Betting shops across the UK are making plans for the reduction in the stake levels of fixed odds betting terminals in April of next year, which is going to sadly see many betting shops closing and possibly thousands of betting shop employees made redundant.

Cost cutting exercises are also being planned not only by betting companies but also by racecourses and the sponsors of horse races across the UK, as prize money offered on horse races will be negatively affected by the reduction in income generated by gambling firms which operate FOBT’s.

One thing that most can agree on is that gamblers who enjoy playing casino styled games such as Roulette, Blackjack and slot machines on FOBT’s are still going to want to play such games.

FOBT Roulette System – Roulette on a Fixed Odds Betting Terminal is no different to any other version of roulette in terms of odds, payouts and rules, therefore, there isn’t a strategy that can be specifically applied to them for better odds than you would get either online or in a real casino. That probably isn’t what you want to hear. New limits on FOBT gambling machines could shut third of outlets. On Monday, the maximum stake that can be placed on fixed odds betting terminals, an electronic slot machine, will be cut from.

That is one of the main reasons that for the next few months, many betting shop operators are going to be massively cross-promoting their online casino sites.

Those casino sites quite bizarrely though, offer all types of casino games players could access on FOBT’s, some with much higher staking options than FOBT’s have ever offered.

So whilst those campaigners that have forced the hand somewhat of the UK Government to lower the stakes of fixed odds betting terminals, will now force people to play online whereby they can risk much higher stakes than they ever could playing FOBT’s in a betting shop.

It is extremely difficult if not impossible for the UK Gambling Commission to regulate and oversee casinos that are not licensed and operating in Great Britain, and as such there will possibly be just as many people experiencing gambling problems when FOBT stakes are reduced, due to those players moving online to high risk casino sites and then setting about playing for some much higher stakes.

David is a keen slots player and has spent countless hours playing both online and in land based casinos. He enjoys sharing his knowledge of the gambling industry and keeps a keen eye out for the latest online slot games. Contact him by sending an email to david@casinochronicle.net.

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With so many FOBT machines up and down the country, each hosting five or more different versions of roulette, it’s easy to get carried away with which one to play. The reason there are so many different versions of bonus roulette is because the odds are more in the bookies favour than regular roulette. Bonus roulette games are essentially American double zero games, with the double zero disguised as a bonus. This is why the bookies use their bonus roulette games during off-peak hours for the low chip values (5p a chip).

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It is for this reason that the only point in playing bonus roulette is for the actual bonus. I’ve seen a lot of people play these type of games and not bet on the bonus. If you do this you are playing at worse odds than regular roulette due to the extra position on the roulette wheel. The only examples of the odds remaining the same are roulette games like Dragon Bet Roulette and Super Gambler Roulette as these two have optional bets for the bonus (or gamble), neither of which effect the amount of numbers on the roulette wheel.
You may think it doesn’t make too much of a difference, but if the bonus comes in and you haven’t placed a bet on it, you lose everything, which wouldn’t have happened had you been playing regular bookies roulette.