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Introduction for new online casino players. |
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Written by Chessfriend - Editor
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 |
Do you like chess? Try a casino!
Do you like the thrills of playing Chess with your friends? You should try a online casino! Just like chess an online casino has a lot of games to offer the same or even more thrills. A casino on the internet is the same like a landbased casino but it is on your screen in stead of being in a building. This article gives you a small introduction in the world of the online casino's and do's and dont's. When you are interested in trying a gamble online, you should really read this!
Is it legal?
This is a important thing to handle when you are about to play a internet casino. You should check your local authorities to see if online gambling is legal in your state. In countries like United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France and even Belgium is playing allowed. But in the United States its blocked since 2006 in a special gambling force act. When you want to play a online casino from a country that is not legal, the casino will decline your sign up in most times. If you play from your country and you know that its not legal your playing balance could be frozen by the goverment. Keep this in mind. Nowadays more and more countries are opening their markets for offshore casino companies so there will be more and more options to play a gamble online!
Casino games
10 years ago a online casino was just like roulette and blackjack but nowadays its all changed! The most online casino's have a hughe collection of games (150+!). These games are all high 3d quality, with real sounds and sounds of the dealer in your language and furthermore they are quite realistic. Beside the normal games like all sorts of blackjack, roulette and craps there are also new games like 3D horse racing. In some casino's you can play chess against each other (skill games) and win real money! All games can be tried for free, if you like a game very much you can consider to play it with real money.
A new kind of function in the online casino's are the live dealers. A live dealer is a real person who is dealing your game. You can see, hear and chat with her/him during your game. For example you play the roulette and you placed your bets. On the screen you will see the dealer placing your bets on the roulette table and starting to spin the weel. The result will be automaticcaly processed into your game and maybe you are the lucky winner! In this kind of game you can also see what the other players at the table are doing.
Casino bonus
When you are new to a online casino they will welcome you with a casino bonus! A casino bonus is a bonus upon your first deposit. In a gambling site you can deposit with all methods you wish for like creditcard, wire and neteller or moneybookers. For a whole list visit the cashier page of the casino itselfs. When you deposit 100 euro you can get a nice bonus, the amount depends on the casino you play. Most times the bonus is 50% upto 300%, so if you deposit 100 euro you could play with 150 to 400 euro! Before you accept this bonus it is smart to check the bonus agreements. The bonus isnt free to withdraw and you have to play it xx times before you can pay him out. This is for promotional and fraud reasons, if you want to play and pay out your money right away contact the custumor service of the casino and let them decline a casino bonus for you.
Gambling safety
The casino fraud cases are already years ago and nowadays a online casino is a safe and easy way to place a bet. But you need to keep some thing in mind. At first, if you deposit, your process will run with a external payment provider. In simple words this means that the casino does not process your payment itself. When you make a deposit you will be redirected to the page of a payment provider. When you made a succesfull payment they will send the casino a automatic message that the transaction was succesfull and your username. You will be able to play your money within 10 minutes and this all using a 128.000/256.000 encryption that helps you encrypting your payment details to prevent any abuse.
Beside payment safety there is also attention to gambling addiction. The most internet casino's are using special teams that spider all payment to the casino. When they mark you on depositting way to high amounts they will call/chat you to say that you are showing unresponsible behaviour. When they still think you are playing unresponsible after the call they have the permission to block your account to prevent addiction damage. Your money will be paid out back to your bank account. The casino online is there to give you a nice game but they don't want to make any addictions.
So this is a small introduction to online gambling, I hope you learned something from this information. If you would like to know more about this subject you can click highlighted words in the text for more information. Remember, have fun with your games but play responsible!
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 January 2010 )
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