How Gambling Works – Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority

A key feature to SIGA’s Responsible Gaming Strategy involves assisting patrons in understanding how gambling works.

Randomness is built into every table game and electronic gambling machine (Slots & Electronic table games) in SIGA Casinos. Randomness is an event or series of events that lack predictability.

Every Slot machine reel spin, every playing card dealt, every roulette wheel ball (pill) that comes to rest in a numbered pocket are uncertain. This prevents patterns from developing in games.

Randomness in all casino games, helps to prevent a person from accurately predicting what reel symbol combination, roulette number, or card will take place next.

Casino games utilize a variety of methods to make sure results are random. Table Games – Spinning of the roulette wheel, shuffling of the cards and the distribution of the cards keeps the game random. Electronic Gambling Machines (EGM’s) or Slots – have a random number generator (RNG) within, which keeps the game from developing patterns.

House Advantage is a mathematically proven winning edge that the casino provides for itself in any of the games played within. This is achieved in two ways; through the rules of the game, and the setting of payouts.

Every casino game has a set of rules that defines everything about the game. This includes:

How the game is played
What equipment is utilized
Procedures for the game
When betting occurs

The rules of the game are designed to keep the game fair, enjoyable, unpredictable, and to give the house (casino) an advantage.