Online casinos are just what the name suggests, casinos that are available to play on the net. You may play the same games as you would expect to find in a bricks and mortar casino.

You may expect to find similar odds that you would find at a land based casino; alternatively, some online gaming sites claim better odds with their slot machines than bricks and mortar counterparts. Some publish their payout percentage audits on their web pages, this is something you should definitely check out, if possible, when deciding upon an trusted online gambling casino to join while you can chose the one with the highest payout percentage thus increasing your chances of winning.

Online casinos can be separated into three groups depending on how the player can play their games. These groups are:

Web-based – Download-based – Live

Web-based Casinos enable the player to play the casino game of their choice directly over the internet, without the need to download any of the casinos software to their computer. The casino games are often delivered in Macromedia Flash, Java, or Macromedia Shockwave and can require your web browser to possess the relevant plug-in. The plug-ins are free to and easy install should you not already have them enabled on your web browser. Most browsers already possess the plug-ins installed. Additionally you will need a decent bandwidth as the casino games are made up of sounds and animations requiring decent band-with to run properly.

Download-based Casinos require the player to download the online casinos software onto their computer in order for them to play the games. The online casino software connects directly to the on-line casinos provider and allows the games to be played without the need of you using your web browser. The benefit of this really is that the game-play runs faster as the software uses the graphics and sound programs from the casinos software, as apposed to it being run through your browser over the internet. Obviously the software will take just a little while to install itself on your computer and often there is the risk (as with downloading any software) that the internet casino software contains malware and potentially infecting your computer.

Live-based Casinos will be new and allows the player to interact with games played in a real world Casino environment. The players are able to see, hear and interact with live dealers in casinos worldwide.

At online casinos you can expect to find the same games when you would find at a land-based casino. Popular games include:

Baccarat – Blackjack – Craps – Roulette – Slots machines – Poker – Texas Hold’ Em, 7 Card Stud, Omaha