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Top Online Video Poker Games

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Video poker is one of the most popular form of gambling online which made its entry to the casino in the seventies. For those players who like a game of skill, low house edge and possibility of large wins, there is nothing that can compare to video poker. The very simple rules of playing this game could be the reason of its popularity, as well. The process starts when you play 1 to 5 cons, and machine give you five cards. You choose which to hold and which to discard. The machine replaces your discards and pays you off according to the value of your hand. Instant withdrawal casino Brango has several versions of this game that you can play for real money. In this blog post, we reveal the top online video poker games at our casino. Let’s check them together!

Jacks or Better

This old-fashioned poker offers payouts on all the standard poker hands. You can play a single hand and take your chance at doubling your win in the Double or Nothing Bonus Round. Also, you can play multiple hands at once!

If you ever played a hand of video poker in your life, you know that gameplay started when players are dealt five cards and can discard the ones they don’t like. Once you have completed your discarding, you are dealt new cards and are paid for the best poker hand you have, according to the machine’s paytable.

Jacks or Better Strategy

If you want to be a good video poker player you should have a good strategy. Here are the main tips for a basic Jacks or Better poker strategy:

  • When you have four cards to a Straight or a Flush, hold all four of them and draw only one additional card.
  • When you have three cards to a Royal Flush, keep them! Draw two additional cards and you might be lucky.
  • Need only two more cards for a Straight Flush? Hold the three lucky cards you have and draw two more.
  • When you get a pair of cards, hold them and draw three additional cards. However, this tip is not always applicable.
  • If you have no matching cards in your hand, hold a card that is higher or equal of value to Jacks.
  • No combinations and no Jacks or higher? Draw five new cards.

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Deuces Wild Card Game

In this version of video poker deuces are wild and special payouts are given for four-of-a-kind deuces and Wild Royals. You can play a single hand and take your chance at doubling your win in the Double or Nothing Bonus Round or you can play 3, 10, 52, or even 100 hands at a time!

Deuces Wild is an interesting and highly-interactive video poker variant offered both online and at land-based casinos. Mastering play is actually relatively simple and can be a lucrative game if you are using the good strategy.

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Loose Deuces

This video poker offering you to enjoy the fast and loose playstyle of a game. In this option wild deuces can change a mediocre poker hand into a real winner. Deuces Wild offers special payouts for four-of-a-kind hands and even has a payout for a Wild Royal. You can play a single hand and take your chance at doubling your win in the Double or Nothing Bonus Round or you can play 3, 10, 52, or even 100 hands at a time!

Looses Deuces poker essentially falls into the category of wild card games. Because of how the pay tables are structured, even the lowest-paying of the Loose Deuces video poker machines, based on payback percentage, are pretty beneficial for gamblers. Meanwhile, the highest-paying games rank among the most lucrative video poker games you can possibly find.

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Slots Inspired By Chinese Culture

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The Chinese culture has seen a massive rise in popularity throughout the world in recent years, which some would argue is long overdue considering the number of its population and the contributions it has given to the world. One of those contributions is reflected in the inspiration that many slot developers draw from its rich culture. This should come as no surprise when you consider that Chinese culture is tightly intertwined with luck and gambling. From Macau gambling zones to their predilection for lucky charms, there are numerous links between the two. Our instant withdrawal casino recognized those links, which is why we have so many Chinese-themed slots to offer to players. Let’s review some of the most popular ones.

Lucky 8

One of the most prevalent features of Chinese culture is their obsession with certain numbers. And the one number that is considered to be especially lucky is the number 8. It probably owes that status due to the pronunciation that is similar to the Chinese word for wealth. And wealth is what you get when you play Lucky 8. It has a “Win-Win” feature where you can win up to 88x of your total bet. Not to mention the Minor and Major progressive jackpot that you can trigger randomly after every spin.

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Fucanlong

Dragons are one of the most recognizable elements of Chinese culture. But unlike Western portrayals of them, in China, they’re considered to be kind and benevolent creatures. And Fucanlongs are especially revered kind of beings in China. It is said they’re guardians of hidden underworld treasures from where they would erupt to report to the heavens which cause volcanoes to form. Their most treasured possession is the magic pearl that serves as this slots Scatter adding you 8 free spins. The Pearl’s value can go up to 888x times your bet which fits in nicely with the symbolism of the number 8 we’ve already discussed.

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Super 6

Number symbolism isn’t the only one that the Chinese have a penchant for. Letters also convey a certain symbolism and the Super 6 slot is a perfect example of this. Besides staple symbols of Chinese culture like scrolls, dragons, rabbits, lotus flowers, koi fish, and firecrackers what’s also characteristic of this slot is that the letters and numbers that spell out “Super 6” serve as the Scatter. And when you get six of a kind you can score 30 times your total bet size. Variations of the symbols determine what kind of features you get which opens a path for great winning streak opportunities.

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Fu Chi

Fu Chi is one of the visually most impressive slots with Chinese thematics. With reels set upon an entrance of a traditional Chinese temple at the top of the mountain, you get to enjoy the view of a beautiful starry sky lightened with occasional fireworks. Why fireworks? Because the game was released to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Dog, which appears on all reels and increases wins to up to 2000x. It also features a progressive jackpot with medium volatility, so you have pretty good chances of scoring some solid payouts.

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Wu Zetian

We’ve already talked about some of the great historical characters behind some of our most popular slots but this one deserves special attention. Wu Zetian was the only female ruler of China with a temper as volatile as it gets. That applies to this slot too. Rumor has it that she was also responsible for murdering her emperor husband and marrying his son to get the throne. And if that’s not enough to satisfy your thirst for intrigue, she also had twin lovers (that appear in the game as symbols) who tried to manipulate her and failed miserably. But what doesn’t fail is this slot’s potential payout that goes 50,000x your line bet which makes it one of the most generous jackpots ever. Bow down to the empress!

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Conclusion

Slots are not the only thing inspired by Chinese culture. It also permeates every other aspect of gambling. From lucky slot symbols to feng shui there are numerous contributions we can thank it for. And if you feel especially interested in any one of them, bet safe casino Brango is here to provide you with the best selection of games you can get your hands on, so feel free to play any one to your liking!

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The Longest Poker Game in History

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Have you ever asked yourself during one of those late Friday night poker games that seem to last forever just how long one could play a single session of poker without interruption? Well, now that we put that thought into your head, you might as well stay with us for the story of the longest poker game ever played.

Where Did The Longest Poker Game in History Take Place?

If someone were to ask you to guess the location of where the longest poker game took place, chances are you’d probably imagine some Twitch-streamed World Series of Poker tournament with Guinness World Record officials trying to note down a record. But the truth is that it took place in a setting that’s inseparable from poker history. The Wild West.

The longest poker game in history occurred in a famous town you might know by an even more famous movie. Tombstone, Arizona. A place known for the infamous shootout at the O.K. Corral. And not an ounce less infamous venue where history was made is the Bird Cage Theatre that stands to this day. You can imagine what kind of reputation it had back in the day when the New York Times described it as “the wildest, wickedest night spot between Basin Street and the Barbary Coast.”

It is in the basement of the said institution that the longest poker game occurred. And it’s not the only thing that the basement hosted. It also had an elite bordello where it’s said Wyatt Earp met his fourth wife with whom he remained married for 47 years.

Who Took Part in The Longest Poker Game?

Speaking of Wyatt Earp, he was only one in the line of the most recognizable faces of the Old West that took part in the poker games Bird Cage Theater organized. He and the other participants of the already mentioned shootout at the O.K. Corral were not only regulars of the Bird Cage Theatre but actively took part in the longest poker game. Besides the famous duo of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, other notable players were George Hearst, Diamond Jim Brady, Bat Masterson, and Adolphus Busch.

What Were the Stakes?

The owners of the Bird Cage wanted to keep their business afloat by coming up with the idea of organizing a never-ending high-stakes poker game. The minimum buy-in was $1,000 with an estimated $10,000,000 that changed hands during the course of the game. If you take into account the inflation it corresponds to more than $273,300,000+ in today’s dollars. And out of all the proceedings, 10% went to the owners of the Bird Cage. So, it’s quite obvious why they didn’t want it to ever end, isn’t it?

How Long Did The Longest Poker Game Ever Played Last?

We got so worked up, that we forgot to mention what got us started writing this article in the first place. The duration of the longest poker game in history. Well, it ran continuously from 1881 to 1889, for a total span of 8 years, 5 months, and 3 days and an unknown number of hours. How’s that possible, you may rightfully ask? Well, the official story goes that players would quit only when someone new came in to play and replace them. Also, they had only a few minutes worth of rest in between the hands, after which the game would continue.

Why Did it End?

So, what was the reason for the game to finally fold knowing it was lucrative for all the parties involved? Considering the history of Tombstone and Bird Cage, one would presume a shootout or a heist to be the reason. But the truth is rather prosaic. In March of 1889, the miners of the nearby Grand Central Mine dug too deep, causing ground waters to flood the silver deposits that were the backbone of Tombstone’s economy. The town’s residents grew poorer, which made the Bird Cage owners put an abrupt end to the longest poker game ever played. So far, that is!

Conclusion

While eight years might seem like a long time for a poker game in this day and time, the one truth that stands the test of time is that the longer you practice, the better you become at something. If you want to acquire the status of these legendary poker players, go check out our list of tips on how to quickly improve your poker skills. And when you do, feel free to play some of the best online poker games you can get your hands on, here at Brango’s instant withdrawal casino.

5 Things Casino Movies Get Completely Wrong

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Casinos have always been an interesting subject for so many movies to cover. There’s something about those glamorous halls filled with shiny objects where fates get determined in a single roll of a dice that makes them a perfect choice for a movie setting. And, although the thrill of real-life gambling is what most of us know all too well, casino movies tend to twist reality a little bit for the sake of dramatic effect. It’s not that we can blame them for it, but we can try to point out some popular misconceptions.

Casinos Aren’t Dangerous Places

If you were to base your opinion about casinos solely on the way they are portrayed in casino movies, you’d think they’re all shady crime hubs run by the mafia. There might have been an ounce of truth to it once in times of old Vegas with Bugsy Siegel’s part in the foundation of the city. Martin Scorsese’s Casino (1995) also worked upon that idea perfectly to make one of the most iconic casino movies. But today, nothing is farther from the truth. Online casinos are one of the most regulated businesses that owe that status in large part to the blockchain technology that simply doesn’t allow any type of misconduct.

They Won’t Beat You for Card Counting

This one largely owes its reputation to the movie 21 (2008). If you’ve seen it, you know it’s about a group of MIT students that use card counting to win at blackjack. In one of the pivotal scenes, a character gets beaten up just because he employs that technique. But the truth is that card counting is a perfectly legal thing to do. And even if it wasn’t there’s no way anyone can stop you from practicing it when you play online.

You Don’t Become a Millionaire Overnight if You Employ it Too

While we’re at card counting, this is a misconception we can thank casino movies such as Hangover (2009) and Rain Man (1988). In both movies, the main characters are savants that use their exceptional mathematical abilities to score millions at blackjack tables. While card counting is sure to bring down the house edge quite a bit, you’re more likely to profit from it in a long-term period with smaller wins than turn into a millionaire after a single session.

“Coolers” Aren’t Out to Ruin Your Winning Streak

There have been a lot of studies that show the correlation between gambling and superstition. Almost every gambler has some kind of ritual to try to boost their luck while gambling. From lucky charms to feng shui there are numerous methods one can employ to set themselves upon a winning streak. But one of the most widespread myths we can thank casino movies for spreading is the existence of so-called “coolers”. It states that casinos employ persons who are out to transfer “bad luck” to the players who are on a “hot streak”. This may seem like a cool premise for a movie, but if you think with a cool head, you know that luck depends solely on you.

Ultra-Dramatic Poker Hands Don’t Happen Nearly as Often as You’d Think

Poker is a game of skill that besides luck relies heavily on having insight into human psychology. This makes it dramatic enough itself, that it’s no wonder casino movies exploit that for dramatic potential. But what they do with that potential usually requires quite a bit of suspension of disbelief. For example, in a famous scene from Casino Royale, players get a flush, two full houses, and a straight flush all in a single game of poker. The chances of this happening in real life are 18 trillion to one! And while you have instances of this happening when playing live poker, the drama lies usually in social aspects of the game rather than statistically almost impossible hands.

Conclusion

There may not be quite as many things that are enjoyable as movies about gambling, but there is one that comes close to it. And that’s experiencing the thrill they provide without the perceived danger they can lead you to think is inherent. Bet-safe Casino Brango is proud to be able to say it fulfills that role, so join us in playing your favorite casino games and we’re sure you’ll experience nothing less than pure cinematic excitement!

Casino Brango’s June 2022 Review

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Hello, fellow Brango players! Can you believe we’re exactly halfway into the year? Time sure flies by when you’re having fun playing games at your favorite instant withdrawal casino. And if we are to judge the rest of the year by ways of all the great stuff that happened this past month it seems it’s going to be just as awesome! So, let’s take a peek at everything that happened with this June 2022 review.

The Biggest Withdrawals

Let’s properly start this June 2022 review with what’s probably one of the best months in terms of payouts and their instant withdrawals. First, we had a Super Platinum VIP player who took his $14,077.87 share of the loot playing Loch Ness Loot, then another $15k win on Builder Beaver, and yet another $15k for a Double Diamond VIP player on Halloween Treasure and I, Zombie, just to top it off with the whopping $24k withdrawal for a Platinum VIP player who took it all from the vault of Cash Bandits 3 slot. It truly pays off to book a seat at our VIP Lounge, wouldn’t you say so?

Three Amazing Slot Arrivals

To keep up with the grind, we’ve also set the record with three brand new slots to add to our already plentiful stack of games. The first one was Khrysos Gold and it’s already delivering heaps of what its name implies as you’ll see. Then we took you off to the tropical safari ride with a bunch of Meerkat Misfits. And lastly, for all of you who have a penchant for sweet delicacies Sweet 16 Blast is sure to satisfy all your sugar cravings! Not to mention the fact that all these games came with 30 free spins for a review, and the deal is still active with the last one, so go out there and claim them while you can!

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Fortune June Promo & Tournament

In terms of the promotions, June was all about fortune with an up to 200% boost and 100 free spins to use on the Fortunate Buddha slot. There was also a two-day offer of 125 free spins on Penguin Palooza with a 75% up to $1,000 no max cash-out bonus to properly mark the start of the summer. And of course, you’ve had the chance to prove you’re a true soldier of fortune in Fortune June’s $20k prize pool tournament.

The Most Played & Paying Games

To finish this June 2022 review let’s take a quick glimpse at the list of the most played & paying games. Wild Hog Lau is at the top, and the rest shouldn’t surprise you when you consider what we said above. All the previously mentioned games are there as you can see for yourself:

  • Wild Hog Luau
  • Khrysos Gold
  • Cash Bandits 3
  • Plentiful Treasure
  • Fortunate Buddha

And as far as the most paying games are concerned, there aren’t many surprises here too. It’s becoming clear day to day that employing a little bit of skill can lead you to great payouts. And the list of last month’s most paying games is almost entirely filled with games of skill. It’s all poker and blackjack, so it does seem that the reasons for their popularity are totally justified:

  • Let Em Ride
  • Blackjack Live
  • Double Double Jackpot Poker (video poker)
  • All American Poker (video poker)
  • Double Double Bonus Poker (video poker)

That’s about it in this quick rundown, but the best is yet to come in the upcoming months, so stay with us for more surprises!