Online casinos make it possible for a gambler to make a fortune sitting at an exotic location, friendly surroundings. Online casinos have simple rules and regulations which are easily understandable. Blackjack is one of the most popular online casino game and the rules of the game are easy to follow. It is a card game and in this game all the cards with numbers have the same value as that of number on the card. All the rest of the cards except ace is of value 10. The ace can have any value between 1 to 10 The gambler is given two cards by the games dealer and the gambler places a bet on the game. The win the game the gambler needs to have a value of 21 from the two cards that have been handed over to him. The gambler is declared a winner if he has the cards the, whose values reach closest to 21, but doesn’t exceed it. The three different terminologies associated with online casinos is
STAND- The gambler is not allowed to have another card DOUBLE DOWN- the gambler doubles the amount with which he had bet initially and gets another card Hit: The player chooses to play with another card. A player can choose to “hit” any number of times during the turn, but at any point if the total of the cards with the gambler exceeds 21, then the gambler loses the bet. The terminology associated with this is called “going bust”.
There are some drawbacks with the online casino services. The online casino services are open to certain risk because of online money transactions. One is always at a risk of losing his money and also at a phishing risk if one shares his credit card details with an online casino.
The online casino services are usually reliable and trustworthy, but there are a number of online casinos which have cheated their players. So one has to be very careful while choosing an online casino. Casinos have a number of deposit options with them which are considered relatively safer. The legalities of running an online casino are still not very clear. According to a legal affidavit in 2006, any dealings between the US citizens and the online casino services are considered illegal, although it appears that the affidavit have lack of justification.
Once we have downloaded the gambling software and installed it, we will realize that the presentation is the only thing different between different casinos. The rules are more or less similar. One should be careful while choosing an online casino service.
Based on the interface on which they have been built, the availability of the player and the time consumed while gambling, the online casino services can be categorized into three types:
Web based online casino service: This service doesn’t require a gambler to download any load files or software to start with gambling. To be able to enjoy the online games to their full potential, one needs to have highly advanced graphics card with high resolution so that one can get almost real life images of the online casinos. As high resolution and heavy animation is required to give the player a feel of real life casinos, one needs to have a graphics card with a minimum 1 GB memory. The sound coming from your speakers should be loud and clear so that one doesn’t miss a single sound from the game. Macromedia flash is usually needed in the browser to run the high speed graphics and animation. Web based games can be played from the web browser itself without any need to download the software.
Download based casino games: This type of casino games requires a software to be downloaded, before the game can be played online. The downloadable version of casino games is faster than the other two casino games categories. As the downloaded software has inbuilt graphics card, sound card, animation etc, hence one doesn’t need to fetch the same from the net. This makes the whole process faster and smoother. The download of the required software takes a little amount of time initially, but once the software has been downloaded and installed, one needs to just run the executable file from his computer to begin with gambling online. The speed of the game, clarity of sound is better than in web based games and one saves money and time, this making this a good choice for playing online casino games.
Live based online casino games: These types of online games make use 3D technology to give the player an impression that he is gambling from a real world casino. These are played online and don’t require a download of any software. The interface of such games is very similar to real life casinos and hence they are considered the closest match to the real world casino. The excitement levels during such games are as high as in a traditional casino, as people can hear and see other players and can interact at real time to other players and the dealers.
