By Samantha Williams

If you are really interested in how you can win a jackpot online, just check out one of the many casino, bingo, poker, sports betting and arcade games sites and look at some of the jackpots available. It is unbelievable the variety of games you can play these days and win, even skills and arcade games have prize money in them.

The PJP or progressive jackpot prize is probably the biggest prize that any player could ever win. This applies to both land and online gambling and this prize has made for quite a lot of rather rich people. Many online gamblers have changed their lives because of winning. Just as an example, I took one online gaming site; it is a site which is a favourite in the UK for both bingo and casino games.

The they happen to display their big winners on the home page, together with photo, cheque and testimonial. What I picked up was, at Jackpot Joy, Jennifer J won £168 890 playing Diamond Bonanza, Emira B won £965 728 playing Deal or No Deal, Michael L won £163 574 playing Full House bingo and Paul M won £1.4 million playing Deal or No Deal. All of these games have one thing in common; they are linked to progressive jackpot prizes.

A PJP is seeded with a basic amount of money, take Clover Rollover for example, this is £10 000. People play and if they don’t win the prize money becomes more and more well-funded, it rolls over to make a larger prize available to other players. This continues and the jackpot prize money can become an off the wall amount.

What very few people know, is that at online casino’s it is not only the slots games or bingo games which have progressive jackpot prizes. Many other games have these also; this includes video poker and blackjack, games such as baccarat as well as others. There are certain criteria attached to winning a PJP, so if you choose a game because of the progressive jackpot prize, make sure you get the best value for money with the biggest chance of winning.

Other jackpots include guaranteed prize money and this is money which must be won in a particular game even if there is a prize split, these are good games to choose also. Then there is a multiplier, if you play on a slots game and a maximum bet costs you £2 for the opportunity to win a 100 x multiplier on your wager, look for a game which costs you £2 for a maximum bet and offers you the opportunity to win a 10 000 x multiplier on your wager. Can you see the difference? It is all in the jackpot!

By Samantha Williams

Blackjack is popularly played in casinos all over the world and has been adapted for play on the internet incredibly well. The fact that this game lends itself so well to an online presence has also resulted in many variations of the game being designed by casino software companies. Websites are not static entities, they need to constantly change and grow in order to remain successful, and as online casinos are primarily for entertainment purposes, this factor is even more vital.

For this reason new games are constantly developed and old favorites evolve. Blackjack as you may know is a game based on the number 21. Originally from France and according to the dictionary “vingt-et-un (vt-) n. Games, see blackjack.[French, twenty-one : vingt, twenty + et, and + un, one.]” are a group of games based on winning on the number twenty one.

This game and all its variations may be played as a casino card game, against the dealer in a virtual or live environment, or even as a video game, in much the same way as video poker is played. It can be played with one hand or many more hands per set, depending on the variation of the game being played.

It is a very simple game to grasp and the beauty of playing online is that the newbie (new online player) is able to get a few rounds free of charge until they get the hang of playing. The simplicity of this game is one of the reasons for its popularity, but the fact that it can be played for relatively low wagers also makes it a wise choice, particularly in terms of new gamblers.

Interestingly enough blackjack also happens to have one of the lowest house edges. More than likely due to the fact that it is a very fast game, so its turnover is also fast. The faster a game plays the less house edge is required to make a profit for the casino and this is to the gamblers advantage!

Mathematically the house always has the edge however it is possible to card count when playing blackjack, but I always say this saps the fun out of the game. Remember that any online gambler should leave the professional gambling up to the professional. We play this game and most other casino games for fun and the skill lies very much in having the luck to win against the dealer. It this is winning aspect that makes it so much fun to play! Getting too serious about it all can suck some of the life out of the game.

Bearing this in mind, it is also important to remember to never gamble more than you can afford. This applies not only to playing blackjack, but also any other casino game you may be attracted to, no matter how innocuous they may seem to be.