Entertainment

Casinos are home to the most addictive types of gambling and games of chance. One of these is the slot machine, the ultimate gambling experience where you rely merely by chance, or so most people think. The pay-out percentage of these machines may depend on the time they paid out a jackpot. If a user was able to hit jackpot in a machine, it is highly unlikely that another user will get the chance to hit the jackpot with the same machine shortly after. That is why the length of time for another jackpot to transpire with the same slot machine would take a long period time.

Read more →  

The 6th edition "Destination Aquin-Festival International Traditional Music and Dance" was organized from 28 March, 2013 to 30 March, 2013. The theme of the festival was 'The wink to Africa'. The festival brought together hundreds of participants and the aim of the festival was to let people know about the roots of the festival. The cultural event aimed or focused on the culture of Africa and was a medium to show honor and respect to Aimé Césaire, who is regarded as the father of negritude. The cultural program was also aimed towards celebrating the birth centenary of Aimé Césaire.

Read more →  

Blackjack is one of the most popular card games in the world, especially in casinos. Aside from putting the chances of winning or losing to the cards at hand, there are several rules to follow and numerous strategies that a blackjack player could benefit from in order to win.

For a blackjack player knowing the rules and applying them well will ensure him or her of a win. One is the rules of doubles which are permitted on and hand of two cards except that of a blackjack and are permitted after the splitting of a game. When it comes to forfeiting or surrendering in a blackjack game, it is best to do it early before the dealer starts checking for blackjacks and when the wager is not yet high. Also on aces of a game, the resplitting of aces will be very useful, as well as drawing another card against a split ace. The phenomenon of a "Charlie" is also beneficial. This is when five or more cards have been drawn but with a value less than 21 and is considered an automatic win.

Read more →  

When it comes to playing blackjack, a player has several options with his or her hand in order to ensure victory. First, whenever the player has a blackjack hand while the dealer does not have, the player automatically wins the game and vice versa. But if both have a blackjack hand, it will be a tie called a "push". When neither no blackjack hand, each player has to play out his or her hand consecutively, with the dealer playing last.

When playing blackjack, a player has about five options when dealing with his or her card. One is drawing another card when not satisfied with the card on hand called "Hit". The opposite of this is the "Stand". This involves is not taking any more cards. The player could also do a "Double Down", which involves the process of doubling the wager, taking another card, and then stand.

Read more →  

The advantages of online casinos are also accompanied by several disadvantages. As compared to real-life gambling, online gambling is actually more prone to fraud. Casino websites often encounter users who cheat their way in gaining profit.

One common instances of fraud committed by online casino players is creating several accounts in one single casino sites, making use of different names and identities in order to not get caught. Through this, they can be able to claim multiple bonus offers at the same time.

Another way online casino players get away with fraud is making use of their techy knowledge in cheating out the website for more profits. They make use of graphics editing software such as Adobe Photoshop in order to make a fake winning slot machine game screenshot for example, which will inform the website that they have won a jackpot but was not able to get paid by the casino.

Read more →  

Caribbean Festival of Arts commonly referred to as carifesta is one of the oldest festivals held by Caribbean countries periodically with the sole motive of ensuring that everyone in the region is able to easily understand and follow on the nations` folkloric and cultural practices. It has been an event organized by these nations periodically this time being planned to be held in Haiti. This is according to the president of the country President Michel Martelly who attended this week's CARICOM Summit in St Lucia, and was on hand for the signing of a Memorandum between CARICOM and Haiti for institution building, the revival of agriculture and investment facilitation.

Read more →  

Six months before your wedding is not too soon to begin planning it. Here are some action guidelines.

What kind of wedding do you want? Will it be a religious ceremony held in a church, synagogue, or chapel? Or an informal garden or backyard wedding? You need to consider time of day as well. Choose a date now to make reservations for the ceremony and reception sites. And sign up for the bridal gift registry.

Where would you like the reception to be held? At a rented hall, at home, or a tented affair in the garden are some options. Make these decisions according to your budget and preferences. Depending on whether your wedding is to be formal or informal will decide the size of your budget, as well as how many guests you want to invite, and the size of your wedding party.

Read more →  

If you're stumped for a gift to purchase someone, try a game gift. It's a well-known fact that everyone likes to play games, all kinds of games. Below are some suggestions for games that will provide hours of pleasure for all.

Board games are always popular. You can purchase some of the classic ones like Monopoly, Scrabble, Yahtzee orthe perennial favorite, Trivial Pursuit.

Television board games have become all the rage. Old standbys include Password, Jeopardy, and Let's Make a Deal. Newer board games on the market are Modern Family and Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? Movies have spawned several board games, the successful Pirates of the Caribbean and Twilight series, for example.

Read more →  

Craps is a popular dice game which involves waging on the result of the rolling of a pair of dice. Despite the simplicity of the game, it has a series of rules that every player should follow.

The first rule to remember is rolling the dice involves only one hand and should not be taken outside the edge of the table. The next rule for the player, when rolling the dice and hitting on the table, is to hit the farthest wall located at the opposite end of the table. Sliding is prohibited as the dice should be tossed and be thrown not higher than the dealers' eye level.

Read more →  

Once you've set a budget for your wedding, order the wedding invitations for the number of guests you want to attend your wedding.

Once you've set a budget for your wedding, order the wedding invitations for the number of guests you want to attend your wedding. Next, divvy up the invitations as evenly as possible. You can map out a hierarchy of most important to least important to help you decide the guest list.

Traditionally, the invitation envelopes have been written out in long-hand in black ink. But there are many computer script fonts that are perfectly suited to perform this function, and you should take advantage. It will save you hours of time.

Read more →