Online Casino Games

Online Casino

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Online casinos can for certain games offer better odds than land casinos on slots and other formats where the chance of winning is determined by the house. Table games like blackjack have an established house edge; for a given set of rules, they offer the same payout, online or offline. Reliability and trust are hard to establish. To solve this issue, many online casinos purchase their software from well-known companies such as Wager Works, Microgaming, Playtech and Cryptologic, though a little research into credentials of any e-commerce site you plan to use is common sense. These software companies use a random number generator to ensure that the numbers, cards or dice appear randomly. All reputable companies operating in a regulated environment use robust random number generators.

Legality

See online gambling for a discussion of the legality of playing at an online casino.

Casino types

Online casinos can be divided into two groups based on their interface: web-based casinos and download-based casinos. Some casinos offer more than one interface.

Web-based online casinos

Web-based online casinos are websites where users may directly play casino games without loading any software to the local computer. Games are mainly represented in the browser plugins Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Shockwave, or Java and require browser support for mentioned plugins. Also, bandwidth is needed since all graphics, sounds and animations are loaded through the web via the plugin. A very small number of casinos allow games played through a plain HTML interface.

Download-based online casinos

Download-based online casinos are the most common casino web sites. On these websites, users have to download certain software to play casino games. After installing the software, it connects to the casino service provider and handles contact without browser support. An advantage of these compared to web-based online casinos is speed, since it does not need to load graphics from the Internet because all multimedia is inside the downloaded software. On the downside, there is an initial download and the need for the installation of the program, and the risk of the program containing malware (though this is very uncommon).

Games offered

A typical selection of games on offer at an online casino might include: blackjack, roulette, baccarat, craps, pai gow poker, video poker, and slot machines.

See also casino game.

Bonuses

Many online casinos offer large bonuses, often a "100% match bonus". For example, common terms and conditions for a bonus might be:

• 100% up to $100
• Must wager 25 times the deposit and bonus before withdrawing
• Wagers on baccarat, craps, roulette, and sic bo do not count towards meeting wagering requirements

For this particular example, this would mean that a player depositing $100 would start with $200 in his account. He must make $5000 ($200