What You'll Wish You Knew About Cruise Casinos Before Playing 

Was on a RC cruise last May. Took 60.00 and played a 1.00 slot machines....won 5,000! Locked that up so fast. Next day went back and won 920.00. started with 100.00!!!

Everytime I get cruise sick I listen to cruise videos while I wait for my upcoming cruise lol

I think the main thing you have to know is what you can afford to lose! It’s best to treat it as entertainment budget because the house does the math….we need to do ours as well! Thanks Tanner 😊

As someone who's done a fair share of gambling onboard, let me just say... This is a *great* overview of how to navigate cruise casinos! Thanks for the really well done vid!

Thanks for sharing! I love gambling on cruises.

I found cruise casinos less intense than US land casinos. Also, the classes on craps and roulette on one ship gave us a $5 chip when we were done.

Gamble for entertainment. People always talk about what they win but never what they lose. House odds mean the advantage the house has over you. Every single game has a house advantage. They wouldn't be in business otherwise. Casinos are a large profit center for the ships. You can win in the short term but in the long term the math holds and you will lose. Like I said, gamble for entertainment. Also, never gamble with what you can't afford to lose. Also gambling offers from the shipping lines entice people to travel. The ships have a ton of profit centers. Therefore, they're getting you to travel on their line so they can make money. But if you like cruising that's fine. Remember that's all for entertainment and some fun.

4:45 coin pusher gets “reset” every night skill crane and key master will only payout when it have generated enough money for the casino , no skill involved. Plus the claw game gets reset each night as well.

The no smoking policy is why we usually only cruise with Celebrity. It's so much nicer to be able to breathe while playing or walking thru the casino.

Celebrity cruises are non smoking casinos and drinks are free while gamblng.

We have a set amount we take just for gambling. Win or lose we never dip into the other funds . And normally it lasts the trip . I enjoy playing the slots not to win it does happen just not often lol we do it for the points . We now get free drinks ship wide free rooms and better upgrades. Over all its a break from every day life .

On my first cruise, I wish I knew that table games don't matter as much. Play the slots when you want to earn points. And if you have enough points, you can get a complimentary next cruise offer. And within a couple weeks after my first cruise, I started getting the offers coming in. So, despite losing money, I got the money back with the complimentary cruises that I was offered and redeemed for. However, the complimentary cruise does not include excursions, airfare, and staying at a hotel the night before the cruise. Therefore, those were added expenses I was not anticipating. Therefore, very quickly I drained through my savings. But when you spent a few thousand in the casino, it's normal where you want to at least get your monies worth. So then to get your monies worth, you end up spending more money. So, while I will enjoy my various cruise experiences with my family, I know that it's not a permanent lifestyle that I would be able to maintain. That is why for so many families, they might do one or two cruises in a lifetime while the people that frequently cruise are enjoying their golden years of retirement.

Good video

Any info on P&O ? Do they have a rewards program? I can only see on google info regarding P&O Australia. Im booking in the uk and cruising the canarie islands

Recently went on a 3 night cruise on RC (2nd x), gambled started with 200.00 ended up breaking even....just rec'd offer free for 2 people.. 3 or 4 night inside cabin plus 25.00 free play

Lol, as an arcade guy, i can tell you all about that keymaster machine...

Neil Young wrote a song called "Cripple Creek Ferry" that has a couple of lines I take to heart: "The gambler tips his hat and heads towards the door. Its the second half of the cruise, and you know he hates to lose".

Except you didn’t mention the word fun not once it’s supposed to be also fun 🤩 🎉

I used to hate cruise casinos, but then I realized those people losing money were subsidizing my cruise. Now I just avoid the casino and let them lower my cruise fare.

Celebrity Edge class does NOT allow smoking in the casino

Question - Royal Caribbean can I do a room charge on a slot machine for example $50.25 or is it just whole numbers you know anybody?

1:08 I love how he falls for the casino P.R. lingo... Calling it "gaming" instead of "gambling" . We all know its the gambling industry not the gaming industry.

You can actually drink at 18. Atleast this was the case on a recent norwegian cruiseline I was just on

Can somebody tell me which ship that is at the 2:21 mark? What a gorgeous casino

We bet very small so our loss was equally very small. What was a big rip off was the bingo. If you do a bit of maths, calculate the number of books by cost and the total payouts. It’s a staggerring profit earner for the cruise owners. We played once and that was it.

I'm in MO and drinks aren't free at our casinos either. Most states it isn't ...Vegas is about the only place I've found where its free if you can find anyone serving....

You aren't mentioning that the reason the onboard casino doesn't open till at sea is to not to have regulations controlling the payouts.

Those people gambling are earning free cruises with their casino gaming.

Once you are 12 nautical miles away from land or 13.8 miles you are in international waters, so the gambling rules of the United States don't apply

Slot machine odds can be lower than land based casinos. You are a captured audience. It's not like you can go to another ship. On a cruise ship they offer lessons several times on a cruise. Some table games are not offered during most of the day. Have seen some games in the casino. Tournaments can be fun.

less than 10% of gamblers on cruise ships smoke, but they dirty 100% of the air. Celebrity does not allow smoking in its casinos, so I can spend much more time there. The last cruise I won a 10k Grand but was comfortable in the casino because there was no smoking, and I gave back some of that winning. On Royal, where I also gamble a lot, I would have left as soon as I won because of the smoking. Many passengers, especially during colder months, come to the casino to smoke, even though only players are allowed to smoke in the casino. there is no enforcement of the rule, and you'll have 50 people smoking and not even gambling.

Slots odds are the same as land based casinos.

The best game machine to play on is the ATM machine. I always win money.

do you need to pay irs income taxes on comped "free" cruise?

Vox?

People allowed to smoke on the casinos? 🤮

Or better yet don’t go on a Cruise ……