As is evident from the name, online casinos are the casino services available on the internet for gambling purposes. They give a person the flexibility to bet or gamble from any part of the world, if only the person has an internet connection and a computer to log in from. The return percentage from these online casino services is similar to those from real life, regular casinos. For some of the online casino vendors, the payback amount is varies from game to game, while some of them prefer publishing the return percentage value on their websites. Because of the virtual nature of transactions and betting, some level of risk is involved and it often worries people as far as the trustworthiness of these companies is concerned. There are a number of companies that design the software for such gambling games and then lend them out or sell them to those who want to host an online casino service. The methodology involved is, that the software is designed to generate random numbers, random roll of dice or picking of cards etc. to ensure that no bias is involved and every player gets a fair deal. Based on the usage and interface they are built on, online casinos are of three types:
Web based casinos, do not require the download of the software and the entire gambling is done online. Download based online casinos, require the player to download a software and install it, before he can proceed with the gambling process. A comparatively new service is the Live casinos which allow a person to interact with other players at run time, thus giving a whole feel of a real life casino.
The download version of online casino service is much faster than the web based version, because the required graphics card, sound features are already inbuilt in the software package. Web based casino has to use the sound card and graphics of the web browser itself, thus it makes the service comparatively slower. Live version of these online casinos is the best of the lot, as it gives a real time feel to the players, they can interact with players from other countries, can make a deal with the dealers round the world at run time.Craps, poker, Roulette, Baccarat are some of the most popular and commonly found games available on such online casino services. Online casino are the online cousins of the traditional real life casinos. The casinos are expected to use the algorithm that generates random figures and numbers to ensure that the game is not biased.