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The Ultimate Guide for Beginners
For the most part, the best way to learn a new game is through personal experience. That’s true for casino games and esports alike. A newcomer can read all of the beginner guides they want, but they’ll have to learn a few skills the hard way. After all, that’s where the most robust strategies come from—a blend of instinct, experience, and plenty of studying.
But learning the ropes for casino games isn’t quite the same as cutting your teeth in a game like chess. Because there’s an element of chance involved, learning how to handle certain situations at the tables is even more important. And, as any casino gamer knows, there’s also an element of self-control at play.
In other words, games like blackjack and baccarat challenge players to bridge their problem-solving skills with their cold-cut experience playing that game. They’ll also need to factor in other considerations, like their competitors, house edge, probabilities, and managing their bankroll.
Everyone will offer you advice as you start competing in these games—but which beginner advice is actually worth your time—especially when you’re just starting out? Let’s dive in below.
Blackjack: Follow the Numbers
Blackjack is one of the most popular casino games because it offers a high edge for the player. It’s incredibly popular both at online platforms, which tend to offer a few variations such as High Roller, and at brick-and-mortar casinos. While you might be swept away by the romantic ideals of popular players like Stu Ungar and Ed Thorp, don’t be distracted by those Hollywood-caliber stories. Stick to the numbers instead.
As mentioned above, blackjack offers a stronger edge to the player. Whether you’re playing online or in person, you can approach each hand from a mathematical perspective by calculating the probabilities and knowing how to make the strongest play. In other words, study up to excel early on at blackjack by understanding the probabilities attached to hitting and splitting.
Poker: Temper the Tilt
Similar to blackjack, poker comes with plenty of myths attached. Plus, poker has tons of variations, from three-card stud to Texas Hold ’em, which will greatly affect a player’s strategy. For this reason, we’re keeping our beginner advice for poker very basic: focus on your emotional reactions when playing to avoid sliding into an undesirable mental state. In the professional poker world, this is known as ‘tilt’.
When tilt takes over, it’s easy to start playing based on emotional reactions—not a strategy, experience, or how the game is unfolding. Regardless of which variation of poker you want to excel in, you’ll first need to keep your focus. Keep in mind that this is what separates amateurs from pros, and even separates pros from masters.
Roulette: DIY Strategy
When it comes to casino games, there are few titles with as many strategies tacked on to them as roulette. There’s the Fibonacci sequence, the Martingale system, the d’Alembert system, the reverse-Martingale system, and much more. These approaches lay out how much to wager on roulette and when.
But roulette’s outcome is entirely determined by a spinning wheel, which means strategies like these don’t offer nearly as much dynamic advice as in blackjack and poker, where the player has a mathematical insight into the game or the ability to bluff. If you want to succeed in roulette, be careful what advice you take from these strategies—and don’t be afraid to craft your own. Just like with sports betting, you should take into consideration your bankroll more than anything else.
Slots: RTP vs. Volatility
Similar to roulette, the outcome in slots games is entirely chance-based. For those who play digital slots, the outcome is determined by an RNG or a random number generator. And just like roulette, though an outcome is up to chance, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a strategic way to approach each game.
For slots players, keep a lookout for things like RTP or return to player rate, and volatility. RTP shows what a player could hope to win in terms of their total bets. Keep a lookout for games with an RTP over 95%. Volatility relates to how often a game pays out—the higher the volatility, the more often a win comes around. While it’s not easy to find a high-volatility and high-RTP slot, they’re certainly out there.
SOFTSWISS wins the CGS Recife Awards 2025 for its flagship Game Aggregator, confirming its industry leadership as the largest content hub in iGaming, operating with 99.999% uptime across 24 regulated jurisdictions. Recognition in Latin America, where SOFTSWISS has achieved full product certification, further proves the product’s global dominance and commitment to delivering trusted solutions across key regulated markets.
The award recognises the best game aggregation platform in the Latin American iGaming market, celebrating leadership, innovation, and operational excellence. This recognition is especially important as it comes from Brazil, where all SOFTSWISS products have recently been certified, led by the Game Aggregator. It is the 7th international award for the Game Aggregator, highlighting the product’s dedication to delivering unmatched scale and stability.
The Game Aggregator is recognised as the industry leader because of measurable advantages that no other platform can match. Operating in 24 jurisdictions, the solution provides direct access to 35,000+ active playing games from 300+ providers with new releases appearing immediately in operators’ portfolios enabled by streamlined integrations.
Engagement features deliver proven growth. Its Tournament Tool increases average daily bets by 22% across the player base. Players who join tournaments place twice as many bets and wager 3 times more than others. Jackpot Aggregator campaigns on the Game Aggregator drive a 50% increase in turnover per user, making engagement mechanics a direct source of revenue.
The platform’s infrastructure is designed for continuous, fail-safe operation. Uptime reaches 99.999–100%, guaranteed by strict SLAs and backed with proactive system notifications. The system processes 7,000 requests and up to 100,000 database queries per second, with 99% of responses returned in under 100 milliseconds. This ensures operators never lose a session, a bet, or their players’ trust.
Beyond scale and engagement, the platform offers features that raise industry standards: AI-driven localisation for any market, deep analytics through the Ultimate Report Builder, and customisable game metadata for client-facing flexibility.
“We are honoured to receive the Best Game Aggregator Platform award at CGS Recife. This recognition shows the value of our commitment: a constantly growing game portfolio, wide market coverage, and unwavering platform reliability. For almost ten years, our team has been building a platform that not only delivers scale and stability but also drives measurable results,” added Tatyana Kaminskaya, Head of SOFTSWISS Game Aggregator.
The SOFTSWISS team will be available at SBC Lisbon 2025, Stand B160, to discuss the possibilities of the Game Aggregator.
About SOFTSWISS
SOFTSWISS is an international technology company with over 15 years of experience in developing innovative solutions for the iGaming industry. SOFTSWISS holds a number of gaming licences and provides comprehensive software for managing iGaming projects. The company’s product portfolio includes the Online Casino Platform, the Game Aggregator with over 35,000 casino games, the Affilka Affiliate Platform, the Sportsbook Software and the Jackpot Aggregator. In 2013, SOFTSWISS revolutionised the industry by introducing the world’s first Bitcoin-optimised online casino solution. The expert team, based in Malta, Poland, and Georgia, counts over 2,000 employees.
EGT’s RK6C roulette made its debut on a global level. The product was installed at the sophisticated Volcano Casino in Ulcinj, Montenegro, earlier this month.
“We are very happy that the first installation of RK6C was accomplished here,” said Milen Dimitrov, Director of EGT’s office, responsible for Croatia, Montenegro, and Slovenia. “We have a long-term, fruitful cooperation with the operator, which we have now strengthened once again. This roulette has enormous potential to become a favorite of the casino’s customers and the results it has demonstrated so far are eloquent testimony.”
RK6C is the latest member of the company’s portfolio of ETG solutions. Standing out with a sleek design featuring 6 play stations and numerous advanced features, including dynamic LED lighting and engaging sound effects, it provides players with a state-of-the-art gaming experience. Guests of the establishment enjoy unparalleled comfort while trying their luck with Blue Power HD and Green Power HD multigame mixes, containing some of EGT’s well-known slot titles combined with widely preferred multiplayer games such as Baccarat, Blackjack, European, and American Roulette.
Adi Plakalo, Chief Executive Officer, Vezuv d.o.o., highly appreciated the product’s performance. He stated: “Having in mind the great popularity that EGT’s slot games and cabinets from General, Phoenix, and General Series have gained among clients on all our casino floors, we had very high expectations for the RK6C. It not only met, but even exceeded them. That is why, next month, another roulette of this model will be available at one of our other locations. We are also considering more installations in the future.”
There’s no denying that Michigan online casinos are still in a growth pattern.
Revenue records seem to be set almost every month, and yearly projections don’t seem to have a limit.
While the iGaming landscape continues to thrive, the three Detroit commercial casinos have found a leveling off point.
Though the three locations haven’t been able to approach the revenue totals they hit prior to the pandemic, there’s still steady cash flow coming in despite a lot of obstacles over recent years.
Detroit’s 2025 Revenue Just Below 2024
Detroit has three commercial casinos that operate in the downtown area. They are the MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, and Hollywood Casino at Greektown.
The 2025 revenue for the three casinos through seven months has been similar to what they have seen in recent years. Overall, it is down less than a percentage point compared to 2024, but three of the seventh months have seen revenue growth year over year.
The data suggests that 2025 has been more consistent with its revenue than 2024. The high this year wasn’t quite as high, but the low also wasn’t nearly as low.
Detroit Levels Off as Online Casinos Grow
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Detroit was seeing record revenue for its three casinos. The $1.45 billion it did in 2019 was an all-time high.
The slow return from the pandemic eventually led to a leveling off for Detroit, as yearly revenue since 2020 has ranged from $1.22 billion to $1.28 billion.
As that has played out, online casinos debuted in Michigan in January 2021. The first year of revenue was $1.11 billion, but has since more than doubled that total in 2024.
Through seven months of 2025, Michigan online casinos are already at $1.72 billion in revenue. That alone is more than all of 2021 or 2022, respectively. After August’s numbers come in, the total is likely to have surpassed 2023’s mark as well.
This year’s OC revenue is already over 27% ahead of where it was a year ago. Through July, Michigan’s iGaming had generated $1.35 billion in 2024.
Through seven months, the state is averaging over $245 million in monthly online casino revenue. Prior to 2025, Michigan had never hit $245 million in revenue for any month in its online casino history.
Should Michigan continue this pace, it will surpass $2.9 billion in annual iCasino revenue. The last quarter of the year has trended toward being the strongest revenue months each year, so $3 billion isn’t out of the question. If the 27% growth rate holds, the state would hit $3.1 billion in 2025 revenue.
Each new record just brings in more tax revenue for the state as well. Initial projections when Michigan pursued online casinos was around $40 million in annual tax revenue. The first year of 2021 brought in $201.7 million in state tax revenue and another $77.6 million in local taxes.
In 2024, Michigan online casinos generated $451.4 million in state tax revenue and another $168.7 million in local taxes. This year’s iGaming has already generated $330.0 million in state tax revenue and another $124.7 million in local taxes.
Source: saturdaytradition.com
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