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Rio de Janeiro Casino

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 Supported languages

English
 Software

Rio de Janeiro Casino was developed by Realtime Gaming and runs on Windows and requires a download. The size of a download is about 12 MB for a complete casino. You first are offered to download the basic part of the casino and then to add any desired games later on.
 Licence

It is not known whether this casino is licenced or not. To have a gaming license means that a casino is able to 1) deposit enough money yearly as a financial backup for players (approximately US $50,000 up to US $100,000 per annum), 2) pay the taxes (of about 2,5% up to 5%), and hence 3) is subject to the control of the government that issued the gaming licence in case of any disputes.
 Games

Baccarat [Mini]
Blackjack
Poker [Pai Gow]
Red Dog
Roulette [American]
Roulette [European]
Slots
Video Poker

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 Baccarat (Mini)
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Mini Baccarat Review

Game: In Baccarat you and the banker receive two to three cards to get a point value as close to nine as possible. You have to correctly guess whether you or the banker will win, or a tie will occur.

Odds: In baccarat the best bet is on the banker (bet that the banker will win) and the fewer the decks used the better the banker bet gets. Since Rio de Janeiro Casino uses six decks, the house edge on a banker bet is 1.06% (it would be 1.01% if played with one deck). Dealt and played using "standard" rules, if you win by betting on the banker, the bank receives a 5% commission (land-based casinos take 4%).
The six-deck house edge on a player bet is 1.24% (where the one deck house edge on a player bet is 1.29%). These differences in percentage do not seem large, but they do have a considerable impact on play in real life.
A winning bet on a tie pays 9:1 which really is wonderful since it lowers the casino's advantage from 14.44% (15.75% in 1-deck and 14.36% in 8-deck baccarat) down to 4.93%. Not many online casinos offer this generous payout on ties.

Set: The stakes (table limits) are set to $5-$200 which is standard. You might want to bet big when playing baccarat and you certainly will find online casinos offering higher maximum table limits.

Summary: Rio de Janeiro Casino offers a very good baccarat game because of the good odds on ties (9:1). This is not the right place for high rollers though.



 Blackjack
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Blackjack Review

Game: In Blackjack each card has a point value. You first get two cards, calculate their value and decide whether to draw more cards or not where the maximum total points allowed is 21. The dealer does the same thing. You try to be better than him (draw closer to 21).

Odds: Rio de Janeiro Casino uses 4 decks which is not so good, because as more decks are used as more difficult it gets to keep track of the cards and to estimate your chances correctly via card counting. Additionally the cards are shuffled after every round. The house edge with the rules listed below is 0.58% which is exceptionally bad because almost every other online casinos will offer you better odds.

Set: The dealer hits soft 17 (Ace & 6) which increases the house edge: if he had to stand on soft 17, that's it. But if he hits he gets a second chance to draw closer to 21. And if he draws over 21, the Ace will count as 1 and he gets a third chance to draw closer to 21. Most online casinos permit the dealer to hit on soft 17. Doubling down is allowed on any two cards which is better than what land based casinos offer you but standard when it comes to online casinos. You can double down after you split pairs which is a very good option. Pairs may be split to 3 hands which is excellent and lots of fun. Because there is no insurance or surrender offered all bets are lost if the dealer gets a blackjack which is a little unfair since many online casinos offer you one of these options if not both.

Stakes (betting limits) are $5-$500 which is not too good because you cannot bet less than $5 so you run the risk of losing your money more quickly. Another thing is that you might want to bet more than $500. Some other online casinos offer you to bet up to as high as $2,000.

Summary: This is one of the worst blackjack games. You'll find the best blackjack games in our Best Blackjack List.



 Poker (Pai Gow)
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Pai Gow Poker Review

Game: Pai Gow Poker is a card game based on poker where you and the dealer get seven cards and have to split them into five and two cards, each of them containing a better hand than the dealer's in order to win (your five card hand has to be better than your two card hand).

Odds: In Pai Gow Poker usually each player gets the chance to be the banker. Actually only a Pai Gow Poker game where the casino alternates the turn of the banker is good because in the event of an exact match between hands, called a "copy", the tie goes to the banker. It would set the house edge to 1.46%. (The probability that the two-card hands ("front hands") will copy is 2.55% and the probability that the five-card back hands ("back hands") will copy is 0.32%.) When it is your turn to be the banker the house has only an 0.08% edge over you. Because both the turn of the banker and the 0.08% edge alternate you end up with the aforesaid 1.46% house edge. At Rio de Janeiro Casino the dealer is always the banker though which sets the basic house edge at 2.86%. Almost every online casino lets only the dealer be banker. So does Rio de Janeiro Casino.

Set: Usually a progressive jackpot is paid out if any 5 cards of the 7 cards you are dealt make up a royal flush. Rio de Janeiro Casino does not offer such a jackpot.
You are paid even money on all winning hands less a 5% commission (some casinos take a 2% commission only). Stakes (table limits) are $5-$200.

Summary: A little worse than standard pai gow poker. Find an online casino that offers you the option of being banker.



 Red Dog
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Red Dog Review

Game: Red Dog is a simple game where two cards are chosen by the house. You may raise your bet if you think a third card will fit in between the first two. You are given certain payouts for certain spreads. The spread is the number of ranks between two given cards. For example, the spread between a five and an eight is two. The maximum spread is eleven.

Odds: In Red Dog you are given certain payouts for certain spreads. The spread is the number of ranks between two given cards. For example, the spread between a five and an eight is two. The maximum spread is eleven.

1 card spread pays 5 : 1
2 card spread pays 4 : 1
3 card spread pays 2 : 1
4 or more card spread pays 1 : 1
Three of a kind pays 11 : 1

In Red Dog the greater the number of decks the better the odds for the player. This is because of the greater probability of drawing a fitting card or a three of a kind, which pays 11:1. Since Rio de Janeiro Casino uses only 2 decks the house edge is 3.08% which we consider too high to play here since there are online casinos playing Red Dog with 8 decks, cutting the house edge down to 2.75%.

Set: Stakes (betting limits) are $5-$250.

Summary: Red Dog at Rio de Janeiro Casino is not good enough to play it here.



 Roulette (American)
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American Roulette Review

Game: A wheel with pockets numbered 0 to 36 is spun in one direction. A ball is spun around the wheel and as the ball slows, it drops into one of the pockets of the wheel. You bet on which pocket the ball will drop into.

Odds: This is an 'American' double-zero roulette (with two zeros on the wheel) which sets the basic house edge to 5.26%. Actually this house edge is too high to play here. No additional rules to decease this huge house edge are offered. For example the 'la partage' rule (also called the 'en prison rule' or 'Hamburg variation of the European half back rule'): if the zero comes up you lose only half your bet when betting on the 'outside' bets (the 'outside' bets are the bets that pay even money: high/low, red/black, odd/even). By losing only half your bet, the house edge on these ('outside') bets is cut down to 2.63% which is slightly better than the basic 2.7% house edge at an European Roulette table. Again, Rio de Janeiro Casino does not offer such a rule.

Consider that inside bets offer far better payouts than outside bets, so bet the middle 12 once in a while. Generally the best idea is to bet on the streak that is running at the moment (e.g. if the last number was red, bet red). Avoid the five-number bet.

Set: Stakes (betting limits) vary according to the type of bet. They are $5-$200 on the inside bets and $5-$250 on the outside bets. If you would like to bet big, go to Global-Player Casino. You can bet up to $6,000 on a spin there.

Summary: Being a standard American roulette version this is one of the worst games any casino has to offer. The betting limits are bad. There are better roulette tables in our Best Roulette List.



 Roulette (European)
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European Roulette Review

Game: A wheel with pockets numbered 0 to 36 is spun in one direction. A ball is spun around the wheel and as the ball slows, it drops into one of the pockets of the wheel. You bet on which pocket the ball will drop into.

Odds: This is an 'European' single-zero roulette (with only one zero on the wheel) which sets the basic house edge to 2.7%. That's actually far better than the American roulette version which usually has an incredible basic house edge of 5.26%. But Rio de Janeiro Casino doesn't use any additional rule to put you in an even more favorable position, so the house edge stays at 2.7%.

If you prefer to bet on one of the inside bets once in a while, you really should play European roulette, since the house edge is 2.7% on all bets. But if you are an outside bettor, who likes to bet on high, low, red, black, odd or even only, you should play an American roulette version offering the "la partage rule" since it offers slightly better odds for those bets (2.63%).

Consider that inside bets offer far better payouts than outside bets, so bet the middle 12 once in a while. Generally the best idea is to bet on the streak that is running at the moment (e.g. if the last number was red, bet red).

Set: Stakes (betting limits) vary according to the type of bet. They are $5-$200 on the inside bets and $5-$250 on the outside bets. If you would like to bet big, go to Global-Player Casino. You can bet up to $6,000 on a spin there.

Summary: That's a standard European roulette version. The betting limits are bad. There are better roulette tables in our Best Roulette List.



 Slots
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Slots Review

Game: Slots are machines with three to five wheels with symbols on them, spinning downwards when you pull a lever at their side or similar and coming to a stop after a few rounds of spinning. If the symbols align you win.

Odds: It is difficult to calculate the payout probabilities of slot machines without knowing how many times a certain symbol appears on each real. You could sit in front of the slot machine, pull the lever 1,000,000 times and write the results down or rely on the information that Rio de Janeiro Casino gives you. Their slots payouts are audited by some known auditing firms and reported to be 98.24% which is excellent since you probably will have a hard time finding an online casino with better slots payouts.

Set: Betting denominations are 5c, 25c, 50c, $1, or $5.

Summary: Rio de Janeiro Casino offers neither many nor progressive slot machines which is a petty. Their payouts are certainly good though. You'll find the best slot machines in our Best Slots List.

Slot Machine Payoffs
 

Slot
Type
Reels/
Lines
Winning
Comb.
Wild
Symb.
Bonus
Screen
Denom. Top Prize
Sevens & Stripes  3/1 8 No No 5c - $5 10,000
Diamond Mine Deluxe 3/1 7 Yes No 5c - $5 3,000
Diamond Mine 3/1 8 No No 5c - $5 2,500
Lucky Lightnin' 3/1 8 No No 5c - $5 2,500
777 Inferno 3/1 8 No No 5c - $5 1,000


 Video Poker
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Video Poker Review

Game: In Video Poker you receive five cards and decide which ones to change (only once) in order to make a good poker hand. As better your hand as better the payout gets.

Odds: Rio de Janeiro Casino features a set of 15 different video poker machines, all of them offering a very good payout of 98% and more. They even have the best paying machine on the net which is their Joker Poker machine offering a payout of 100.18%.

Set: See table below.

Summary: Overall, video poker and slots seem to be Rio de Janeiro Casino's best games and even one of the best among all online and land-based casinos.

Video Poker Payoffs
 

Name Type MaxPay MaxCoins MinCoins
Joker Poker 7/5 5,000 100.18% 98%
Jacks or Better 8/5 4,000 99.54% 98.4%
Double Jackpot 8/5 4,000 99.40% 97.8%
Double Bonus 10/7 4,000 99.37% 97.5%
Bonus Poker 8/5 4,000 99.17% 97.7%
Sevens Wild 3/2 4,000 99.11% 96.8%
Loose Deuces 3/2 4,000 99.07% 97.8%
2x Double Jackpot 9/6 4,000 98.95% 97.8%
Deuces Wild 4/3 4,000 98.91% 97.9%
Pick 'em Poker 15/15 6,000 98.74% 94.4%
Bonus Deuces Wild 4/3 4,000 98.65% 98.5%
Aces & Eights 7/5 4,000 98.63% 92.0%
2x Double Bonus 9/6 4,000 98.49% 97.8%
Bonus Poker Deluxe 8/6 4,000 98.49% 96.2%
All American 8/8 4,000 98.49% 97.4%

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