Evelend Games is about the line between playing well and getting lucky. Some games genuinely reward what you know — competitive skill games, tournament play, the parts of poker that are not the cards. Most do not: a slot, a roulette wheel and a lottery draw are priced so that a fixed share of everything staked stays with the operator, and no amount of practice changes that.
We write about both, and we say plainly which one we are looking at. The chance-to-skill line on our front page is our own editorial placement, and we are happy to argue about where each section sits.
What we cover
- Skill gaming — the move from arcades to online platforms, competitive tournaments, and how skill-based play is built and monetised.
- Casino games — how they are constructed and what they cost to play.
- Lotteries — the real odds behind the draws, worked out from the combinatorics rather than the advertising.
- Everyday money — a strand inherited from the site’s German origins: saving, investing, and the financial questions readers arrive with.
How we work
- Odds come from arithmetic. Our lottery odds calculator counts every possible ticket, so you can check any figure we quote instead of trusting it.
- We do not sell systems. There is no strategy that beats a game of pure chance, and we will not pretend otherwise.
- We are not paid to recommend operators.
- We date everything. Some articles here are several years old and describe rules that have since changed.
Who writes it
Articles are published by the Evelend Games editorial team rather than under individual bylines. Nobody here is a licensed financial adviser, and none of this is financial advice.
An honest note
Skill is real in some games and absent in others, and the games with the least skill in them are usually the ones marketed hardest. If gambling has stopped feeling like entertainment, the responsible gambling page collects free and confidential sources of help.
Corrections and arguments: [email protected].