Win More with Casino Tournaments

Published: thu 21 mar 2019 | Updated: fri 29 jan 2021

Play against other players and win big

Playing online casino games for their own sake is a thrilling pastime and one that has the potential to deliver a windfall to your wallet, but there is another way of playing your favourite games that adds a satisfying element of competition to the experience. What we’re talking about here are online casino tournaments, where participants play not just to win for the sake of winning, but to beat everyone else who takes part in the event.

How Casino Tournaments Work

Casino tournaments usually have simple and straightforward formats which makes them something that can be enjoyed by both beginning and experienced players alike. To begin, you will typically need to register (or ‘opt-in’) to participate in a tournament. Your playing activity on the featured game will then be tracked – as will the results you achieve – by the hosting casino. When the tournament ends, the performance of all players will be compared, and the ones who have fared best will receive a share of the prize pool that is available.

Exactly what you have to do to win a share of the available prize pool will be determined by the format and rules of the particular tournament you choose to get involved in. Three of the most common tournament formats are:

• Turnover Tournaments: These track how much you play the featured game, as quantified by your turnover in monetary terms. The more you bet in these tournaments, the more chance you will have of winning, and the player who achieves the highest turnover will win the top prize.
• Profit Tournaments: These track how much you win from the featured game, and to make them fair, you will usually pay a fixed fee to participate and receive a fixed number of credits or chips in return. You would then use those credits or chips on the featured game to see how much you can win, with the biggest winner taking the top prize in the tournament.
• Periodic Tournaments: These are turnover tournaments, but instead of featuring just one game they tend to feature a range of games, and the tournament period is longer than usual. For example, a tournament may run for an entire month, and the players who achieve the highest combined turnovers on all of the featured games will be the ones who share the prize pool.

Tournaments for All Tastes

There are casino tournaments for all kinds of casino games, so whether you are someone who likes to spend time at the blackjack table, get lucky at the roulette wheel or play the latest slots and video slots, there are sure to be tournaments to suit your tastes. All you have to do is find them!

The good news is that casino tournaments are becoming increasingly common at online casinos everywhere. However, if you’d like to get started straight away, head over to Unibet, which offers a good range of tournaments – and prize pools worth four or five figures – on a regular basis. Good luck!