50 Ways to Socialize with Other Gamblers Online

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Written by Charles Bogart

The internet can be a great resource for gamblers – but it isn’t all business. Check out these sites and fraternize with your new gambling buddies worldwide.

Forums for Slot Players

Forums for Slot Players 1. Jackpot Hunters

An intimate little forum, serving only about 1,000 regular members, JackpotHunters.com’s forte is casino specific bonuses and casino reviews. Member’s stories of jackpots won and barely missed make for hilarious, if not entirely inspirational, reading.

2. Slot Machines Forum

Lively discussions centered on the one armed bandits you know and love. Discussions about specific casinos and specific games.

3. Ildado Forums

Il Dado features a massive slot machine index as well as a rather active poker forum and community. The poker fare is pretty standard stuff: news, tournaments, and reviews.

Casino Game Forums

4. Casino Meister

With a ten year old plus web presence, Casinomeister is an almost never ending source for all things gambling. The administrator, the Casinomeister himself, is a real personality in the online gaming world.

5. Online Player’s Union Forum

If you’re looking for a non game specific forum, check this place out – forums for table games, poker, slots, and casino reviews are as at home here as the bingo, keno, and sports betting forums. A massive forum with massive membership.

6. Table Game Forum

Here’s something unique – discussion topics include chess, backgammon, and checkers – this alongside the standard table games forums.

7. Roulette System Review Forum

You’ll have to register with the site to use the forum – but this is a good feature. It means the forum won’t be clogged with spam, as many free forums on the web have a tendency to be.

8. Beat The Casino Roulette

I love game specific forums – and Beat the Casino’s roulette forum is active and full of sage advice.

9. Gambling Chit Chat

A sizable membership makes this rather small forum come alive. 5,000+ members hash it out in just a few topics, from poker to table games.

Special Interest & Miscellaneous Forums

10. DMOZ Gambling Chats & Forums

Many forums can be found by searching the Open Directory – cut and paste the above address for tons of gambling forum links. Nothing improves your game like time spent chatting with other gamers.

11. Amazon Gambling Forum

A very active (and reliably hosted) forum mostly about gambling books and other materials that are purchasable through Amazon. Plenty of members and lots of updates.

12. Help 2 Win

For you soccer fans (excuse me, non Americans . . . “football”) this is the site to get the edge on soccer gambling. Handicaps and advice from around the world.

13. The Dealer’s Lounge

This forum is unique – table game dealers get together to dish out the knowledge and share hilarious stories about players. Somewhere between “How to get rid of card counters” and “Two dollar tip on a $5,000 win” I realized this was the most fun I’d had all day.

14. Games and Casino Bingo Forum

A bingo-centric gambling forum with its tongue planted firmly in its cheek. Don’t expect the same old forum chat here – every piece of advice seems to be served up with humor.

Video Poker Forums

Video Poker Forums 15. Video Poker Talk

Q&A, strategies and tactics, and casino specific advice from Biloxi to Vegas are the prominent forums at this video poker specific site.

16. VP Free

A bare bones casino review forum lives here – not much fun unless you’re a die hard video poker gamer. Still, a very valuable resource is to be found, listing thousands of casinos around the country and the games available there.

Social Networking Sites

17. Facebook

The ubiquitous social networking site can easily be used by gamers to connect with others of their ilk. Make it clear on your profile that you enjoy “Texas Hold ‘em” or “Keno” or what have you, and you’d be surprised the kinds of connections you can make.

18. Myspace

As with Facebook, users on Myspace can easily identify themselves as a fan of a certain game – and meet other gamers that way.

19. Backpage

Want to meet friends (or even dates) who share your interest in a specific casino game? Why not make a free backpage.com ad and seek them out that way? Remember to be as precise as possible. If you’re a SWM looking for a DWF into keno, put that in your subject line.

20. Craig’s List

As with the less popular backpage.com, a great way to meet people would be to advertise an event or a meeting (or even a poker game) on craigslist.com. Be specific, and do your part to put newspapers out of business by posting a free ad.

21. Meet Up

This social networking site, whose mission is to get people off the net and into face-to-face meetings, can be easily used by gamblers to arrange in-person meetings and parties. If you decide to go this route, be sure to be specific about the type of gambling or betting you’d like to be a part of.

Poker Specific Forums

22. Poker Junkie

If it wasn’t obvious from the name, PokerJunkie.com offers a poker specific forum as well as plenty of tools for the poker player, like odds calculators and a rather lengthy glossary of terms.

23. Felt Poker

Offering a decent forum (around 300 dedicated members) and daily updates and articles on poker, Felt Poker’s real forte are the free tournament series they host, as well as casino reviews.

24. Cards Chat

Billing itself as “a worldwide poker community”, Cardschat requires members to register (for free) before taking part in the forums. This cuts down on the spam and phishing content found at so many free forums.

25. Games and Casino Poker Forum

17 forum topics means this forum (focusing exclusively on poker and its many variations) will keep you chatting for hours. Perhaps the only “Razz” specific forum on the web can be found here.

Forums for Blackjack Players

26. Blackjack Forum Online

This forum has existed in SOME form since 1981, long before the Internet (when it was published as a newsletter of sorts). Blackjack Forum Online bills itself as “the forum run by professional gamblers”. The open forums here concentrate mostly on Q and As and casino reviews.

27. Blackjack Info Bulletin Board

The most interesting features of this bulletin board are the casino review forums – casinos from all over the world are reported on regularly. “The Zen Zone”, where members weigh in on politics and religion, can be a hotbed of bad language and worse manners.

28. Advantage Player Blackjack Forum

There’s a forum for every skill level here, from beginner to card counter.

29. Blackjack Tournaments

As you can imagine from the name, the forums here focus on tournament reviews from around the world – the members tend to go off topic with hilarious results. The OJ Simpson topic this week was particularly juicy and produced more than a few chuckes.

Forums for Sportsbook Gamblers

Forums for Sportsbook Gamblers 30. Predict’em Forums

The highlights of PredictEm.com’s forum space are the season long sports-specific pick-em challenges and contests.

31. SBR Forum

An easy to use, well designed sports gambling forum featuring news from the wide world of sports – the big four sports are highlighted but advice on “fringe sports” is solid as well. The forums here are easy to navigate and hosted by professional web designers.

32. The Rx Forum

Over 1,000 regular members choose this (mostly) sportsbook oriented forum, making it a pretty tight knit community. Plenty of contests and special site promotions offer you rewards for your participation.

33. Bang The Book

Not just a sportsbook forum anymore – Bang the Book has branched out into poker and even a few table game discussions. Plenty of tie ins to online sports book wager sites means your membership here is actually WORTH something.

34. Betting Talk

Not the best looking forum out there – but the content is solid. Fans of sports betting will appreciate this site’s membership’s intelligence and understanding of sports.

35. Let’s Talk Sports Forum

A busy forum brimming with contests and challenges – well designed, easy to use, and with a tight knit membership. Newbies may find it difficult to jump in and get involved, but your time spent at Let’s Talk Sports will pay off at the water cooler.

36. Forums at EOG

A massive forum (claiming 20,000+ members) on topics ranging from sports betting to politics.

37. Freaks Forum

A very attractive site featuring solid news and gambling coverage on the front page – forum topics include poker and table gaming, not just sportsbook.

38. Sports Capper Island Forum

5,000+ members (many of them seemingly active within the last month) offer advice and chat on topics ranging from NCAA betting to “hot babes”. Definitely a man’s kind of hangout.

39. Covers Community Sports Forum

Focusing mostly on sports handicappers and their rather spirited discussions, the Covers Community has a vehemently active and wise membership.

40. Major Wager

A seriously stout front page features sports betting news and informative guides for gamblers. The forums leave a little more to be desired, but the advice handed out on a regular basis is worth the price of admission . . . which is free.

41. At Stalk

At two in the morning, as I write this article, almost 200 people are viewing just one of the eighteen forums here. Topics range from horse racing to Ultimate Fighting.

42. Bet Vega World

From pro football to NASCAR, Bet Vega World offers the sportsbook gambler an edgy perspective on handicapping and sports.

43. Ultimate Capper

Picks, lines and odds, contests, and forums for sportsbook gamblers are gathered into one tidy little package here.

44. Capper’s Lounge

6,000+ members gather regularly at this site to discuss sports handicapping as well as poker and even a few non gambling related topics – politics, politics, politics.

Ball of Wax Forums

45. Winner Online

Massive membership and a variety of forum topics (from worst online casinos to “rants and raves”) mean you’ll never get bored while tightening up your game.

46. Online Gambling Forum

48 forums ranging from gambling jokes to online casino reviews and table game advice make this one of the most inclusive gambling sites online.

47. Gone Gambling Casino Forum

Another “members-only” forum, Gone Gambling seems to focus on group advice sessions – conferences, “expert advice” lectures, and other social forms of gaming talk can be found all over the site.

48. Gamblers Connected

Poker, table games, bingo, and rummy (one of the few rummy forums online) are the focus here.

49. Gambling Affiliatez

If you’re looking for casino reviews and info on specific casino sites and the games offered, check out Gambling Affiliatez. Topics range from link exchange to rakeback reviews.

50. Two Plus Two Forums

Two Plus Two is enormous – they claim a membership of 150,000 +. Diverse topics of discussion include video games and psychology, alongside the usual gaming fare.

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