The gambling encyclopedia · Romania
Gambling, explained to the last digit.
How the games work and what their mathematics says, who holds an ONJN licence in Romania and where the world's land-based casinos are. No advertising and no links to operators.
The mathematics of the games The world's casinos, by country
01 Official registers
The database, today
Data extracted on 06.10.2026
02 Mathematics
The house edge, computed
Every casino game is built so that, in the long run, the house keeps part of the stakes. The percentages are computed by the site from the rules of the games, not copied.
No betting system changes them. Betting systems
- 0.57%Blackjack, with basic strategyper 100 lei0.57 lei
- 1.06%Baccarat, banker betper 100 lei1.06 lei
- 1.41%Craps, pass lineper 100 lei1.41 lei
- 2.70%European rouletteper 100 lei2.70 lei
- 5.26%American rouletteper 100 lei5.26 lei
- 14.36%Baccarat, tie betper 100 lei14.36 lei
Each tube's level is the house edge, on one scale, from 0 to 15%.
- Blackjack, with basic strategyafter 1,000 bets, 5.70 lei
- Baccarat, banker betafter 1,000 bets, 10.58 lei
- Craps, pass lineafter 1,000 bets, 14.14 lei
- European rouletteafter 1,000 bets, 27.03 lei
- American rouletteafter 1,000 bets, 52.63 lei
- Baccarat, tie betafter 1,000 bets, 143.60 lei
This is the long-run average: a real series can end anywhere, but the more bets there are, the closer the average result comes to these lines.
03 Lotto 6 from 49
1 in 13,983,816
The chance that one ticket matches all six numbers in a draw. Every draw is independent of the ones before: “overdue” numbers are no more likely. Lotteries and keno
04 The world map
2,103 land-based casinos
in 56 countries
From the official lists of each country's authorities, with the source and the date of extraction. The countries, in alphabetical order:
- Albania
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Botswana
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Hungary
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Malta
- Montenegro
- Mozambique
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- North Macedonia
- Panama
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Zimbabwe
05 Explore
Sections
- 01Games: rules and mathematicsThe rules and probabilities of casino games, lotteries and betting.
- 02The mathematics of the gamesHouse edge, variance, the gambler's fallacy: why the average favours the house.
- 03GlossaryThe terms of gambling, in Romanian and English.
- 04ONJN-licensed operatorsThe organisers and suppliers holding an ONJN licence valid today, from the official registers.
- 05Land-based casinos, by countryLand-based casinos in Romania and worldwide, with the addresses from the official lists.
- 06HistoryFrom the Venetian Ridotto to regulation in Romania.
- 18+Responsible gamblingThe signs of problem gambling, self-exclusion and where to ask for help.
06 Principles
How the site works
- Information, not advertisingNo link, button or code leading to operators.
- Official sources onlyEvery row carries its source and the date it was extracted.
- Alphabetical orderNo hierarchy and no scores.
- Computed figuresThe probabilities follow from the rules, checked by tests.