you don’t have the cards. Blackjack is a game that moves quickly, and its appeal stems partly from the fact that it requires everyone playing to think on their feet.

The game’s goal is deceptively simple: get as close to 21 as possible without going over. You win if you come closer to 21 than the dealer. The skill comes into play when you decide whether to “hit” (draw another card) or “stand” (stick with the cards you already have).

You can play online blackjack, the computerized version, or live blackjack against dealers in real-time.

Poker

The goal of poker is to persuade other players to fold because you have the best hand. To avoid being duped, you must consider the odds of various hands or card combinations. You must also be able to read people and “bluff” or lie about your cards. 

There are numerous online poker variations, including Texas Hold’em Bonus, Three Card Poker, Casino Hold’em, and Caribbean Stud Poker, to name a few. Furthermore, each has its own sub-variants based on the number of cards and decks used. Of course, when you play poker at an online casino, the rules are slightly different because you compete against the house rather than other players.