Responsible Gambling Awareness Week - October 20-26, 2008
Test Your Knowledge
Play this interactive game and find out more about gambling responsibly.
1. A good player can guess the outcome of a game of chance.2. Gambling should be viewed as just another form of entertainment.
3. In Alberta, you can buy a lottery ticket if you are age 16 or older.
4. In Alberta, a person playing a slot machine can expect to leave with 92 per cent of the money they have bet on the machine.
5. Employing ‘basic blackjack strategy’ will eliminate the casino’s advantage.
6. The outcome on a slot machine is determined when you push the button or pull the lever.
7. If you are losing, changing your bet level is a useful strategy to get wins going again.
8. You notice that in Roulette, the number 27 has come up three times in the last hour. You decide to bet on 27 because the likelihood that it will come up again has increased.
9. Slot machine payouts will increase the longer you play.
10. The odds for new players winning are higher.
View our Tips for Responsible Gambling.