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Patent update: Hard Pass

wp-admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:39:18 +0000

The patent application for Hard Pass has issued as U.S. Patent No. 7,661,677. This brings the total patent count to 9.

Double Action Poker demo

wp-admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:27:46 +0000

Coming soon: Uppercut Poker

wp-admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:11:48 +0000

Olympian Gaming is putting the finishing touches on a new side bet for your poker room: Uppercut™ Poker. Using the same concept as the other Uppercut™ games, Uppercut™ Poker will be a side bet for Texas Hold’em, Omaha, and other player-banked community-card poker games. If the board comes in increasing order, everyone wins. Stay tuned for more details!

Uppercut Roulette approved in Nevada

wp-admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:51:48 +0000

Uppercut Roulette has been granted regulatory approval by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Since it is a side bet, it is available for immediate placement with no requirement for a field trial. Uppercut Roulette is also approved in Mississippi. Read more about Uppercut Roulette.

Patent update

wp-admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:04:01 +0000

The patent application for Bad Beat Blackjack has issued as U.S. Patent No. 7,651,096. This brings the total patent count to 8.

Washington State news

wp-admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:43:29 +0000

Olympian Gaming now holds a Distributor license in Washington State. If you’re a Washington casino operator, contact us about Bad Beat Blackjack. Bad Beat Blackjack is a top performer at Mr. Z’s casino in Pullman, Washington, where it’s getting action on 9 out of every 10 hands played. Bad Beat Blackjack has also increased the win rate by 60% at a major Internet casino.

Uppercut Roulette Demo

wp-admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:39:47 +0000

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How To Play Uppercut™ Roulette

Click in the green “Uppercut Roulette” wagering area to make the Uppercut™ bet, and then make any other bets on the roulette layout. Click “Spin” to spin the wheel randomly, or use one of the five gaff buttons to spin 0, 5, 10, 15, or 20 on demand – this is useful to see a longer Uppercut™ streak. After the first spin (if it’s not 36) the Uppercut™ wager will move to the logo area at the top of the screen. This mimics the felt dealer procedure.

The readerboard shows the most recent number at the top, and the paytable highlights how many points have been made in the sequence so far. The Uppercut wager pays based on how many points (increasing numbers) you spin.

In this demo, you cannot make the Uppercut bet while another Uppercut bet is working, and the bet is limited to $1. In real play, the bet can have whatever wagering limits the house desires.

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Bad Beat Blackjack Demo

wp-admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:26:21 +0000

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How To Play Bad Beat Blackjack

Click in the main wagering area and “Bad Beat Blackjack” wagering area to make your bets. Click “Deal” to receive your cards. The Bad Beat wager is taken if it can’t win and rides if it can. If you stand on a 2-card 19-21 and lose or push the dealer, you’ll be paid according to the paytable.
Paytable P3, the default, pays 30-1 on a beaten 20, 10-1 on a beaten 19, 5-1 on a pushed 19-21, and pushes if you win with 19-21 (two-cards only). Paytable L3 is an alternate version with higher awards (35-1 and 15-1) but it loses when the player hand wins.
Try making $25 main bets and $5 bonus bets and see how long your starting $500 bankroll lasts.
You can use the “Deal 19″ or “Deal 20″ gaff buttons to automatically deal those hands and improve your chances of winning the side wager.

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G2E is November 16-19

wp-admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:35:33 +0000

November 10, 2009

Stacy Friedman will be in Las Vegas for the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) between November 15th and 20th. Get in touch if you’d like to meet up with him at the show!

Twist’em Demo

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:58:03 +0000

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How To Play Twist’em

Click in the “Bet” and/or “Bonus” wagering areas to make your bets. Click “Deal” to receive three domino tiles. The numbers above the lines form your top hand, and the numbers below form your bottom hand. Click the tiles to set your hands how you want. Hands are scored Baccarat-style, adding up the points and dropping the tens digit.
The top hand must be smaller than the bottom hand. If it’s not, the dealer will flip the hand over — unlike Pai Gow Poker, this does not foul the hand.
Click “Show Hands” for a list of the possible ways to set the tiles, and click on each set to see it.

You win even money if your top and bottom hands beat the dealer’s top and bottom hands, respectively, or if one wins and one ties.
If one hand wins and the other hand loses, the bet is pushed. Otherwise, the dealer wins (including on two exact ties).

Try making $25 or $50 main bets and $5 bonus bets and see how long your starting $500 bankroll lasts.

The House Way is:
(a) If the top hand can be at least 2, maximize the bottom hand while keeping the top hand at least 2.
(b) Otherwise, maximize the bottom hand.
With optimal player strategy for this House Way, the house edge is 1.28%. If the player copies the House Way, the house edge is 3.04%.
(Compare that to Blackjack, where if the player copies the dealer strategy, the edge jumps from 0.5% to almost 5.5%.)

Bonus Bet
The bonus bet is a simple side wager that the player’s hands will match one of the paytable hands. It has a house edge of 1.59%.
Many other similar side wagers are possible.
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