Games
The number of existing games is huge and so is the number of games classification systems. You actually can classificate games any way you want, even according to how much money do you want to spend. Or games would rather be divided according to how much money do you want to earn. (Why not?). But there is a a generally accepted classification of gambling games. You can check it bellow:
"Unbeatable" Casino Games (All players must lose in the long run no matter what strategy chosen):
Slot machines
Baccarat
Craps
Roulette
Keno
Casino war
Faro (All but extinct in recent times)
Pachinko
Sic Bo
Let It Ride
The Wheel of Fortune
3-card Poker
4-card poker
Red Dog
Pyramid Poker
Caribbean Stud Poker
Spanish 21 -- without counting
"Beatable" Casino Games
With proper strategy, the smart player creates a positive mathematical expectation
Poker (Also recognised as a game of skill)
Blackjack -- with card counting
Video poker -- with proper pay table
Pai Gow Poker and Tiles -- player-dealt
Sports betting
Horse racing (pari-mutuel)
Slot machines -- only linked, multi-player jackpots whose prizes have reached a certain point.
Non-casino gambling games
Lottery
Mahjong
Dice-based (Backgammon, Liar's dice, Passe-dix, Hazard)
Card games (Liar's poker, Bridge, Basset, Lansquenet, Piquet, Put)
Coin-tossing (Head and Tail, Two-up)
Confidence tricks (Three card monte, The shell game, Carnival Games, The Razzle, Hanky Pank, Penny Falls, Six-Cat, The Swinger, The Push-up Bottle, The Nail Joint)
Con Games (in bars) (Put and Take, The Smack, The Drunken Mitt).
Another convenient way of game classification which is certainly will be useful for new comers are grouping games according to their popularity. We rated the large number of games and now can provide information for the most popular ones: card games, table games, slots, bingo games, keno, blackjack and baccarat games.
