Casino - need to do anything before sailing?

[Dancer76]

Hi

I have been reading some of the posts about casino sign ups. I am going on the Jade later this week for a 3 night mini cruise. Never sailed with NCL before. Do I need to sign up for anything to use the casino before we go? I fully intend to make lots of use of the casino as we are both keen gamblers.

Lisa

[terrymtex01]

Hey Lisa... Hope you have a blast... You really do not need to do anything before you go. You can sign up online for the players card before you board, but to be honest, 9 times out of 10 you will still have to sign up after you get onboard anyway. For some reason, their online sign up system doesn't seem to work too well. Once you board the ship, make your way to the casino, and they will either have a desk set up for you to sign up for the card or they will have a sign posted saying when sign up begins.

 

Good luck and bring back lots of money.. 8-)

[goldmom]

They do have a place to sign up on their website, but most times the information doesn't seem to make it to the ship. Just sign up for the card once you are onboard. Very quick and simple.

 

Enjoy and good luck!

[S&Dcruising]

Hi

I have been reading some of the posts about casino sign ups. I am going on the Jade later this week for a 3 night mini cruise. Never sailed with NCL before. Do I need to sign up for anything to use the casino before we go? I fully intend to make lots of use of the casino as we are both keen gamblers.

Lisa

 

 

 

The ONLY real thing you need to do before you go is get money out of the bank :D and plenty of it, :eek: of all the casinos in the world, cruise ships have the best house advantage ( bad for players) they aren't regulated like say vegas or atlandic city is. so they can set thier slot machines as low of a return as they want...

[terrymtex01]

The ONLY real thing you need to do before you go is get money out of the bank :D and plenty of it, :eek: of all the casinos in the world, cruise ships have the best house advantage ( bad for players) they aren't regulated like say vegas or atlandic city is. so they can set thier slot machines as low of a return as they want...

 

WOW.. that is SO true.. LOL..

 

You know though, them being regulated gets confusing for me. I was told by one of their casino managers that a few years back the US implemented a law that any cruiseline that picks up pax at a US port must abide by Nevada gaming laws. Now what I don't know is does that mean just as far as collecting taxes or what. I was once told that a casino can actually make their slot machines as tight as they want them, they just have to report the precentage of payout to the governing body. In other words, they don't have to have a 90% payout or anything, that they can have it at 25% if they choose, it's just they have to report it at 25%. Not for sure of any of it, except you need to take lots of money with you.. LOL.

[S&Dcruising]

WOW.. that is SO true.. LOL..

 

You know though, them being regulated gets confusing for me. I was told by one of their casino managers that a few years back the US implemented a law that any cruiseline that picks up pax at a US port must abide by Nevada gaming laws. Now what I don't know is does that mean just as far as collecting taxes or what. I was once told that a casino can actually make their slot machines as tight as they want them, they just have to report the precentage of payout to the governing body. In other words, they don't have to have a 90% payout or anything, that they can have it at 25% if they choose, it's just they have to report it at 25%. Not for sure of any of it, except you need to take lots of money with you.. LOL.

 

 

According to all the publicaions I've read (casino player, strickly slots mags) each state sets it's own gaming laws. so I highly doubt cruise ships are under any such laws, also they are registered under differant counrties. so state law would not apply. when a slot machine is ordered (from anyone) from the manufacturer they tell them the payoff % they want. and without restrictions they can order a low % . ( I would guess in the 70% range, Atlantic city's law says atleast 80%)

While i'm at it let me debunk a myth. every spin of the reels is TOTALY seperate from the previous spin. in other words there is no such thing as a hot machine. the precise milla-second you hit the spin buttom determinds your win or loss.

[terrymtex01]

According to all the publicaions I've read (casino player, strickly slots mags) each state sets it's own gaming laws. so I highly doubt cruise ships are under any such laws, also they are registered under differant counrties. so state law would not apply. when a slot machine is ordered (from anyone) from the manufacturer they tell them the payoff % they want. and without restrictions they can order a low % . ( I would guess in the 70% range, Atlantic city's law says atleast 80%)

While i'm at it let me debunk a myth. every spin of the reels is TOTALY seperate from the previous spin. in other words there is no such thing as a hot machine. the precise milla-second you hit the spin buttom determinds your win or loss.

 

 

Here is what I found out:

 

As far as gaming laws, NCL casinos follow the International Council of Cruiselines gaming regulations ( http://www.ncl.com/nclweb/cruiser/cmsPages.html?pageId=CasinoAZ ) (look toward the bottom of the page under governing agency. The International Council of Cruiselines follows the rules and regulations of the Nevada Gaming Control Board for payouts and internal programming ( http://www.cruising.org/industry/gambling_guidelines.cfm ). As far as the actual rules of play, they follow the rules generally established by gaming commissions in Nevada, New Jersey and England. (same link).

 

According to the payout regulations for the Nevada Gaming Control Board, casinos must have a payout minimum of 75% which probably explains why most of us have such bad luck in onboard casinos.. LOL. So that was a very good guess for the precentage you had.

 

As far as taxes charged for casino win's above $1200.00, I also found that info on the NCL weblink listed above and is actually a rule of the Internal Revenue Service, not a gaming commission which I should have known, but just never really thought about it before. I always assummed that had something to do with gaming laws.

 

It is funny how you say that about each spin is independent... I generally buy lottery tickets here in Texas so that I buy ten drawings worth at a time. My one ticket is good for ten drawings. I do this for the Texas Lotto and the Mega Millions.. It's a cheap way to play the game, I think, and still have hope of winning it.. hehehehe.. Anyway.. one day I spent like all day collecting data on which numbers had won. You know the kind of deal.. figuring out which were the top five winning numbers.. what were the bottom five winning numbers.. then I bought tickets that had all of the top five winning numbers, all of the bottom five winning numbers, and a combo of all of them. I was spending five dollars a drawing for each of the ones offered here in Texas. Finally one day Doug said to me.. "You do realize that each drawing is independent of the other, so if each of the numbered balls is in the hopper, it has just as good of a chance being drawn, no matter if it has been drawn before or not.." Well... it took me a few days to realize what he was saying.. and since then I changed to just getting my one quick pick, good for ten drawings.. LOL.

[S&Dcruising]

here is what i found out:

 

As far as gaming laws, ncl casinos follow the international council of cruiselines gaming regulations ( http://www.ncl.com/nclweb/cruiser/cmspages.html?pageid=casinoaz ) (look toward the bottom of the page under governing agency. The international council of cruiselines follows the rules and regulations of the nevada gaming control board for payouts and internal programming ( http://www.cruising.org/industry/gambling_guidelines.cfm ). As far as the actual rules of play, they follow the rules generally established by gaming commissions in nevada, new jersey and england. (same link).

 

According to the payout regulations for the nevada gaming control board, casinos must have a payout minimum of 75% which probably explains why most of us have such bad luck in onboard casinos.. Lol. So that was a very good guess for the precentage you had.

 

As far as taxes charged for casino win's above $1200.00, i also found that info on the ncl weblink listed above and is actually a rule of the internal revenue service, not a gaming commission which i should have known, but just never really thought about it before. I always assummed that had something to do with gaming laws.

 

It is funny how you say that about each spin is independent... I generally buy lottery tickets here in texas so that i buy ten drawings worth at a time. My one ticket is good for ten drawings. I do this for the texas lotto and the mega millions.. It's a cheap way to play the game, i think, and still have hope of winning it.. Hehehehe.. Anyway.. One day i spent like all day collecting data on which numbers had won. You know the kind of deal.. Figuring out which were the top five winning numbers.. What were the bottom five winning numbers.. Then i bought tickets that had all of the top five winning numbers, all of the bottom five winning numbers, and a combo of all of them. I was spending five dollars a drawing for each of the ones offered here in texas. Finally one day doug said to me.. "you do realize that each drawing is independent of the other, so if each of the numbered balls is in the hopper, it has just as good of a chance being drawn, no matter if it has been drawn before or not.." well... It took me a few days to realize what he was saying.. And since then i changed to just getting my one quick pick, good for ten drawings.. Lol.

 

 

 

as i always say, you have to be in it to win it ! :d