The best laid PLANs of mice and men often go awry.
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Welcome back to another effortpost by me generally on the developing arms race in East Asia, this time covering the People's Liberation Army Navy, hereafter referred to as the "PLAN", and its massive growth... and... mostly, well, its massive growth. What that means is mostly covered in other posts about how other countries are responding to it. The why is a bit difficult because, well, China is not well known for open debate, or open anything, really, which will turn up repeatedly.
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1. What you [might] need to know about South Korea's ludicrous arms buildup
2. We shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches.... uh, what do we do after that again?: The Perilous Defensive Position of Taiwan
3. "You've hit another cargo ship? The Problems with the US Navy: Not all of them begin with "Seven" and end with "th Fleet"."
4. Will China's PLAN survive contact with the enemy?
5. Biden's New START and modern nuclear war
6. First And Last Stand Of The Tin Can Navies [ASEAN + Australia and the smaller adversaries China may contend with]
7. Boned: Problems in the US Air [and space!] Force
8. --Unnamed-- effortpost on Japanese military matters, mostly about how weird the JSDF status is
9. --Unnamed--effortpost on Indian military matters, and why they can't focus on China or buy anything that works
10. --Unnamed--effortpost on the rest of the PLA, mostly the air force though
11. --Unnamed--effortpost on the rest of the US Armed Forces, mostly talking about how the marines are changing and the Army's new love affair with INF-busting weapons
12. Conclusion?

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Glossary:
PLA = People's Liberation Army = the armed forces of the People's Republic of China, or China
PLAN = People's Liberation Army Navy = the naval forces of the PLA
PLANAF = People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force = the air force of the navy of the PLA
Ashm = Anti-ship missile, cruise missile unless specifically described as otherwise--there's only one anti-ship ballistic missile in existence and its efficacy and whether or not it functions is questionable
CIWS = close-in weapons system, like the Phalanx gun or Goalkeeper
VLS = vertical launch system for missiles
AEGIS = Aegis Combat System if described specifically in that context, a US naval warfare system, but we'll usually be talking about "Chinese AEGIS", which is a nomiker used by the Chinese media in particular comparing the Type 346 radar to the AN-SPY family, with which it shares numerous technical characteristics--but how comparable the "Chinese AEGIS" system is to what the US uses is a complete unknown.
SAM = Surface-to-air missile, in this case usually a S-300 derivative
First Island Chain = The islands, stretching from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan, which keep China inside its littoral seas much as the GIUK [Greenland-Iceland-UK] gap has kept various continental powers out of the Atlantic.
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Some PLAN equipment you might see described--the nomenclature is confusing and a relic of the cultural revolution, and as a result China now has more Types than the British.
Type 003 = China's new conventionally powered supercarriers, currently under construction
Type 002 = China's first truly "operational" carrier
Type 001 = China's first carrier, built on a Soviet hull purchased from Ukraine ostensibly to make a floating casino
Type 055 = Guided-missile cruiser, though generally called a destroyer it's probably more descriptively labeled a cruiser
Type 052D = Guided-missile destroyer using "Chinese AEGIS"
Type 052/051B/052B/052C = the gradual progression of evolving Chinese naval tech, largely built as practice/demo ships like the Type 001. Some of the earlier ones are steam-powered but by the Type 052C you have something almost as advanced as the Type 052D, albeit with turbine problems
Type 054A = the standard modern frigate of the PLAN
Type 053[anything] = old PLAN frigates
Type 096 = China's newest SSBN class, under construction
Type 094 = China's first functional SSBN class, very noisy
Type 092 = China's first "SSBN", believed to have never left port with an actual nuke on board
Type 095 = China's newest SSN class, under construction
Type 093 = China's current SSN class, noisy
Type 091 = China's first SSN class, dumb dumb dumb and is at a 1950s tech level
Type 039[A] = China's new SSK class
Kilo = China's older SSK class, imported from Russia
Sovremenny = China's first capable anti-air destroyers, imported from Russia
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1. The Last Time A Rising Navy Challenged A Dominant Foe

The last time we've seen something like this was in the late 19th century. After the First World War shipbuilding was restricted by the landmark Washington Naval Treaty, one of the first great arms control treaties, and during the Cold War the Soviet Union never really had any hopes of surpassing American naval power. China, however, seems intent on replacing the US as the world's dominant naval power, or at least building a force that can stop the US Navy, even combined with the forces of Japan and other regional allies.
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The nations in question, of course, in the last naval arms race, were the United Kingdom and a newly-unified Germany. Germany never reached the level of the UK, but seriously threatened it. Previously the UK had maintained a policy of having more ships than the next two largest fleets combined, but this was no longer possible, and the UK legitimately was fearful for its naval supremacy. It didn't last too long in the end--under a decade--and a resumption was foiled by first a world war and then the Washington Naval Treaty. The impact of the arms race, though, was massive. It set Germany and the UK at odds with each other, it resulted in a general buildup of warships pretty much everywhere [South America was, believe it or not, one of the biggest offenders there], established Germany for a time as the world's second naval power, having eclipsed both France and Russia and turning a small coastal defense navy into something that was able to defeat the Royal Navy itself, though never comprehensively enough to change the course of the first world war.
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China dwells in a much different situation than Germany did at the turn of the last century, so we can only extend the analogy so far--substituting in Japan for the UK, India for Russia, and so on is possible but not, in my view, educational. However, we can see many of the same elements playing in here. China seems intent on replacing the US as a dominant power, or at least as regional hegemon--the ancient tributary system seems to lie fairly heavily on Chinese minds--and in order to do that, it must be able to have some degree of power projection and the capability to deny the US Navy access to areas within the first island chain. It remains to be seen, however, how successful that quest will be. Much as with the dreadnought battleships, I wouldn't be surprised if we never actually do find out if most of the shiny naval toys people have built actually work. But their mere existence shows the mutual hostility developing in the region and demonstrates the size of the Chinese threat.
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Another lesson learned here is that China, like Germany, may not develop a naval force capable of defeating the US comprehensively, but only partially, and that one of the powers--in this case, China--might be pressured to strike first before the US Navy can close the gap. That ~2030 gap I talked about in my last post is, I think, an especially vulnerable point, because China may look at a degraded, but rejuvenating US Navy, then at their own capable forces, and decide to strike then in Taiwan and the South China Sea, only to back down when the US Navy again eclipses them. Whether or not that will happen, we will see--but I find it a very dangerous and perhaps likely possibility.
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2. What the PLAN looked like 20 years ago

The PLAN has undergone an absolutely stunning evolution in the past two decades. In the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis the US could intimidate China with a pair of aircraft carrier strike groups and China could do pretty much nothing about it. Now the US is afraid of sending anything more than a destroyer through the strait.
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Twenty years ago, the PLAN was a bit of a joke. Even Taiwan figured it could hold the seas against the PLAN. It consisted of a few tens of outdated coastal-defense frigates, some Soviet-era diesel-electric subs, and a large number of unsophisticated missile craft. The pride of the Chinese fleet were a handful of destroyers assembled using cobbled-together Western technology--copied French missiles, American gas turbines, the lot. According to American accounts at the time, the instructions for the equipment hadn't even been translated. The most advanced ship in the fleet used steampower. There were nuclear submarines, but of 1950s quality. Of particular note was the fact that the Chinese fleet had no area air defense capabilities--their premier surface-to-air-missile was an unlicensed knockoff of the French Crotale, and couldn't shoot anything outside of visual range, at high altitudes, or really doing anything more sophisticated than trying to kill their ships with low-altitude dumb bombing runs.
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In the past twenty years, however, the PLAN has, much like the German Navy towards the end of the 19th century, gone from an afterthought to the world's second most powerful force. It began, as modern China's military capabilities almost all began, with the looting of the former Soviet Union for naval technology. While Soviet naval tech was generally lacking, it was much better than anything else China could get its hands on after the arms embargo placed on it in the 1990s by the US and Europe in response to Tienanmen and the end of the Cold War. China bought Soviet diesel submarines, Soviet air-defense destroyers, and Soviet aircraft carriers, which it promptly left lying around [and turned one of them into a theme park]. This was combined with copies of various pieces of Western, mostly European, technology for everything from sonars to surface-to-air missiles. China then began developing its first modern indigenous surface combatants, the Type 052C, but there were still problems. The engines were Ukrainian and had reliability trouble, the gun jammed, there was no VLS.
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It is really in the last ten years that things have begun to move extremely quickly, and even only in the latter portion of the decade. In 2012 the Type 001 Liaoning entered service, and although it remains more of a training ship than an operational vessel, and is held back by a poor carrier aircraft, the mere fact that China "built" a carrier was a surprise to many. In 2014 the first Type 052D destroyer came online. It had learned the lessons from the Type 052C, and in just the last six years at least ten have entered service, with a class size of about 23 expected. This rapid expansion is what has frightened competing navies the most--in a little over a decade, the PLAN is constructing more destroyers than the British, French, and Australian navies have in service combined. It is also building the Type 055, which has generally been called a "destroyer" despite being more aptly described as a cruiser in line with the Ticonderoga-class. China has also built 30 modern frigates in the past decade, which has also swelled its numbers, along with numerous smaller corvettes, submarines, and so on.
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This is why the PLAN has become such an object of concern. While it cannot challenge the US Navy yet, at least outside its littoral zones, the decline of the USN and rapid expansion of the PLAN means that it is a serious threat. And the speed at which it has developed has made many fearful. As recently as 2010, the idea of China operating an aircraft carrier or modern destroyers seemed distant, possibly preposterous. Now China speaks openly of having a six-carrier fleet in the 2030s, although, as with many of China's plans to operate full US-replicated tech and doctrine, these may have somewhat caved to realism. China is mighty, but it has already done the easy part--the last part is much harder, in economics and in military matters. Building the software, the institutional knowledge, the hardware to compete with the US Navy will prove difficult.
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3. What the PLAN looks like now--submarines

Submarines are one of the PLAN's weak spots, particularly nuclear submarines. China is, however, making some fairly rapid advances in this area.
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Their nuclear submarine program has been considered a bit of a joke for some time. In the late 1950s when all the cool kids great powers were getting nuclear submarines, China decided [or at least Mao did] that China needed nuclear submarines too. About 16 years later, the product of this effort finally emerged as the Type 091 submarine. Based on 1950s technology, with poor radiation shielding and basically nothing done in the name of noise reduction, and not even a teardrop hull, the Type 091 was probably more of a threat to the sailors who were on it than anyone else, except maybe the two Tench-class submarines that Taiwan operates, which use 1940s technology and are the world's longest-serving submarines, though they're mostly used for training nowadays. Even then, my money would be on the Tench despite the upgrades the PLAN has made to the Type 091. There's only so much you can do to put lipstick on a pig.
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China also produced an SSBN, the Type 092, which was probably the only submarine more useless than the Type 091. About the only useful thing it did for the PLAN was that it served as a test platform for SLBM launches. Reports suggest that the Type 092 is the noisiest SSBN ever made, and is thought to have only ever undertaken a single patrol. It stayed at port for so long that it was thought to have sunk in an accident. And the experience turned the PLAN off from building SSBNs for over twenty years, until the Type 094 came online in 2007.
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More recent submarines are growing in capability, though. The Type 094 is not the noisiest SSBN ever made, and may not even be the noisiest in current service--that honor going to the Delta III operated by the Russian Navy, which uses 1970s technology, and, which, according to the US Office of Naval Intelligence, is about as noisy as the Type 094. The Type 093 is also moderately capable--it actually functions and can fire anti-ship missiles. However, the Type 093 is still considered only comparable to the Soviet Victor III class, again using 1970s technology. Future submarines have not yet been seen, but expectations are that China will make another step forward to late 1980s or early 1990s tech levels, producing something on par with the Los Angeles or Akula for the first time.
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China also operates a fairly capable fleet of coastal diesel-electric submarines. While some are quite old--the Type 035--most are pretty average for the global submarine force, a mix of Kilos and domestic AIP designs. The large number of boats in operation and their anti-ship missile capability means that these should be considered a real threat, at least in the littoral waters near to China, but they aren't decisive by any means, especially since China is facing off against such threats as Japan's Soryu class, probably the most advanced diesel-electric sub in existence.
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In conclusion, the PLAN is still pretty weak on the submarine front--weaker here than on anything but its carrier force, but its capabilities are advancing rapidly and should not be underestimated.

4. What the PLAN looks like now--surface combatants

The surface fleet is definitely the most impressive and capable portion of the PLAN, no questions about it. China once had a fleet consisting mostly of coastal frigates and missile boats. As recently as 2000, its fleet had no real area-air-defense destroyers, and no SAMs that could operate outside visual range. Now, though, the PLAN operates tens of advanced guided-missile destroyers, advanced frigates, and still retains a large number of small, stealthy missile boats.
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The major focus of Chinese warships appears to be on anti-air, with anti-surface being a somewhat secondary concern for all but the smallest vessels. This makes sense when you realize that the primary focus is, at least for the moment, on using land-based aircraft to strike against hostile fleet formations using long-range anti-ship missiles, in a very Soviet sort of way--"Backfire raids" using long-range land-based aircraft with anti-ship missiles were one of the US Navy's major concerns during the Cold War, and the very reason for the F-14's existence along with the AIM-54 Phoenix it carried. However, China has been developing anti-surface capabilities as well using ashms and land-attack cruise missiles [generally the same thing, actually]. Since China has finally developed a VLS system that allows it to use the same launcher for multiple missiles, its most recent ships have become more versatile in that role.
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How effective these ships are at that task is, however, a relatively open question. Their radars at least seem to quite sophisticated, using flat-panel AESA, and have been dubbed "Chinese AEGIS" by the highly reliable Chinese domestic media. The basic platform their surface-to-air missiles are based on also seems to be fairly capable--the HQ-9 is an S-300 derivative, a respectable SAM system though, again, how capable it is against opponents in an active electronic warfare environment is questionable, and it has basically no capabilities against stealth aircraft like the F-35 as far as anyone knows. The efficacy of their CIWS, again, is open to question. Really this is true of everything about the modern PLAN, and PLA in general. The PLA is secretive, has not exported most of its hardware, and has developed largely independently of foreign militaries, though it is definitely influenced by them. Now that the PLAN has moved away from simply copying foreign hardware and patching it together, its capabilities are much harder to discern.
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However, they should be taken as a very real threat, and not written off. My guess would be that their warships are about as capable as most of their non-American counterparts, save those equipped with AEGIS, but that's all my guess is---a guess.

5. What the PLAN looks like now--carriers

The PLAN currently has two carriers in service, and two more known to be under construction, and most suspect that it will build several more. However, at the moment, the PLAN's carrier force is largely a paper tiger, designed around training. The first carrier, the Type 001, basically was a "how do you build a carrier" kit bought from Russia, possibly by accident--the "fully functional" Minsk ended up as a theme park, believe it or not. The hull was purchased from Ukraine and then completed in China years later. It is also believed that the PLAN may have learned some things about aircraft carriers from the HMAS Melbourne, which was sold to a Chinese firm for scrapping--rumor has it the PLAN had no clue this had happened and then had a field day looking at all the stuff that hadn't been taken out. This was back in the old days when nobody could imagine that China would have an aircraft carrier. The Type 002, however, is built from scratch, but isn't particularly capable especially as it's a ski-jump carrier, leaving the Type 003 the first carrier which will prove actually useful.
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The main thing holding China's carrier fleet back, though, is a lack of a suitable aircraft. Originally China was considering purchasing Su-33s from Russia, hardly a good carrier-based aircraft but functional, but after Russia discovered that China had been mucking about building a Su-27 derivative without asking the deal fell through [China tells a different story, saying that Russia demanded exorbitant amounts to reopen production which it was unwilling to pay for a nearly obsolete aircraft]. As a result China operates the J-15 as its naval fighter, with... less than stellar results. It's extremely heavy, and, if it takes off from the carrier, has minimal range if carrying anything at all--it can't take more than two short range air to air missiles into the sky to fight enemy aircraft. However, the J-15 isn't really intended for combat service--it's intended to teach China how to run carriers, and it seems to work well enough for that task, aside from the multiple fatal crashes. There is, however, thought to be a new carrier fighter in the pipeline--most say the J-31/FC-31, which has reduced RCS and a number of carrier-unique features, is being pitched as a carrier-based aircraft and will serve as China's carrier fighter in the future. China also lacks any fixed wing carrier-based airborne early warning, which could prove troublesome--a lack of AEW means that its view is limited by the horizon--and has no resupply aircraft like the C-2 Greyhound. As a result, for the moment at least, China lacks an effective carrier force, but it is likely to continue developing rapidly in the next decade and become a fairly substantial threat. Remember that as recently as 2010, a Chinese aircraft carrier seemed preposterous to many people, and now they have two.

6. Some attention to land-based aircraft

Land-based aircraft as a naval weapon are not generally used by the US, which has never had a reason to develop them as a doctrinal focus. Sure, you could potentially envision them as being used, and there even were situations where they were utilized, but it just wasn't generally a priority or how things were done. For China, though, taking influence from the Soviets, and lying on littoral seas with hostile powers in the First Island Chain, land-based aircraft and missiles are a key part of doctrine. Although this is often viewed as a new thing, called A2/AD [anti access/area denial], it's really the result of a long historical evolution of naval power, probably most refined by the Soviet Union. As a result, land-based naval aviation plays an important role, firing anti-ship missiles at standoff distances at enemy vessels, and shore-based launchers of anti-ship missiles are also an important weapon. The combination of these systems means that venturing within China's littoral seas is a dangerous proposition during war, and some waters, like those of the Taiwan Strait, are effectively considered closed at this point in the event of hostilities breaking out. For this reason air superiority is also important in this sort of naval warfare, as if either side gains air superiority it can pummel its opponents with air-launched anti-ship missiles. China's capabilities in this area are sophisticated and should not be underestimated, but they are unlikely to go through a rapid period of growth like the PLAN's fleet.
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And a brief note dedicated entirely to the DF-21D "Carrier killer" that the PLA likes to show off. It's a pretty impressive capability, on paper, using a ballistic missile to hit a carrier. The CEP [circular error probable] means that it could even happen, presuming that an aircraft carrier was good enough to sit in one place, not moving, long enough to be detected by China. Aircraft carriers look big, but the seas are huge, and they're surprisingly hard to find. They also move quite fast, in excess of of 35mph/55kph, and thus by the time the ballistic missile has launched it might well be out of range given the fact that ballistic missiles are not particularly known for their maneuverability in terminal stages, at least not in the realm of miles. The DF-21D is not a particular threat to the modern aircraft carrier. It could potentially be one if it evolves into a hypersonic boost-glide vehicle, but that's a whole additional can of worms, that I might address a different day.

7. The PLAN's plans for the future--what will it look like in 2030?

Unfortunately the PLAN is not exactly the most open of navies, as I've repeatedly mentioned. There are no public debates over acquisitions programs, no big fleet shape plans, relatively little detail.
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However, a few things are fairly sure bets or publicly announced.
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China has repeatedly announced plans to build a six-carrier force, including the Type 001 and Type 002, but also a pair of Type 003 [already under construction] conventionally powered supercarriers and a pair of Type 004 nuclear powered supercarriers. However, it seems that the Type 004 is currently on hold. Why, exactly, is unclear, but it seems to be technical difficulties, which are not particularly surprising given that China's experience with nuclear maritime propulsion seem to be rather limited and have had poor results in their submarine fleet. The costs were also expected to be too high--China does not have an unlimited quantity of money, despite what it may flaunt, and nuclear carriers are expensive to develop especially given that China has not built a nuclear-powered surface ship before.
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A new carrier-based fighter is almost certainly in the cards because the J-15 is pretty much useless. The FC-31 seems by far the most likely candidate but it could be another aircraft we haven't seen yet. The addition of this aircraft will greatly improve the PLAN's capabilities.
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China also has two Type 075 amphibious assault ships/LHDs under construction, and I would expect this class to be much more prolific. These ships are much more affordable than the full carriers, and focus on areas in which China is particularly concerned--amphibious assaults, say, on islands in the South China Sea or on Taiwan, and anti-submarine warfare, which is of particular importance given that submarines cannot be easily halted with land-based anti-ship missiles and air-launched cruise missiles provided for in their area denial doctrine--submarines are one of the few things that can slip through that net.
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The surface combatant fleet is likely to continue growing, but I am not sure if it will swell much beyond the ~23 Type 052D ships planned and the 8 Type 055s. We're likely to see the retirement of the classes preceding the Type 052C destroyer and the Type 054 frigate, and they may be offloaded to Bangladesh, Myanmar, or Pakistan--there is substantial precedent here, and it seems that China is interested in expanding the naval capabilities of its partners around India.
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The submarine fleet is likely to see rapid expansion if the PLAN is satisfied with the Type 095 and Type 096 classes, and we're likely to see more diesel-electric subs built as well. Submarines are generally quite good at fighting submarines and conducting area-denial missions, and the large and capable subsurface forces of Japan, Korea, and the United States means that this has to be an area the PLAN invests more in--and the fact that several Southeast Asian nations are also looking at acquiring submarines makes the issue more pressing.

8. Conclusion

China has in the past decade gone from a third-rate navy to perhaps the greatest threat the US Navy has faced since the Second World War. This has significant geopolitical implications, and has resulted in neighbors scrambling to overhaul their naval forces. The growth of the PLAN means that the US can no longer easily defend Taiwan or the South China Sea, or any of China's littoral waters. This, more than anything else, is what has everyone scrambling in the US talking about "great-power competition" because denying access to the US Navy and working on power projection, an inherently naval thing, is essentially a clear sign that China is looking to directly compete with the United States. Underestimate the PLAN at your own peril.
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I hope to have more detail and citations in future posts, but unfortunately the PLAN is very secretive [yes, I've said that fifty times already] and this is a pretty big topic to discuss without going into details about all sorts of naval tidbits. Thanks for reading the fourth post in what I hope will be a fairly substantial series, probably around ~12 posts.
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9. Citations

James Holmes, "The Danger Zone In Naval Arms Races"
USNI, Report to Congress on Chinese Naval Modernization
Hans Kristensen, China's Noisy Nuclear Submarines
Eric Wertheim, China's Type 052D Destroyer is a potent adversary
Robert Farley, Let's Talk About The Chinese Navy's Type 055 Destroyer
Ryan Pickrell, Chinese fighter jet holding China back as it builds carrier fleet
Look, much more here is based on loose speculation, more unreliable sources, and stuff I've picked up over the years, because public info is limited. So take everything I say with a grain of salt, but understand that it's the best information I know of.

The following two paragraphs are from this Wannabe Billionaire: Arun Pudur's Tech Fortune May Be Largely Fiction:

From a Kuala Lumpur office, 38-year-old Arun Pudur is building an international business empire, or so he says. The flagship of his Pudur Corp., he says, competes with Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec and other technology giants with copycat products that he promotes as cheaper, faster and less prone to viruses. Its biggest seller is a knockoff of Microsoft Office that he says boasts 25.6 million users, including U.S. multinationals such as General Electric, Krispy Kreme, MTV and Boeing.
After software there's mining. Pudur says he bought a gold mine in South Africa in January and that he aims to become the world's third-largest platinum producer in five years.
Five years ago, he says, he began trading liquefied natural gas in East Asia. He says he and a partner are developing a beach resort, casino and water theme park in Malawi.
He says he's invested $10.2 million in Genesis Telecom, which he describes as an underwater-cable operator that will supply 30% of all Internet service to Indonesia.
All in all, Pudur Corp. claims it operates in 20 industries and 70 countries--generating $13.4 billion in revenue last year and reaping $3.6 billion in net profits.
Bloomberg had him speak in December at its ASEAN Business Summit in Bangkok. The topic: Entrepreneurship: Turning Ideas Into Global Success Stories. Earlier, Twitter included him in an e-book it published titled "Tweets From the Top," amid a collection from Asia-Pacific leaders, including South Korea President Park Geun-hye, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra.
Pudur certainly likes to call himself a billionaire, and he agrees with Wealth-X that he's worth $4 billion. As one of Pudur's tweets, hashtagged #lifelessons, says: "People buy you, your stories, your magic, never your products or services."

Now, all this looks very promising (Not!). We have got another person who will follow in the prestigious, honest and hardworking footsteps of Ambani and Adani (/s). However, there are some vital things missing....

However, Pudur's business empire--and his billions--may be largely fiction. FORBES ASIA e-mailed 25 people on a list supplied by Pudur Corp. of customers, distributor-partners and business associates. None of those who responded corroborated the supposed scale of his operation. Nearly half used Gmail, Yahoo or other personal e-mail addresses instead of company or official addresses. Some did not turn up in online searches and were invisible on professional networks such as LinkedIn and CrunchBase.
Suspicions were first raised when our reporter visited the company headquarters in December to interview Pudur. For a business putatively so large, its profile in downtown Kuala Lumpur is notably low-key. Its offices occupy just one part of the 7th floor in a 26-story building. There are no exterior signs proclaiming its presence. Inside, when a visitor wants to use a restroom, it turns out to be a facility shared with other tenants at the end of a maze of corridors. Pudur says his operation has only 132 employees, which is remarkable given that his flagship technology unit--Celframe--spent $1.6 billion on research & development in 2014, according to its latest annual report. But he says most of that work is outsourced and that there are another 13,700 "indirect" or remote workers.

If you read the article given above, you'll discover more of this person's "karnamas". All in all, this guy is just another mega-cheat and exactly like the fraud who was in the news very recently - Mr. B. R. Shetty. (You can read about him here - Two Indians and lax compliance brought trouble to UAE banks), just another pet-dog of Modi and the PR-BJP.
Now, what's amazing is that the said person is now just another Twitter troll - the blue tick one, whose sole purpose is to remove any sort of agency and influence that an Indian Muslim in the Gulf have to their disposal.
He has now resorted to doxxing Muslims living in the gulf and reporting them to the Ministry of External Affairs, India just because they were targeting the hypocrites leeching of Arab money and then posting Islamophobic content online - dehumanising the already vulnerable Indian Muslims. (Few cases like - Indian expat sacked and faces jail for insulting Islam.)
You can read here (https://twitter.com/arunpudustatus/1261663071644168192) how the degenerate takes pride in calling names to the Muslims they've doxxed - Ola/Uber, Jihadi, etc. Supposedly their aim is to deport him back to India and make him rot in prison. Like they've done recently with UAPA.
Inshallah, I don't think they'll be able to do anything to the said person as he hasn't committed any sort of crime (per UAE law) and there are enough Muslims to help him there.
Things to note here is that:

1. There is a systematic hierarchy being followed by these Indian "dharmic" patriots/trolls on reducing the Indian Muslim to nothing - so that no one is able to hear their point of view.
2. Popular social media channels like Twitter, Quora and Facebook have been completely hacked on behest of the government. A lot of times, you can see a Sanghi commenting first on any sort of post related to Islam before a Muslim.
3. They think they can go scot-free but there has been immense backlash from Muslims world-wide and this is not going well with them, therefore this supposed billionaires(lol) are being employed by the IT cell to target muslims and give impetus to the Rs. 2 per tweet troll army.
4. If you check his tweets, the said fraud has links with Vikas Pandey (twitter.com/ModifiedVikas) who once threatened SC lawyer on twitter who was fighting Ayodhya case. You can even listen to a Tedx talk by him here (check the comments and the like-dislike ratio to know how welcomed he was there)

Forgive my grammar and spelling mistakes.

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18th December 2019
Good morning fellow traders, good luck today, stay warm.

DOW

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) received regulatory approval from China to set up a majority owned securities venture in the country, which will include a brokerage, investment advisory, underwriting and sponsorship.
Merck & Co. (MRK) announced the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 9-4 in favour of recommending Keytruda, for the treatment of patients with high-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.

NASDAQ 100

Activision Blizzard (ATVI) announced it is putting the release of its Warcraft III: Reforged, to January 28th 2020, despite aiming to release the game prior to year-end as they feel little more time is needed to maintain its high quality standards.
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) has paid some of its suppliers up to 25% more for the goods it resells to offset US President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese products, according to Business Insider. Elsewhere, it announced a free return on millions of items, for items such as electronics, household items, pet supplies kitchen appliances and more.
Illumina Inc (ILMN) has had its USD 1.2bln deal to acquire Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB) challenged by the FTC, alleging ILMN is aiming to unlawfully maintain a monopoly in the US. Market for next-gen DNA sequencing systems, by eliminating PACB as a threat.
Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) has partnered with Tencent (700 HK) to launch a cloud gaming service in China.
Tesla (TSLA) are reportedly considering reducing prices of its Model 3 sedans in China by 20% or more in 2020, according to people familiar with the matter.

S & P 500

Altria Group Inc (MO) – A study released suggests that the nicotine formula used by JUUL Labs is almost identical to the flavour and addictive profile of the tobacco company’s Marlboro cigarette.
Boston Properties (BXP) increased its quarterly dividend to USD 0.98/share from USD 0.95/share.
CIGNA Corp. (CI) is to sell one of its units that sells non-medical insurance products to employers for USD 6.3bln to New York Life Insurance Co. Cigna also announced a USD 4bln share repurchase programme.
Cintas Corp (CTAS) Q2 (USD): EPS 2.27 (exp. 2.03), Revenue 1.84bln (exp. 1.82bln); raised its FY20 EPS forecast to 8.65-8.97 (exp. 8.61, prev. 8.47-8.57).
Devon Energy (DVN) announced a new USD 1bln share repurchase programme.
Dish Network (DISH) co-founder Ergen appealed to testify in support of the T-Mobile (TMUS) and Sprint (S) deal, stating he has letters from three banks prepared to offer USD 10bln to fund the company’s new wireless network.
E-Trade (ETFC) has announced an online-trade clearance automation, an industry first which allows administrators to enter, view and edit trade clearance instructions online for their participants, which includes trade windows, number and type of shares, time frame, and other grant specific information.
FedEx Corporation (FDX) Q4 19 (USD): Adj. EPS 2.51 (exp. 2.84), Revenue 17.3bln (exp. 17.69bln), FY20 EPS view cut to 9.10-10.35 (adj. now seen between 10.25-11.50). Says quarterly results declined due to weak global economic conditions, higher ground costs, loss of business from a large customer. Later timing of Thanksgiving resulted in shifting of cyber week into December, which negatively impacted the results. Sees FDX ground operating margins to rebound. Morgan Stanley note the poor FedEx earnings holds a negative read to its competitor, United Parcel Service (UPS)
General Electric (GE) healthcare unit has issued a recall for its Giraffe Incubator, OmniBed, and Care stations at the request of the FDA, who state the bedside panels can be upright and look closed but not be securely latched.
General Mills (GIS) Q4 19 (USD): EPS 0.95 (exp. 0.88), Revenue 4.42bln (exp. 4.43bln). Pet food sales +16% at its Blue Buffalo unit (exp. 15%), backs FY20 Adj. EPS forecast of 3-5% growth and revenue growth of 1-2%.
Leidos (LDOS) announced it is to acquire Dynetics, a privately owned company who is an industry-leading applied research and national security solutions company, for a cash value of USD 1.65bln.
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) announced the launch of its long term, real-world evidence study of Emgality, labelled TRIUMPH, to evaluate the drug in comparison to other migraine treatments.
Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) had its PT cut by Citibank to USD 36 from USD 45 over concerns on the near-term revenue outlook, adding ongoing issued with its promotion for the mobile app could hit the company’s revenues.
ViacomCBS (VIAC) CBS unit is being sued by a Female 60-minutes producer for discrimination, as she claims she was side-lined after reporting her boss texted her an inappropriate photo. (NY Times)
Wynn Resorts Ltd (WYNN) has extended its CEO contract for Matt Maddox through to 2022.

OTHER

Allegheny Tech (ATI) announced Don P. Newman will join the co. as Senior VP and CFO, succeeding Pat DeCourcy, who will remain as SVP and Special Advisor to CEO until March 31st. Newman has more than 30 years of corporate finance and accounting leadership experience at high-growth businesses in a variety of industries, including metals and materials, energy, software, and drilling services. (Street Insider)
Fiat Chrysler (FCAU) has signed a binding merger agreement with Peugeot (UG FP) owner PSA for a 50/50 deal, which creates the 4th largest automaker by volume and 3rd largest in revenue, valued at USD 50bln. FCAU agrees to distribute a special dividend of EUR 5.5bln to its shareholders. The CEO of FCAU, Mike Manley, will remain as part of the group, although it is unclear in what position.
Lionsgate (LGF.A) announced a strategic alliance with Bharti Airtel and Starzplay to provide premium content from Lionsgate Play to customers in India.
Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG) submitted a comprehensive, multi-party settlement agreement to the California Public Utilities Commission, aka CPUC, in relation to the wildfires in 2017-18 striking a USD 1.78bln settlement, although it bans recovering money from customers and was accepted by a US bankruptcy judge.
Voya Financial (VOYA) announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its Individual Life and other legacy non-retirement annuities businesses to Resolution Life Group Holdings. Voya forecasts a normalised adj. operating EPS to reach 1.80-1.90 quarterly by the end of 2021 and estimates it will provide roughly USD 1.7bln of deployable capital
Of note for Casino/gaming names (LVS, MGM, MLCO, WYNN), PBoC announced it will raise the remittance limit on individuals transfer of money from Macau to mainland Chinese accounts to CNY 80,000 per day from CNY 50,000.

Looking to trade games of equivalent isthereanydeal.com value. Will trade multiple either way.
Not accepting offers for games not requested at the bottom of this post at this time, sorry.
Edits: H/W list up to date post 1 transaction in this thread (10/29) H/W list up to date post 2 transactions in this thread (11/3) - 619 games left!!
[Have] (mostly steam keys, please check platform beside title)

• 10000000 | Steam
• 1001 Spikes | Steam
• 11-11 Memories Retold | Steam
• 11-11 Memories Retold | Steam
• 12 is Better Than 6 | Steam
• 140 | Steam
• 2x Overwatch Loot Boxes | Blizzard
• 60 Parsecs! | Steam
• 80 Days | Steam
• 911 Operator - Special Resources DLC | Steam
• >observer_ | Steam
• A Boy and His Blob | Steam
• A Short Hike | Steam
• A Story About My Uncle | Steam
• ARCADE GAME SERIES 3-in-1 Pack | Steam
• ARMA Gold Edition | Steam
• ARMA: Cold War Assault | Steam
• ARMA: Cold War Assault | Steam
• Aaero | Steam
• Ace Combat Assault Horizon Enhanced Edition | Steam
• Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders | Steam
• Almost There: The Platformer | Steam
• Alone With You | Steam
• Anna's Quest | Steam
• Anomaly 2 | Steam
• Apotheon | Steam
• Arma 2 | Steam
• Arma Tactics | Steam
• Arma Tactics | Steam
• Arma: Gold Edition | Steam
• Arma: Gold Edition | Steam
• Armada 2526 Gold Edition | Steam
• Armoured Warfare E3 Pack | Armoured Warfare
• Assassin's Creed® Chronicles China | Uplay
• Assassin's Creed® Chronicles India | Uplay
• Assassin's Creed® Chronicles Russia | Uplay
• Assassin's Creed® Origins | Uplay
• Assassin's Creed® | Uplay
• Attractio | Steam
• Avernum 3: Ruined World | Steam
• BADLAND: Game of the Year Humble Deluxe Edition | Steam
• BASEBALL STARS 2 | Steam
• BATTLETECH - Flashpoint | Steam
• BATTLETECH - Shadow Hawk Pack | Steam
• BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien | Steam
• BLACKHOLE | Steam
• Back to Bed | Steam
• Back to the Future: The Game | Steam
• Bastion | Steam
• Batman Arkham Origins | Steam
• Battle Islands Commanders - E3 Exclusive Crate | Steam
• Battlerite DLC: YogYog Bear Mount | Steam
• Beat Cop | Steam
• Beholder | Steam
• Beholder | Steam
• BiT Evolution | Steam
• Big Pharma | Steam
• Binary Domain | Steam
• Bionic Commando | Steam
• Bionic Commando | Steam
• Bionic Commando: Rearmed | Steam
• Blade & Soul Shadow Guard Bundle | NCSoft
• Blade & Soul Yogscast Pack | Blade + Soul
• Bleed 2 | Steam
• Bohemian Killing - Original Soundtrack and Artbooks DLC | Steam
• Bone - Episode 1 & Episode 2 | Steam
• Breevy | 16 Software
• Broken Age | Steam
• CRYPTARK | Steam
• Call of Juarez®: Gunslinger | Steam
• Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 | Steam
• Caravan | Steam
• Carrier Command: Gaea Mission | Steam
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare | Steam
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare | Steam
• Choice Chamber | Steam
• Choice Chamber | Steam
• Choplifter HD | Steam
• Chroma Squad | Steam
• Chronology: Time Changes Everything | Steam
• Cities in Motion 2 | Steam
• Citizens of Earth | Steam
• CloudApp Pro - 6 Month Subscription | CloudApp Pro - 6 Month Subscription
• Company of Heroes 2 - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Charity Pattern Pack | Steam
• Company of Heroes Complete Edition, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Master Collection, Medieval II: Total War Collection, Rome: Total War - Collection, SEGA Genesis/Megadrive Strategy Pack (Shining Force, Shining Force 2, Gain Ground, Columns) | Steam
• Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, Company of Heroes 2 - The Western Front Armies: Oberkommando West | Steam
• Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! | Steam
• Cook, Serve, Delicious! | Steam
• Cook, Serve, Delicious! | Steam
• Corel Painter Essentials 5 | Corel Painter Essentials 5
• Corel Photo Brush - AfterShot | Corel Photo Brush - AfterShot
• Cosmonautica | Steam
• Crossout - Thug Starter Pack | Gaijin Games
• Crusader Kings II | Steam
• Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods DLC | Steam
• Crusaders of the Lost Idols Legendary Starter Pack | Steam
• Curse Premium 30-day subscription | Curse
• Curses 'N Chaos | Steam
• DESYNC | Steam
• Dandara | Steam
• Dangerous Golf | Steam
• Dark Scavenger | Steam
• Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder | Steam
• Darkside Detective | Steam
• Day of the Tentacle Remastered | Steam
• Dead Age | Steam
• Dead Island Riptide Complete Edition | Steam
• Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition | Steam
• Dead Rising 2: Off the Record | Steam
• Deadlight Directors Cut | Steam
• Deep Dungeons of Doom | Steam
• Deponia: The Complete Journey | Steam
• DeskScapes | DeskScapes
• DeskScapes | Stardock
• Desktop Dungeons Cloud Key | Desktop Dungeons DRM-Free Cloud
• Detention | Steam
• Devil Daggers | Steam
• DiRT Rally | Steam
• Dinocide | Steam
• Dirt4 Hyundai R5 Rally Car DLC | Steam
• Dirt4 Team Booster Pack | Steam
• Dirty Bomb — The Ultimate Starter Pack | Steam
• Disc Jam BETA | Steam
• Distrust | Steam
• Divekick | Steam
• Divide By Sheep | Steam
• DmC Devil May Cry: Vergil's Downfall DLC | Steam
• Do Not Feed the Monkeys | Steam
• Domina | Steam
• Don't Sink | Steam
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic Spinball | Steam
• DreadOut Soundtrack & Manga DLC | Steam
• DreadOut | Steam
• DreadOut | Steam
• DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark | Steam
• Dropsy | Steam
• Duelyst - 20 Spirit Orbs | Duelyst
• Duelyst - Cosmetics Bundle | Duelyst
• Duke Nukem Forever | Steam
• Dungeon Souls | Steam
• Dungeons 2 | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: BM03 Vegalta Gold | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Blood Storm | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Depth Crawler Gold Coat | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gigantus DCC-Gogo. Marking | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gigantus DCC-Zero Marking | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gigantus Tank, Bullet Girls Marking | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gigantus Tank, EDF IFPS Markings | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gigantus Tank, Natsuiro HS Markings | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Gleipnir | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Ifrit | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Mission Pack 1: Time of the Mutants | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Mission Pack 2: Extreme Battle | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Pure Decoy Launcher 5 Pack A | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Pure Decoy Launcher 5 Pack B | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Reflectron Laser | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Spark Lancer | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Sting Shot | Steam
• EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1: Volatile Napalm | Steam
• ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition | Steam
• ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition | Steam
• EaseUS Partition Master Pro 11.9 | EaseUS
• EaseUS ToDo BackUp Home | EaseUS ToDo BackUp Home
• Eisenwald: Blood of November | Steam
• Emily is Away Too | Steam
• Endless Space - Collection | Steam
• Eon Altar Episode 1 | Steam
• Epic Battle Fantasy 4 | Steam
• Epistory - Typing Chronicles | Steam
• Escape Goat 2 | Steam
• Europa Universalis III Complete | Steam
• Evergarden | Steam
• Evoland 2 | Steam
• Expand - Soundtrack Edition | Steam
• F1 2011 | Steam
• F1 2012 | Steam
• F1 2014 | Steam
• F1 2015 | Steam
• F1 2016 + Career Booster DLC Pack | Steam
• F1 2017 1988 McLAREN MP4/4 Classic Car DLC | Steam
• F1 Racestars + Season Pass | Steam
• FRONTIERS | Steam
• FaceRig Classic | Steam
• Faeria Early Access Bundle | Steam
• Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered | Steam
• Fearless Fantasy | Steam
• Fences | Stardock
• Fight'N Rage | Steam
• Finding Paradise | Steam
• Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location | Steam
• Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location | Steam
• French (3 months) | Transparent Language
• Frog Climbers | Steam
• Frozen Cortex | Steam
• Frozen Synapse | Steam
• GET EVEN | Steam
• GRAV (Early Access) | Steam
• GRID 2 | Steam
• GRID Autosport | Steam
• GUILTY GEAR XX ΛCORE CORE PLUS R | Steam
• GUNS UP! Starter Pack + TV Head | GUNS UP!
• Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition | Steam
• Galactic Civilizations Ultimate Edition | Steam
• Galak-Z | Steam
• GameMaker Studio Pro | GameMaker
• Gas Guzzlers Extreme | Steam
• Gemini: Heroes Reborn | Steam
• Gems of War – Demon Hunter Bundle | Steam
• Geometry Dash | Steam
• German (3 months) | Transparent Language
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online: Exclusive E3 Digital Ticket Bundle | Steam
• Goat Simulator | Steam
• Goat Simulator | Steam
• God's Trigger | Steam
• Gods Will Be Watching | Steam
• Gods Will Be Watching | Steam
• Gotham City Impostors Free to Play: Professional Impostor Kit | Steam
• Grand Theft Auto III | Steam
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Steam
• Gremlins, Inc. | Steam
• Grey Goo Definitive Edition | Steam
• Grey Goo | Steam
• Grid 2 DLC (All in Pack) | Steam
• Grid Autosport Season Pass | Steam
• Grim Fandango Remastered | Steam
• Grow Home | Steam
• Guacamelee! 2 | Steam
• Guacamelee! Complete | Steam
• Gunmetal Arcadia Zero | Steam
• Gunpoint | Steam
• Guns of Icarus Online Costume Pack | Steam
• Guns of Icarus Online Soundtrack | Steam
• Guns of Icarus Online | Steam
• Guts and Glory | Steam
• HAWKEN – Prosk Starter Bundle | Steam
• Hacknet Labyrinths DLC | Steam
• Hacknet | Steam
• Hacknet | Steam
• Hacknet | Steam
• Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) | Steam
• Hand of Fate | Steam
• Hard Reset Redux | Steam
• Has-Been Heroes | Steam
• Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star | Steam
• Hearts of Iron III Collection | Steam
• Hector: Badge of Carnage | Steam
• Her Story | Steam
• Her Story | Steam
• Heroes & Generals (Early Access) — Weekend Warrior Pack | Heroes & Generals
• Hidden Folks | Steam
• Homefront | Steam
• How to Survive 2 | Steam
• How to Survive | Steam
• Hue | Steam
• HunieCam Studio | Steam
• Hustle Cat | Steam
• I'm not a Monster | Steam
• INK Deluxe Edition | Steam
• INK | Steam
• Ice Lakes | Steam
• Immortal Redneck | Steam
• Impact Winter | Steam
• Infested Planet - Trickster's Arsenal DLC | Steam
• Infested Planet | Steam
• Infinifactory | Steam
• Injustice Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition | Steam
• Insurgency | Steam
• Jump Stars | Steam
• Karma. Incarnation 1 | Steam
• Kentucky Route Zero | Steam
• Kholat | Steam
• Kholat | Steam
• Kholat | Steam
• Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition | Steam
• Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition | Steam
• Killing Floor - Chickenator DLC | Steam
• Killing Floor - Community Weapon Pack 1 DLC | Steam
• Killing Floor - Community Weapon Pack 2 DLC | Steam
• Killing Floor - Community Weapon Pack 3 DLC | Steam
• Killing Floor | Steam
• Kind Words | Steam
• King Arthur's Gold Direct Download Multiplayer Activation key | King Arthur's Gold Direct Download Activation
• King Arthur's Gold | Steam
• Kingdom: New Lands | Steam
• Knight Squad | Steam
• LISA | Steam
• Lakeview Cabin Collection | Steam
• Lakeview Cabin Collection | Steam
• Late Shift | Steam
• Layers of Fear | Steam
• Legends of Eisenwald | Steam
• Loot Rascals Soundtrack | Steam
• Loot Rascals | Steam
• Lost Horizon | Steam
• Lost Planet 3 Complete Pack | Steam
• Love is Dead | Steam
• MAGIX Music Maker $30 In-app voucher | MAGIX Music Maker
• Macdows 95 | Steam
• Magicka 2 | Steam
• Magicka 2 | Steam
• Magicka | Steam
• Majesty 2 Collection | Steam
• Majesty 2 | Steam
• Majesty Gold HD | Steam
• Marooners | Steam
• Massive Chalice | Steam
• Master x Master Poharan Pack | NCSoft
• Mega Man Legacy Collection | Steam
• Memoria Soundtrack | Steam
• Memoria | Steam
• Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition | Steam
• Micro Machines World Series | Steam
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition | Steam
• Mighty No. 9 | Steam
• Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight | Steam
• Monster Prom | Steam
• Monstercat Twitch License | Monstercat
• Mountain | Steam
• Multimirror | Steam
• Mushroom 11 | Steam
• NAIRI: Tower of Shirin | Steam
• Necromonads | Steam
• Neon Drive (Steam) | Steam
• NeuroVoider | Steam
• Never Alone + Foxtales DLC | Steam
• Neverwinter Adventurer's Helper Pack + Exclusive Lord of the Labyrinth Title | Neverwinter
• Neverwinter Enthusiast Pack + Humble Bundle exclusive in-game title | Neverwinter
• No Time To Explain Remastered | Steam
• No Time To Explain Remastered | Steam
• Noct (Early Access) | Steam
• Not the Robots | Steam
• Nuclear Dawn | Steam
• Odallus: The Dark Call | Steam
• Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty | Steam
• Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast | Steam
• Oh...Sir! The Insult Simulator | Steam
• Old Man's Journey | Steam
• Oniken | Steam
• Oozi: Earth Adventure | Steam
• Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You | Steam
• Out of the Park Baseball 17 | Steam
• Out of the Park Baseball 18 | Steam
• Outfox | Outfox
• Override: Mech City Brawl | Steam
• Overture | Steam
• Overwatch Loot Box | Blizzard
• Oxenfree | Steam
• PAC-MAN 256 | Steam
• PAC-MAN™ CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2 | Steam
• PAC-MAN™ Championship Edition DX+ | Steam
• Pale Echoes | Steam
• Panzer Corps Allied Corps DLC | Steam
• Panzer Corps | Steam
• Paradigm | Steam
• Paratopic | Steam
• Party Hard | Steam
• Pathfinder Adventures - 40 Chests | Pathfinder
• Pathfinder Beginner Box (PDF), Pathfinder Core Rulebook, Player Character Folio, Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, Pathfinder Society Pregenerated Characters, Pathfinder RPG Bonus Bestiary | Paizo
• Pathfinder Online Early Enrollment (30-day) | Paizo
• PhotoMirage | PhotoMirage
• Photolemur 2 | Photolemur
• Pinstripe | Steam
• Pinstripe | Steam
• Planet Alpha | Steam
• Plantera | Steam
• Poker Night at the Inventory | Steam
• Poker Night at the Inventory | Steam
• Pony Island | Steam
• Pony Island | Steam
• Pony Island | Steam
• Pressure | Steam
• Primal Carnage: Extinction | Steam
• Primal Carnage: Extinction | Steam
• Prismata Alpha | play.prismata.net
• Prismata Alpha | play.prismata.net
• Prismata Reward | play.prismata.net
• Privacy Guardian | Privacy Guardian
• Project CARS | Steam
• Psychonauts | Steam
• Psychonauts | Steam
• Psychonauts | Steam
• Punch Club Deluxe | Steam
• Purrfect Date - Visual Novel/Dating Simulator | Steam
• Puss! | Steam
• Puzzle Agent 2 | Steam
• Puzzle Agent 2 | Steam
• Puzzle Agent | Steam
• Puzzle Agent | Steam
• Q.U.B.E. 2 | Steam
• Quiplash | Steam
• RIVE: Wreck, Hack, Die, Retry | Steam
• RPG Maker VX Ace - Action & Battle Themes | Steam
• RPG Maker VX Ace - Evil Castle Tiles Pack | Steam
• RPG Maker VX Ace - High Fantasy - The Deep | Steam
• RPG Maker VX Ace - High Fantasy Resource Bundle II | Steam
• RPG Maker VX Ace - High Fantasy Resource Bundle | Steam
• RPG Maker VX Ace - Magnificent Quest Music Pack | Steam
• RPG Maker VX Ace - The Adventurer's Final Journey | Steam
• RPG Maker VX Ace - Time Fantasy - Monsters | Steam
• RPG Maker VX Ace - Tyler Warren RTP Redesign 1 | Steam
• RPG Maker VX Ace | Steam
• Rakuen | Steam
• Rapture Rejects - Humble Exclusive "Safari Outfit" DLC | Steam
• Rapture Rejects | Steam
• Rayman® Origins | Uplay
• Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville | Steam
• Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered | Steam
• Reflector 3 | Reflector 3 Promo
• Regency Solitaire | Steam
• Regions of Ruin | Steam
• Remember Me | Steam
• Remnants of Isolation | Steam
• Resident Evil 0 HD REMASTER | Steam
• Resident Evil 6 | Steam
• Resident Evil 6 | Steam
• Resident Evil HD REMASTER | Steam
• Resident Evil Revelations 2 - Episode 1: Penal Colony | Steam
• Resident Evil Revelations | Steam
• Resident Evil Revelations | Steam
• Retro City Rampage DX | Steam
• Revo Uninstaller | Revo Uninstaller
• Rise and Shine | Steam
• Risen 2: Dark Waters Gold Edition | Steam
• Risen 3 Complete Edition | Steam
• Risen | Steam
• Rising Storm 2: Vietnam + 2 DLCs | Steam
• Road Redemption | Steam
• Road to Ballhalla | Steam
• Road to Ballhalla | Steam
• Robocraft Jingle Jam Pack | Robocraft
• Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball | Steam
• Rock of Ages 2 – Classic Pack | Steam
• Rocket Riot™ | Steam
• RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack | Steam
• RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe | Steam
• Rollers of the Realm | Steam
• Roombo: First Blood (Justice Sucks) | Steam
• Runestone Keeper | Steam
• Rust (Early Access) | Steam
• Rusty Lake: Roots | Steam
• SHOCK TROOPERS 2nd Squad | Steam
• SHOCK TROOPERS | Steam
• SIMULACRA | Steam
• SONIC ADVENTURE 2: BATTLE | Steam
• SPACECOM | Steam
• STRIDER™ | Steam
• SUPERFIGHT - The Joiner Micro Deck | Steam
• SUPERFIGHT Closed Beta Access | Steam
• SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising | Steam
• Sacred 3 Gold | Steam
• Sacred Franchise Pack | Steam
• Saints Row 2 | Steam
• Saints Row 2 | Steam
• Saints Row The Third | Steam
• Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell | Steam
• Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package | Steam
• Sakura Agent | Steam
• Sakura Angels | Steam
• Sakura Beach 2 | Steam
• Sakura Beach | Steam
• Sakura Fantasy | Steam
• Sakura Spirit | Steam
• Sam & Max: Devil's Playhouse | Steam
• Sam & Max: Season 1 | Steam
• Sam & Max: Season 2 | Steam
• Samorost 3 | Steam
• Satellite Reign | Steam
• Saturday Morning RPG | Steam
• Savage Lands (Early Access) | Steam
• Screencheat | Steam
• Scribblenauts Unlimited | Steam
• Secret Files: Tunguska | Steam
• Seven: The Days Long Gone | Steam
• Shadow Complex Remastered | Epic Launcher
• Shadow Complex Remastered | Steam
• Shadowrun Chronicles - Boston Lockdown | Steam
• Shadowrun Returns | Steam
• Shadwen | Steam
• She Remembered Caterpillars | Steam
• She Remembered Caterpillars | Steam
• Shelter 2 | Steam
• Shenmue I & II | Steam
• Shu | Steam
• Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete | Steam
• Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition | Steam
• Silence | Steam
• SimplePlanes | Steam
• Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity | Steam
• Skullgirls + All Characters + Color Palette Bundle DLC | Steam
• Slayaway Camp | Steam
• Slipstream | Steam
• Small Radios Big Televisions | Steam
• Small Radios, Big Televisions | Steam
• Smart Defrag PRO | Smart Defrag PRO
• Snakebird | Steam
• Sniper Elite | Steam
• Soda PDF Home | Soda PDF Home
• Soft Body | Steam
• Solstice | Steam
• Sonic Adventure 2 | Steam
• Sonic Adventure 2 | Steam
• Sonic Adventure DX | Steam
• Sonic CD | Steam
• Sonic Lost World, Sonic Generations + Casino Nights DLC, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode 2, Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed + Metal Sonic & Outrun and Ryo Hazuki DLC | Steam
• Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing | Steam
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode 1, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic Adventure 2 + Battle DLC | Steam
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I | Steam
• Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Adventure DX, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic CD | Steam
• Sorcerer King: Rivals | Steam
• Space Hulk Ascension | Steam
• Space Pilgrim Episode 2: Epsilon Indi | Steam
• Space Pilgrim Episode 3: Delta Pavonis | Steam
• Space Pilgrim Episode 4: Sol | Steam
• Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri | Steam
• Spaera (Early Access) | Steam
• Spanish (3 months) | Transparent Language
• Spec Ops: The Line | Steam
• SpellForce 3 Beta Access | Steam
• State of Mind | Steam
• Steamworld Heist | Steam
• Steel Rats | Steam
• Stronghold Crusader 2 | Steam
• Stronghold Kingdoms — Humble Kingmaker Bundle | Stronghold Kingdoms
• Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition | Steam
• Subsurface Circular | Steam
• Sundered | Steam
• Super Daryl Deluxe | Steam
• Super House of Dead Ninjas: True Ninja Pack | Steam
• Super House of the Dead Ninjas | Steam
• Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings | Steam
• Super Senso Beta Access + Starter Pack (w/ exclusive Glen the Gargoyle Senso) | Super Senso
• Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon | Steam
• Syder Arcade | Steam
• System Mechanic 16.5 | iolo
• THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION | Steam
• THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 UNLIMITED MATCH | Steam
• THE LAST BLADE | Steam
• THOTH | Steam
• TIS-100 | Steam
• TWINKLE STAR SPRITES | Steam
• Take On Helicopters | Steam
• Take on Mars | Steam
• Tales Across Time | Steam
• Tattletail | Steam
• Team Fortress 2 Badges - Duncan's Kindhearted Kisser, Hannah's Altruistic Aspect, Sips' Selfless Simulacrum, Sjin's Generous Guise | Steam
• Technobabylon | Steam
• Telltale Texas Hold'em | Steam
• Tharsis | Steam
• The Adventure Pals | Steam
• The Beginner's Guide | Steam
• The Blue Flamingo | Steam
• The Book of Unwritten Tales 2, Red Faction, Super Dungeon Bros., Deponia, and ArcaniA: The Complete Tale | Playstation
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• The Count Lucanor | Steam
• The Darkness II | Steam
• The Deadly Tower of Monsters | Steam
• The Dwarves | Steam
• The Elder Scrolls: Legends: 2 Card Packs (Skyrim) 1 Event Ticket 100 Gold 100 Souls | Bethesda
• The Final Station | Steam
• The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing | Steam
• The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut | Steam
• The Journey Down 1 + 2 Bundle | Steam
• The Journey Down: Chapter Three | Steam
• The Park | Steam
• The Secret World | Steam
• The Spiral Scouts | Steam
• The Walking Dead: Season 1 | Steam
• The Warlock of Firetop Mountain | Steam
• Tick Tock Isle | Steam
• Tiny Troopers | Steam
• Titan Souls | Steam
• Titan Souls | Steam
• Tokyo 42 | Steam
• Tom Clancy's The Division™ - Survival | Uplay
• Tom Clancy's The Division™ | Uplay
• Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found | Steam
• Toybox Turbos | Steam
• Train Simulator 2016 | Steam
• TumbleSeed | Steam
• Tumblestone | Steam
• Two Digits | Steam
• Tyranny - Portrait Pack | Steam
• Ultimate General Gettysburg | Steam
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• Umbrella Corps™ | Steam
• Uncanny Valley | Ste\am
• UnderRail | Steam
• Valhalla Hills | Steam
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• World of One

India! Ever wondered which casino games have high popularity over here?
Seems you are passionate about casino games?
In India, you can play many casino games widely spread in goa.
Don’t take any stress.
All casinos in Goa are legal and permitted by government and law.
Here we mention the 6 casino games, which are popular with players from India.
With that said, let’s get started.
Roulette
The Roulette is the most popular casino game not only in India but all over the world.
Roulette is the French word, which means a little wheel.
In this casino game, players have to bet on red or black color, odd or even number, a single number or numbers are high then 18 and low then 18.
According to historians, first Roulette played in France during the 18th century.
And according to some historians as well, Blaise Pascal (French mathematician, inventor, physicist, and writer) introduced this game in France in the 18th century.
In the 19th century, casino lovers widely spread this game in Europe and America.
And slowly it becomes one of the most played casino games in western countries, respectively.
In 1970, Asian countries like India started offering this game in their casinos.
By 2009 there were thousands of casinos offering this game in their respective casinos.
Now let’s talk about rules for playing Roulette.
After betting on color, particular number, number range, and odd or even number. The dealer will rotate the wheel with the bowl inside them.
And after winning, Dealer announced Number and colors.
Also, the Dealer's place dolly (a type of marker) on the Roulette table.
And the most interesting thing is that when the dealer places a marker on the table then no player can withdraw their bets, change their bets and collect their bets.
At last, the dealer removes all losing bets by rake and will determine all payouts remaining outside and inside winning bets.
And after finishing all collections of payouts, the marker is removed and collecting betting, changing betting starts once again.
Just a piece of advice for you.
Using electrical devices like mobile phones, cameras, smartwatch, iPad is strictly prohibited in the casino.
The only things which Indian casinos allowed are cigarettes, your drink, money and player chips.
Indian Rummy
The Indian Rummy is the second most popular casino game not only in India but all over the Indian subcontinent.
Indian rummy is most played among all Indian casino games.
It is because Indian rummy is a variation of gin rummy and rummy 500 both.
If you ever play rummy outside India. Then you can easily spot the difference between original rummy and Indian rummy.
Unlike other casino games, in Indian rummy, only 2 to 6 players can participate.
As mentioned above, Indian rummy is very similar to the original rummy. The only difference is that you will find several cards dealt.
For over 2 players the dealer makes 3 desks, whereas for 2 players the dealer makes 2 desks.
Indian rummy is a discard based game, where each player has to pick a card from the open pile on his or her turn.
After picking a card from the open pile, now the player has to discard one card from his or her collection to the open pile.
As always, the most interesting thing is that.
In Indian rummy, you can use the joker card. A joker card can be used as a substitute to form a combination.
In India, each card carry’s specific point.
Face cards included Jacks’ card, Queen card, King card, and aces carry 10 points.
Whereas number cards carry points equal to their face value. And the joker card carries zero points.
And the player who scores zero first wins the game.
According to Indian Rummy rules, there should be 2 runs. And from 2 runs one should be pure.
That means one run should not contain any joker in it.
Just a piece of advice for you.
Using electrical devices like mobile phones, cameras, smartwatch, iPad is strictly prohibited in the casino.
The only things which Indian casinos allowed are cigarettes, your drink, money, and player chips.
Fortunately, India rummy is one of the India casino games that you can play online and offline too.
Online casino games realm may promote lots of offers for a casino promotion that makes your gambling experience worthwhile.
With this casino promotion offer, you can win a lot of cash.
But before applying to this casino promotion offer, please read all terms and conditions.
Slot machine
Another most-played casino game is the slot machine.
People call slot machines as the Poker machine in Australian and Canadian English, fruit machines in British English, piggy in Scottish English, the slot in American English.
Indian casino game lovers must play this game in their life.
This machine creates chances to win for its customers.
According to historians, Pitt and Sittman from New York developed the first slot machine in 1891.
The slot machine contains 5 drums that hold 50 cards.
Back in 1891, the player had to insert a nickel coin. After inserting Nickel coin, a player has to pull the lever.
Pulled levers spin drums and cards.
In 1891, there was no payout mechanism in the slot machines.
And according to a historian, slot machines at that time worked on revolving mechanical reels to determine and display results.
And the original machine of 1891 works on 5 reels, which is not only reliable but also it was simple and easy to use.
However, nowadays the slot machines work purely on digital.
Slot machines are generally programmed to pay out as winning 85% to 95% of the money bet by players.
People called this payout the return of player (ROP) or theoretical percentage (TP).
However, the theoretical percentage varies from country to country.
Just like the theoretical percentage of Nevada is approx 75% and the theoretical percentage of New York is approx 83%.
By using computers at the time of software writing, manufacturers set the theoretical percentage of slots machines.
Be aware.
Many investigations conclude that the dealer of a slot machine uses a digital machine or any fraud and cheating device.
These types of dealers can steal your money by any unfair use.
Blackjack
Our fourth most playing casino game on the list of casino games that are popular in India is Blackjack.
Blackjack is an American version of popular games known as Twenty-one.
In blackjack players don’t have to compete with each other. They play blackjack with one or more decks of 52 cards.
Blackjack is the most played game among all Indian casino games in India.
Although blackjack has no specific history.
But according to historians, they find the first reference of blackjack in Don Quixote (a Spanish novel) written by Miguel de Cervantes.
Many gambling houses in the USA were offered bonus payouts to generate interest in the twenty-one game.
Now let’s talk about rules for playing Blackjack.
At the time of playing. The dealer has to face five to seven playing positions on a semicircular table.
52 cards decks are shuffled together between one and eight standards.
At the starting of each round, up to three players can place their bets in the betting box.
That means three players at each position at a table allowing to bet.
The player who has to bet on the front of the betting box considers having control over the position.
Even the dealer has to consult the controlling player for playing decisions.
Any player is independent to control in as many boxes at a single table.
However, in the USA rules are a little different from the Indian casino game's rules.
In the USA casinos, players are limited to playing over two and less than 4 positions at a table.
But according to rules, the player can’t play over one table at the same time and in the same place.
Just a piece of advice for you.
Using electrical devices like mobile phones, cameras, smartwatch, iPad is strictly prohibited in the casino.
The only things which Indian casinos allowed are cigarettes, your drink, money, and player chips.
Poker
Our fifth most-played casino game on the list of casino games that are popular in India is poker.
Poker is another card game in which the player has to bet on cards.
Poker games always vary in desk configuration. But often in poker games, the dealer uses a standard 52-card deck.
According to historians.
Casino lovers introduced this poker game back in the 19th century in the United States Of America.
And that time people love this game not only in the US but also in India.
At the beginning of 20th-century poker successfully fed their name on the list of best India casino games.
In the 1990s, gaming historian David Parlett challenged the notion. Which states that poker is a direct derivative of As- Nas.
And finally, in the 1970s, these developments in poker make this game more popular than it is ever.
The World Series of Poker started by the casino lovers in the United States makes poker more famous in India as well.
Guess what is an interesting thing in poker?
In 2013, researchers of Carnegie Mellon University, University of Alberta, and the University of Auckland developed a computer poker player.
This computer poker player thinks like a human.
You may wonder why they developed a computer poker player? Right?
The reason they develop computer poker is to play this game against humans.
If you have no human opponent out there, you can still play poker games against this computer program.
Online casino games realm may promote lots of offers for a casino promotion that makes your gambling experience worthwhile.
With this casino promotion offer, you can win a lot of cash.
But before applying to this casino promotion offer, please read all terms and conditions.
Baccarat
Our sixth most-played casino game on the list of casino games that are popular in India is Baccarat.
Baccarat is another comparing card game played between player and banker.
Each round of Baccarat has three possibilities.
The first player has the highest score, the second possibility is when a banker has the highest score, and the third possibility is when a tied match between player and banker occurs.
Some sources claim the first reference of this game in the 19th century.
Some source claims that Italian soldiers introduced this game in France during the France-Italian war in the 15th century.
During the Napoleon era, people loved this casino game.
Before legalization, people play this game in private game rooms.
Now let’s talk about the rules of this game.
Player rule:
In case when the player has an initial 0-5 then they draw a third card. And if a player has an initial total of 6 or 7 then they stand.
Banker rule:
If the player has only 2 cards, then the banker acts according to the same rule as a player.
Final thoughts.
To sum it up, all the above casino games are widely popular in Indian casinos.
Casino games lovers shared the above games. That’s why here we mentioned all the games, according to their ratings and personal experience.
We all know every casino game has its different rules.
And who knows sooner or later, we add more variety to this list.
If you have anything you’d like to add in this list, then let us know in the comments section below.
I hope that you gained additional knowledge by reading this article.
​
https://preview.redd.it/fotyls0ser151.png?width=940&format=png&auto=webp&s=f5f0c28ea8fdbf1c0a5a0301429a99640c5946a1

India! Ever wondered which casino games have high popularity over here?
Seems you are passionate about casino games?
In India, you can play many casino games widely spread in goa.
Don’t take any stress.
All casinos in Goa are legal and permitted by government and law.
Here we mention the 6 casino games, which are popular with players from India.
With that said, let’s get started.
Roulette
The Roulette is the most popular casino game not only in India but all over the world.
Roulette is the French word, which means a little wheel.
In this casino game, players have to bet on red or black color, odd or even number, a single number or numbers are high then 18 and low then 18.
According to historians, first Roulette played in France during the 18th century.
And according to some historians as well, Blaise Pascal (French mathematician, inventor, physicist, and writer) introduced this game in France in the 18th century.
In the 19th century, casino lovers widely spread this game in Europe and America.
And slowly it becomes one of the most played casino games in western countries, respectively.
In 1970, Asian countries like India started offering this game in their casinos.
By 2009 there were thousands of casinos offering this game in their respective casinos.
Now let’s talk about rules for playing Roulette.
After betting on color, particular number, number range, and odd or even number. The dealer will rotate the wheel with the bowl inside them.
And after winning, Dealer announced Number and colors.
Also, the Dealer's place dolly (a type of marker) on the Roulette table.
And the most interesting thing is that when the dealer places a marker on the table then no player can withdraw their bets, change their bets and collect their bets.
At last, the dealer removes all losing bets by rake and will determine all payouts remaining outside and inside winning bets.
And after finishing all collections of payouts, the marker is removed and collecting betting, changing betting starts once again.
Just a piece of advice for you.
Using electrical devices like mobile phones, cameras, smartwatch, iPad is strictly prohibited in the casino.
The only things which Indian casinos allowed are cigarettes, your drink, money and player chips.
Indian Rummy
The Indian Rummy is the second most popular casino game not only in India but all over the Indian subcontinent.
Indian rummy is most played among all Indian casino games.
It is because Indian rummy is a variation of gin rummy and rummy 500 both.
If you ever play rummy outside India. Then you can easily spot the difference between original rummy and Indian rummy.
Unlike other casino games, in Indian rummy, only 2 to 6 players can participate.
As mentioned above, Indian rummy is very similar to the original rummy. The only difference is that you will find several cards dealt.
For over 2 players the dealer makes 3 desks, whereas for 2 players the dealer makes 2 desks.
Indian rummy is a discard based game, where each player has to pick a card from the open pile on his or her turn.
After picking a card from the open pile, now the player has to discard one card from his or her collection to the open pile.
As always, the most interesting thing is that.
In Indian rummy, you can use the joker card. A joker card can be used as a substitute to form a combination.
In India, each card carry’s specific point.
Face cards included Jacks’ card, Queen card, King card and aces carry 10 points.
Whereas number cards carry points equal to their face value. And the joker card carries zero points.
And the player who scores zero first wins the game.
According to Indian Rummy rules, there should be 2 runs. And from 2 runs one should be pure.
That means one run should not contain any joker in it.
Just a piece of advice for you.
Using electrical devices like mobile phones, cameras, smartwatch, iPad is strictly prohibited in the casino.
The only things which Indian casinos allowed are cigarettes, your drink, money and player chips.
Fortunately, India rummy is one of the India casino games that you can play online and offline too.
Online casino games realm may promote lots of offers for a casino promotion that makes your gambling experience worthwhile.
With this casino promotion offer, you can win a lot of cash.
But before applying to this casino promotion offer, please read all terms and conditions.
Slot machine
Another most-played casino game is the slot machine.
People call slot machines as the Poker machine in Australian and Canadian English, fruit machines in British English, piggy in Scottish English, the slot in American English.
Indian casino game lovers must play this game in their life.
This machine creates chances to win for its customers.
According to historians, Pitt and Sittman from New York developed the first slot machine in 1891.
The slot machine contains 5 drums that hold 50 cards.
Back in 1891, the player had to insert a nickel coin. After inserting Nickel coin, a player has to pull the lever.
Pulled levers spin drums and cards.
In 1891, there was no payout mechanism in the slot machines.
And according to a historian, slot machines at that time worked on revolving mechanical reels to determine and display results.
And the original machine of 1891 works on 5 reels, which is not only reliable but also it was simple and easy to use.
However, nowadays the slot machines work purely on digital.
Slot machines are generally programmed to pay out as winning 85% to 95% of the money bet by players.
People called this payout the return of player (ROP) or theoretical percentage (TP).
However, the theoretical percentage varies from country to country.
Just like the theoretical percentage of Nevada is approx 75% and the theoretical percentage of New York is approx 83%.
By using computers at the time of software writing, manufacturers set the theoretical percentage of slots machines.
Be aware.
Many investigations conclude that the dealer of a slot machine uses a digital machine or any fraud and cheating device.
These types of dealers can steal your money by any unfair use.
Blackjack
Our fourth most playing casino game on the list of casino games that are popular in India is Blackjack.
Blackjack is an American version of popular games known as Twenty-one.
In blackjack players don’t have to compete with each other. They play blackjack with one or more decks of 52 cards.
Blackjack is the most played game among all Indian casino games in India.
Although blackjack has no specific history.
But according to historians, they find the first reference of blackjack in Don Quixote (a Spanish novel) written by Miguel de Cervantes.
Many gambling houses in the USA were offered bonus payouts to generate interest in the twenty-one game.
Now let’s talk about rules for playing Blackjack.
At the time of playing. The dealer has to face five to seven playing positions on a semicircular table.
52 cards decks are shuffled together between one and eight standards.
At the starting of each round, up to three players can place their bets in the betting box.
That means three players at each position at a table allowing to bet.
The player who has to bet on the front of the betting box considers having control over the position.
Even the dealer has to consult the controlling player for playing decisions.
Any player is independent to control in as many boxes at a single table.
However, in the USA rules are a little different from the Indian casino game's rules.
In the USA casinos, players are limited to playing over two and less than 4 positions at a table.
But according to rules, the player can’t play over one table at the same time and in the same place.
Just a piece of advice for you.
Using electrical devices like mobile phones, cameras, smartwatch, iPad is strictly prohibited in the casino.
The only things which Indian casinos allowed are cigarettes, your drink, money and player chips.
Poker
Our fifth most-played casino game on the list of casino games that are popular in India is poker.
Poker is another card game in which the player has to bet on cards.
Poker games always vary in desk configuration. But often in poker games, the dealer uses a standard 52-card deck.
According to historians.
Casino lovers introduced this poker game back in the 19th century in the United States Of America.
And that time people love this game not only in the US but also in India.
At the beginning of 20th-century poker successfully fed their name on the list of best India casino games.
In the 1990s, gaming historian David Parlett challenged the notion. Which states that poker is a direct derivative of As- Nas.
And finally, in the 1970s, these developments in poker make this game more popular than it is ever.
The World Series of Poker started by the casino lovers in the United States makes poker more famous in India as well.
Guess what is an interesting thing in poker?
In 2013, researchers of Carnegie Mellon University, University of Alberta, and the University of Auckland developed a computer poker player.
This computer poker player thinks like a human.
You may wonder why they developed a computer poker player? Right?
The reason they develop computer poker is to play this game against humans.
If you have no human opponent out there, you can still play poker games against this computer program.
Online casino games realm may promote lots of offers for a casino promotion that makes your gambling experience worthwhile.
With this casino promotion offer, you can win a lot of cash.
But before applying to this casino promotion offer, please read all terms and conditions.
Baccarat
Our sixth most-played casino game on the list of casino games that are popular in India is Baccarat.
Baccarat is another comparing card game played between player and banker.
Each round of Baccarat has three possibilities.
The first player has the highest score, the second possibility is when a banker has the highest score, and the third possibility is when a tied match between player and banker occurs.
Some sources claim the first reference of this game in the 19th century.
Some source claims that Italian soldiers introduced this game in France during the France-Italian war in the 15th century.
During the Napoleon era, people loved this casino game.
Before legalization, people play this game in private game rooms.
Now let’s talk about the rules of this game.
Player rule:
In case when the player has an initial 0-5 then they draw a third card. And if a player has an initial total of 6 or 7 then they stand.
Banker rule:
If the player has only 2 cards, then the banker acts according to the same rule as a player.
Final thoughts.
To sum it up, all the above casino games are widely popular in Indian casinos.
Casino games lovers shared the above games. That’s why here we mentioned all the games, according to their ratings and personal experience.
We all know every casino game has its different rules.
And who knows sooner or later, we add more variety to this list.
If you have anything you’d like to add in this list, then let us know in the comments section below.
I hope that you gained additional knowledge by reading this article.
​
​
https://preview.redd.it/a2gsyc3ntdw41.png?width=940&format=png&auto=webp&s=d91ad666cd4c976913872d4e773dbb2be67cf13d

India! Ever wondered which casino games have high popularity over here?
Seems you are passionate about casino games?
In India, you can play many casino games widely spread in goa.
Don’t take any stress.
All casinos in Goa are legal and permitted by government and law.
Here we mention the 6 casino games, which are popular with players from India.
With that said, let’s get started.
Roulette
The Roulette is the most popular casino game not only in India but all over the world.
Roulette is the French word, which means a little wheel.
In this casino game, players have to bet on red or black color, odd or even number, a single number or numbers are high then 18 and low then 18.
According to historians, first Roulette played in France during the 18th century.
And according to some historians as well, Blaise Pascal (French mathematician, inventor, physicist, and writer) introduced this game in France in the 18th century.
In the 19th century, casino lovers widely spread this game in Europe and America.
And slowly it becomes one of the most played casino games in western countries, respectively.
In 1970, Asian countries like India started offering this game in their casinos.
By 2009 there were thousands of casinos offering this game in their respective casinos.
Now let’s talk about rules for playing Roulette.
After betting on color, particular number, number range, and odd or even number. The dealer will rotate the wheel with the bowl inside them.
And after winning, Dealer announced Number and colors.
Also, the Dealer's place dolly (a type of marker) on the Roulette table.
And the most interesting thing is that when the dealer places a marker on the table then no player can withdraw their bets, change their bets and collect their bets.
At last, the dealer removes all losing bets by rake and will determine all payouts remaining outside and inside winning bets.
And after finishing all collections of payouts, the marker is removed and collecting betting, changing betting starts once again.
Just a piece of advice for you.
Using electrical devices like mobile phones, cameras, smartwatch, iPad is strictly prohibited in the casino.
The only things which Indian casinos allowed are cigarettes, your drink, money and player chips.
Indian Rummy
The Indian Rummy is the second most popular casino game not only in India but all over the Indian subcontinent.
Indian rummy is most played among all Indian casino games.
It is because Indian rummy is a variation of gin rummy and rummy 500 both.
If you ever play rummy outside India. Then you can easily spot the difference between original rummy and Indian rummy.
Unlike other casino games, in Indian rummy, only 2 to 6 players can participate.
As mentioned above, Indian rummy is very similar to the original rummy. The only difference is that you will find several cards dealt.
For over 2 players the dealer makes 3 desks, whereas for 2 players the dealer makes 2 desks.
Indian rummy is a discard based game, where each player has to pick a card from the open pile on his or her turn.
After picking a card from the open pile, now the player has to discard one card from his or her collection to the open pile.
As always, the most interesting thing is that.
In Indian rummy, you can use the joker card. A joker card can be used as a substitute to form a combination.
In India, each card carry’s specific point.
Face cards included Jacks’ card, Queen card, King card and aces carry 10 points.
Whereas number cards carry points equal to their face value. And the joker card carries zero points.
And the player who scores zero first wins the game.
According to Indian Rummy rules, there should be 2 runs. And from 2 runs one should be pure.
That means one run should not contain any joker in it.
Just a piece of advice for you.
Using electrical devices like mobile phones, cameras, smartwatch, iPad is strictly prohibited in the casino.
The only things which Indian casinos allowed are cigarettes, your drink, money and player chips.
Fortunately, India rummy is one of the India casino games that you can play online and offline too.
Online casino games realm may promote lots of offers for a casino promotion that makes your gambling experience worthwhile.
With this casino promotion offer, you can win a lot of cash.
But before applying to this casino promotion offer, please read all terms and conditions.
Slot machine
Another most-played casino game is the slot machine.
People call slot machines as the Poker machine in Australian and Canadian English, fruit machines in British English, piggy in Scottish English, the slot in American English.
Indian casino game lovers must play this game in their life.
This machine creates chances to win for its customers.
According to historians, Pitt and Sittman from New York developed the first slot machine in 1891.
The slot machine contains 5 drums that hold 50 cards.
Back in 1891, the player had to insert a nickel coin. After inserting Nickel coin, a player has to pull the lever.
Pulled levers spin drums and cards.
In 1891, there was no payout mechanism in the slot machines.
And according to a historian, slot machines at that time worked on revolving mechanical reels to determine and display results.
And the original machine of 1891 works on 5 reels, which is not only reliable but also it was simple and easy to use.
However, nowadays the slot machines work purely on digital.
Slot machines are generally programmed to pay out as winning 85% to 95% of the money bet by players.
People called this payout the return of player (ROP) or theoretical percentage (TP).
However, the theoretical percentage varies from country to country.
Just like the theoretical percentage of Nevada is approx 75% and the theoretical percentage of New York is approx 83%.
By using computers at the time of software writing, manufacturers set the theoretical percentage of slots machines.
Be aware.
Many investigations conclude that the dealer of a slot machine uses a digital machine or any fraud and cheating device.
These types of dealers can steal your money by any unfair use.
Blackjack
Our fourth most playing casino game on the list of casino games that are popular in India is Blackjack.
Blackjack is an American version of popular games known as Twenty-one.
In blackjack players don’t have to compete with each other. They play blackjack with one or more decks of 52 cards.
Blackjack is the most played game among all Indian casino games in India.
Although blackjack has no specific history.
But according to historians, they find the first reference of blackjack in Don Quixote (a Spanish novel) written by Miguel de Cervantes.
Many gambling houses in the USA were offered bonus payouts to generate interest in the twenty-one game.
Now let’s talk about rules for playing Blackjack.
At the time of playing. The dealer has to face five to seven playing positions on a semicircular table.
52 cards decks are shuffled together between one and eight standards.
At the starting of each round, up to three players can place their bets in the betting box.
That means three players at each position at a table allowing to bet.
The player who has to bet on the front of the betting box considers having control over the position.
Even the dealer has to consult the controlling player for playing decisions.
Any player is independent to control in as many boxes at a single table.
However, in the USA rules are a little different from the Indian casino game's rules.
In the USA casinos, players are limited to playing over two and less than 4 positions at a table.
But according to rules, the player can’t play over one table at the same time and in the same place.
Just a piece of advice for you.
Using electrical devices like mobile phones, cameras, smartwatch, iPad is strictly prohibited in the casino.
The only things which Indian casinos allowed are cigarettes, your drink, money and player chips.
Poker
Our fifth most-played casino game on the list of casino games that are popular in India is poker.
Poker is another card game in which the player has to bet on cards.
Poker games always vary in desk configuration. But often in poker games, the dealer uses a standard 52-card deck.
According to historians.
Casino lovers introduced this poker game back in the 19th century in the United States Of America.
And that time people love this game not only in the US but also in India.
At the beginning of 20th-century poker successfully fed their name on the list of best India casino games.
In the 1990s, gaming historian David Parlett challenged the notion. Which states that poker is a direct derivative of As- Nas.
And finally, in the 1970s, these developments in poker make this game more popular than it is ever.
The World Series of Poker started by the casino lovers in the United States makes poker more famous in India as well.
Guess what is an interesting thing in poker?
In 2013, researchers of Carnegie Mellon University, University of Alberta, and the University of Auckland developed a computer poker player.
This computer poker player thinks like a human.
You may wonder why they developed a computer poker player? Right?
The reason they develop computer poker is to play this game against humans.
If you have no human opponent out there, you can still play poker games against this computer program.
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With this casino promotion offer, you can win a lot of cash.
But before applying to this casino promotion offer, please read all terms and conditions.
Baccarat
Our sixth most-played casino game on the list of casino games that are popular in India is Baccarat.
Baccarat is another comparing card game played between player and banker.
Each round of Baccarat has three possibilities.
The first player has the highest score, the second possibility is when a banker has the highest score, and the third possibility is when a tied match between player and banker occurs.
Some sources claim the first reference of this game in the 19th century.
Some source claims that Italian soldiers introduced this game in France during the France-Italian war in the 15th century.
During the Napoleon era, people loved this casino game.
Before legalization, people play this game in private game rooms.
Now let’s talk about the rules of this game.
Player rule:
In case when the player has an initial 0-5 then they draw a third card. And if a player has an initial total of 6 or 7 then they stand.
Banker rule:
If the player has only 2 cards, then the banker acts according to the same rule as a player.
Final thoughts.
To sum it up, all the above casino games are widely popular in Indian casinos.
Casino games lovers shared the above games. That’s why here we mentioned all the games, according to their ratings and personal experience.
We all know every casino game has its different rules.
And who knows sooner or later, we add more variety to this list.
If you have anything you’d like to add in this list, then let us know in the comments section below.
I hope that you gained additional knowledge by reading this article.
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