Online Casino Guide

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Online Casinos

Playing for fun and excitement in a Casino is one of the most exciting past-times, and famous locations such as Las Vegas in the USA or the Monte Carlo casino in Europe offer a magical and glamorous atmosphere to visitors. Playing there with your own money, with the hopes of a big win lets you feel 'like a million dollars', and part of the real jet-set.

With the internet you can get the same excitment and even some of the glamour but without having to travel. Games such as Blackjack, Roulette and Craps are enormous fun and only accessible in a casino context, so having access to that from your own home can be great fun.

Online casinos generally take 2 different forms: download and non-download. In the first you need to download the software in order to open an account and begin playing; these give the user a more immersive, luxurious and atmospheric experience complete with a glitzy entrance lobby, and various different rooms to play in.

These truly operate as a 'virtual casino'! The second is web-based online casinos, which commonly use the browser plug-in Flash to deliver the interactivity and visual appeal. These are quicker to begin and don't require you to download and run any software. A third kind is "live Casinos' such as Hellenic Live Casino, in which you play online, but are linked to real live games being played at a real-world casino. In these you are playing against the dealer or croupier (roulette) rather than against a computer which is generating random outcomes.

Casino Game Types

Whilst all casinos will offer a range of games, the typical list of games available to the online casino user would include: Baccarat, Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, and many different kinds of online 'slot' games

Casino Bonuses and Promotions

Most online casinos are keen to reach new customers and in order to differentiate themselves from the competition will offer a constant stream of different bonuses.

These include deposit bonuses where the casino will match your first deposit when opening the account as a 'welcome' offer. There are also loyalty schemes and other kinds of bonuses that you can take advantage of.