A Guide to Online Casinos
An Online Casino is a relatively new innovation. It is essentially an internet-based casino used to allow players to gamble in a virtual world. It is not necessary for you to gamble real money, some games can be played for fun. However, should you so wish, you can place real bets on games such as poker, online Slots, blackjack and other casino favourites. These bets can be placed against other players such as yourself or against the online host.
There are two types of online casinos:
Download Casinos:
These require you to download some software from the casino which will take around 5 minutes. This is aimed to improve the processing speed of the casino and the games you play, and provides the best possible level of graphics, sounds and immersive gameplay.
Non download Casinos:
These use Flash or Java technology and offer a more instant style of gameplay. They can be played within your web browser and work in essentially the same way.
One thing that scares a lot of beginners is whether the online casino they are using is safe. The best way to determine this is to look at reviews of the online casino and reading beginner’s guides. These will tell you which sites are the more reliable. Of course you must be very careful with your credit card information so you do not put this into an untrustworthy site.
Another thing to consider is the gambling law within your country to ensure you are not doing anything illegal. However, with that being said, it is very unlikely you would be prosecuted for playing an online casino. You should bear in mind that when a casino takes your address during the registration process they actually accept all responsibility, so they would be the ones in trouble if it were not legal.
There are more than 2,500 different online casinos on the web, and as such they are all extremely competitive with trying to win their customers. They are capable of telling when their client base is not happy with the amount of money being won on the site, and that if this is the case they will very likely move to a different online casino.
When compared to the more traditional “offline” casinos, the payout rate is actually considerably better, between 95 and 97%. This is due partly to the fact that it costs less to run an online casino as there is no rent or start up fees and also because of the high level of competition. Nonetheless, the online Casinos still bring in huge profits.
There are lots and lots of places you can gather information about online casinos and it would definitely be advisable to check this out before deciding to go ahead. The most important thing to remember though is to enjoy yourself and make the most of the experience. Remember what you are there for and have fun!