Online Casino Myths

Ah online casino myths, so much fun to read but mostly grounded in facts and logic! Like conspiracy theories, everyone has their favourites, or those they like going back to over all others. The online casino industry is no stranger to myths and theories. Who came up with these theories is unknown – play online casino at King Casino.

It’s all like a game of Chinese whispers; it started somewhere but no one can really point the finger at the origin point. Anyway, here’s some of the most common myths in the online casino industry, enjoy!

Everything Is Rigged

Incorrect. Everything you see and pay is monitored and regulated from independent bodies created by governments. It is illegal for any site to hoodwink you — even if they tried they’d be taken to court and face jail time in some cases. In live casino games it’s impossible for them to take advantage of you as you’re essentially playing in an actual casino environment which is licensed in almost the exact same way.

With online slot games everything is based on an RNG (random number generator). If everything was rigged, couldn’t hackers just leech all the money from those gigantic, six-figure jackpot games you see? No, they couldn’t, because developers and sites have security in place to stop that from happening. Don’t believe in conspiracy theories folks — the earth ain’t flat and games aren’t rigged.

You Can Count Cards in Online Games

Some of you have probably been watching too many movies if you believe this. Yes, card counting does happen in the real world when you go to actual casinos, but online it’s virtually impossible to do it. You see, most blackjack games use a shoe with up to 8 decks in them — this makes counting the cards impossible as you will never get to the end of the shoe. Not to mention decks are constantly shuffled with each hand.

This applies to any single-deck blackjack games too, as cards are, again, shuffled after every hand played. The counting card advantage was probably the first thing these guys patched up when these online card games started coming out. If someone tells you they’ve been able to count cards on any online casino game you now have the right to call them out.

Games Freeze If You Win Too Much

Seriously, one of the biggest misconceptions circulating right now is games freezing if you win too much. People genuinely think that casinos are out to get them at every juncture. Almost every slot/casino game you play runs on an engine, an engine that’s developed to handle a lot of power.

Yes, in some cases the game will slow down a little, but this is more to do with your browser/internet/device. Sites require a lot of processing power, and it is possible to overheat your system if you’re spending hours on a game. Our answer to this: try to take a break every now and again, pace yourself and the games won’t freeze as often.

 

Kimberly Atwood’s books have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. Kimberly lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband, an exceptionally perfect dog, and an attack cat. Before she started writing historical research, Kimberly got a graduate degree in theoretical physical chemistry from Ohio State University. After that, just to shake things up, she went to law school at the University of London and graduated summa cum laude. Then she did a handful of clerkships with some really important people who are way too dignified to be named here. She was a law professor for a while. She now writes full-time.

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