Online casino is the hot favorite indoor sport that many would be prefer to play. Online casino is also called as virtual casino or internet casino. Online casinos help gamblers to play and wager on the casino games online.

There are three types of online casinos. Web-based online casino, download based online casinos, and the most recent one is live based casino. Web based online casinos allows users to play the casino games online without downloading any software. These online casino games need the software plugins of Macromedia Flash, Macromedia shockwave, or java to your browser. Some online casinos also come in simple HTML interface. To play download based online casino you need to download the software client. The normal online casino is little slower comparatively to the download based one since the graphics and sounds are located in the software itself and need not be loaded from the server on every click. However, the software shall take time to get downloaded and also there could be a risk of malware. Live based casinos are much real than the other two. It shall be more fun in interacting with the fellow players at each tables and it would be excellent than the other two.

Many online casinos offer sign up bonuses to new players. These bonuses depend on the amount of money you deposit and most of the online casino sign up bonuses will require wagering cash before allowing cash out. For example, if the player deposits $100, he gets 100% bonus. With this the player must wage for 25 times the total amount which includes both the deposit and the sign up bonus. So, the player should make $5000 before he is allowed to make a withdrawal. However, there are some bonuses which do not require a deposit as well. The different types of bonuses available for online casinos are Cashable bonuses, Sticky bonuses; cash back bonuses, Comp Points, and Bonus hunting.

Online casinos also offer sign up bonus for the players. The terms and features differ for every bonus online casinos offer, but there are two common features of all the bonuses.

• Restricted games or bets
• Wagering Requirements

The reason for wagering requirement is that, it would prevent a player to withdraw money as soon as they receive bonus money. If the player wants to meet a $2000 requirement, then he can bet only on two games which are each $1000 worth. The win and loose of the players money depends on the mathematical calculations. If the player has met the wager requirement and is losing only $10 then he would get a profit, if not he might end up losing all the money.

Chances of fraudulent activities in online casinos are much more. People who cheat are called as rouge casino by the online casino player community. One common fraud is refusal to pay the withdrawals promptly. Software cheating is much lesser than the fraud with the pay.

However, playing an online casino is a great way to past your free time and also will allow you to experience gambling at the comfort of your home.