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Gala International Casino
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Gala Group owns 20% of all UK casinos and 24% of all UK bingo clubs. Gala's flagship International casino can be found crowning 'The Rock' overlooking the Bay of Gibraltar. Gala International Casino. For great games, a distinct ambiance, the possibiliy to play together with your friends and really fast service.
| Bonuses
Initial Deposit Bonus: $20 bonus when you make your first deposit for at least $20. Refer-A-Friend Bonus: You can refer a total of 5 friends during a 30-day period to earn a total bonus of $50 ($10 per friend). You have to wager at least 10 x bonus (not deposit + bonus) in order to be eligible to cash out your bonus amount. If there is more than one bonus coming to a player, they award the highest and cancel the rest (which isn't stated explicitly). Your deposited money will be registered into a account. All bonus money will be located in a separate account (bonus account). No money can be withdrawn from this bonus account! When you are betting at the tables, the money will primarily be taken from your bonus account until it is empty. If you win, the money taken from the bonus account will be returned to the bonus account; and the winnings will go into your account as normal. If the bet is lost, the bonus account stays empty until you are rewarded future bonuses.
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| Supported languages
| Financial Info
Gala International Casino, or request a withdrawal. You can now withdraw your winnings directly to your Credit/Debit card. Withdrawals to Credit/Debit cards are NOT limited to your original deposit and it is FREE.
| Software
Gala International Casino was developed by Boss Media casino software developer. Boss Media is running on Windows and required a download. The download size is about 11 MB (11.4 MB - Full Version / 4.85 MB - BlackJack and Roulette only).
| Licence
Gala International Casino operates under a gaming licence granted by the government of Gibraltar. 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
| • | Blackjack [Super 7] |
| • | Craps |
| • | Keno |
| | • | Poker [Caribbean] |
| • | Poker [Pai Gow] |
| • | Roulette [European] |
| | • | Sic Bo |
| • | Slots |
| • | Video Poker |
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Blackjack (Super 7)
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Super 7 Blackjack Review
Game: The Super / Lucky 7 Blackjack at Gala International Casino of course is played the same way as usual blackjack. The difference here is that you can wager on the Super Seven's side bet. When the game starts and you have placed the $1 wager on Super Seven's, if the first card in your hand is a seven (or more 7s), you're a winner.
Odds: The set and rules and odds are the same as at their multi-player blackjack version. The difference here is that you can wager on the Super Seven's side bet. When the game starts and you have placed the $1 wager on Super Seven's, if the first card in your hand is a seven, you're a winner. If your next consecutive cards are sevens your winnings are even greater. These awards are not cumulative, in other words if you get three sevens you don't get paid for one and two sevens as well. If the dealer has a Blackjack and your first card, or first two cards are seven, the game ends and you will be paid according to the pay table below (at some casinos if the player has two sevens and the dealer gets a blackjack a third card will be dealt to the player for the chance to get three sevens). The house edge for this side bet is 12.61% and the expected payout to the player is 75.29%. That's by far not good enough to place that side bet.
Set: The set and rules are the same as at their multi-player blackjack version. You can chose tables with table limits of $1-$100, $5-$500, and $25-$1000 which is excellent
Summary: This isn't a very good blackjack game. But it offers an interesting side bet. Betting limits are excellent.
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Super 7 Payoffs
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| First
Cards |
Suit |
Payout |
Return** |
| One
7 |
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3:1 |
$21.37 |
| Two
7s |
different |
30:1 |
$21.02 |
| Two
7s |
same |
100:1 |
$02.92 |
| Three
7s |
different |
500:1 |
$00.39 |
| Three
7s |
same |
1500:1* |
$02.27 |
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*1500:1 usually is 5000:1 in land based casinos.
**Return = Your
total winnings after you've spent $100. |
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Craps
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Craps Review
Game: In Craps two dice are thrown by a player. If he rolls a 7 or 11, he wins. If he throws a 2, 3, or 12, he loses. If he throws any other number (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) he continues throwing the dice and hopes that the same number will be thrown again before the 7 comes up. When the 7 comes up first, he loses. You can bet on the player or the house.
Odds: Best Craps List.
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Keno
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Keno Review
Game: There are 80 numbered balls. You pick some numbers. 20 balls are drawn. You win of course as more of your picks match the numbers that were drawn.
Odds: Usually there are two types of keno: a) paying you good already when you match only a few picks (therefore decreasing the payouts for matching many picks) and b) paying you good only when you match many picks (therefore decreasing the payouts for matching only a few picks). You have to decide where you prefer to play. I'd play only the a) type. Gala International Casino offers lousy returns, so do not waste your time at this keno machine.
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Pick
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| Match |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
| 1
($1) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
- |
5 |
2.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
- |
- |
25 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
- |
- |
- |
50 |
10 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
| 5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
600 |
50 |
15 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
| 6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1500 |
250 |
40 |
20 |
30 |
| 7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5000 |
400 |
80 |
100 |
| 8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10000 |
2500 |
500 |
| 9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
15000 |
3000 |
| 10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
15000 |
| Payouts |
0% |
68.04% |
69.38% |
58.2% |
67.57% |
70.64% |
69.56% |
67.47% |
64.53% |
69.61% |
| 1
($2) |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
- |
10 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
- |
- |
50 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
- |
- |
- |
160 |
20 |
16 |
10 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
| 5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1200 |
100 |
30 |
16 |
10 |
4 |
| 6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3000 |
500 |
80 |
40 |
60 |
| 7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10000 |
800 |
160 |
200 |
| 8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
20000 |
5000 |
1000 |
| 9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
30000 |
6000 |
| 10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
35000 |
| Payouts |
0% |
68.04% |
69.38% |
67.39% |
67.57% |
70.64% |
69.56% |
67.47% |
64.53% |
69.64% |
| 1
($5) |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
- |
25 |
12.5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
- |
- |
125 |
25 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
- |
- |
- |
80 |
50 |
40 |
25 |
20 |
10 |
0 |
| 5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3000 |
250 |
75 |
40 |
25 |
10 |
| 6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7500 |
1250 |
200 |
100 |
150 |
| 7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
25000 |
2000 |
400 |
500 |
| 8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
50000 |
15000 |
2500 |
| 9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
50000 |
15000 |
| 10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
50000 |
| Payouts |
0% |
68.04% |
69.38% |
67.39% |
67.57% |
70.64% |
69.56% |
67.47% |
65.8% |
69.55% |
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Poker (Caribbean)
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Caribbean Poker Review
Game: In Caribbean Poker you place an ante (bet before game starts) and after having received five cards decide whether to compete against the dealer or not. You simply compare cards. The better hand wins.
Odds: The basic house edge for this game is 5.21% which doesn't make it look competitive compared to other casino games. American Roulette has a slightly worse house edge though.
Anyway, Gala International Casino makes this game interesting because it offers you a side bet of $1 for which you will receive an additional payoff for certain paying hands (flush or better). This extra win is based on the value of your own five-card hand, not on the hand of the dealer. So even if the dealer beats you or does not qualify you still get the bonus payoff. Only when the jackpot is very high the house edge decreases enough to really make this side bet worth a try. When you review the payoff chart keep in mind that some online casinos offer you a 999:1 payout for a Royal Flush.The strategy for Caribbean Poker is quite simple: you should raise on any pair or better and fold on anything less than ace/king.
Set: You can chose tables with table limits of $1-$100, $5-$500, and $25-$1000 which is excellent, especially for high rollers.
Summary: Very good betting limits and the option of the side bet are positive. There certainly are online casinos with much better Caribbean Poker games though.
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Caribbean Poker
Payoffs
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| Hand |
Payoff |
Bonus
Payoff |
| Royal
Flush |
100:1 |
100%
of Jackpot |
| Straight
Flush |
50:1 |
10%
of Jackpot |
| 4
of a Kind |
20:1 |
$500 |
| Full
House |
7:1 |
$100 |
| Flush |
5:1 |
$50 |
| Straight |
4:1 |
4:1 |
| 3
of a Kind |
3:1 |
3:1 |
| 2
pair |
2:1 |
2:1 |
| 1
pair |
1:1 |
1:1 |
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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 Gala International 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). You can chose a table with a $1-$100, $5-$500, or $25-$1000 table limit.
Summary: A little worse than standard pai gow poker. Find an online casino that offers you the option of being banker.
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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 Global-Player Casino. You can bet up to $6,000 on a spin there.
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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 Best Slots List.
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Slots Payoffs
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Slot
Name |
Reels
/
Lines |
Winning
Comb. |
Wild
Symb. |
Bonus
Screen |
Denom. |
Top
Prize |
| Killer
Whale |
5/1 |
12 |
No |
No |
25c
- $5 |
10,000 |
| 4
Reels Drive |
4/1 |
13 |
No |
No |
25c
- $5 |
10,000 |
| Super
Stocks |
3/1 |
9 |
No |
No |
25c
- $5 |
5,000 |
| Gold
Pirates |
3/1 |
9 |
No |
Yes |
25c
- $5 |
Jackpot |
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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: Gala International Casino offers is quite good.
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Video Poker Payoffs
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| Name |
Type |
Max.Pay |
Max.Coins |
Min.Coins |
| Jacks
or Better |
7/5 |
5,000 |
99.9% |
96.1% |
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