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The Live Online Casino option has continued to develop

By admin on 2016-11-28 13:43:07

Not that many years ago the number of people in Ireland who were regularly playing traditional casino games was fairly small. This was primarily because traditional casino games such as roulette and blackjack were only available in the real casinos, and to play these games at a casino you had to be a registered member of that casino. This clearly meant that most people who played regularly were likely to live reasonably close to a casino, greatly reducing the potential customer base. The introduction of online casinos however changed everything in terms of access to these traditional casino games. Here at onlinecasino.ie we have been watching the development of online casinos with great interest since the very first gambling games were introduced by the big bookmakers on their online sports gambling sites. You could argue that the idea of playing casino games online almost came about as an accidental consequence of the bookmakers attempting to fully utilise their sports gambling sites, rather than a deliberate policy to establish an online casino. Nevertheless the addition of a selection of casino games to these already established online gambling sites was a huge success, not only appealing to their existing sports gambling fan base, but attracting a whole new audience to the idea of playing gambling games online. The majority of these games were and still are primarily slots games, but online bingo also appealed to an existing group of enthusiasts and helped to establish the popularity of online casinos. There is no doubt however that the popularity of the traditional casino games such as roulette, blackjack and particularly poker also benefitted hugely from suddenly being accessible online, rather than being restricted to members of a real casino. In fact the traditional casino game of roulette was the catalyst for one of the more important developments we have seen in the online casino sector since their introduction, namely the Live Online Casino option. In the early days of online casinos the traditional casino games such as roulette were more likely to be played by people who already played the game at a real casino, so the use of Random Number Generators to select the winning numbers and the inability of the computer graphics to adequately illustrate the movement of the ball on a roulette wheel both led to a good deal of criticism and even suspicion. The fact that it was already clear to the online casino operators that the idea of playing casino games online was going to be a huge success meant that they had to respond to these comments, and the solution was the Live Online Casino.

As we have already pointed out, all the online casinos at the time were operated by the big bookmakers as part of their online sports gambling sites, but to their credit they all responded to the criticisms levelled at using RNG’s to select winning numbers for the game of roulette by introducing a Live Online Casino option for roulette. At this stage of the development of this feature they all opted to establish a studio, usually somewhere in eastern Europe, from which they could stream the games using a real roulette wheel and of course real dealers. Although this feature of online casinos was originally developed solely for the casino game of roulette, the need to set up a studio and employ real dealers clearly raised the costs associated with operating an online casino and all the online casino operators therefore decided to add blackjack to the Live Online Casino option, and some now also offer other casino games with real dealers so as to make full use of these assets. There are however some drawbacks to playing casino games in the Live Online Casino mode which we should mention. The increased cost associated with offering this option has meant that most of the online casino operators have decided to raise the minimum table stake for games such as roulette in the live casino mode. One of the most important factors in the popularity of playing casino games at an online casino has always been the very small stakes required to play the games, so any increase in minimum table stakes goes against one of the biggest advantages that the online casinos have over their land based rivals. It is however still possible to play roulette in the Live Online Casino mode at the William Hill online casino for as little as 0.1 euros, but most are now at least one euro per chip. It is however not just the higher stakes which persuade some roulette players to stay away from the Live Online Casino option, the use of real dealers in a remote studio means that the game is run at a speed set by the dealers just as it is in a real casino, but in this case the dealers have no visual access to the players so the time limit on placing bets is strictly observed. For many of us who are accustomed to the hustle of placing bets at a crowded roulette table, this often contributes to the excitement of the game, but for others this time limit reduces their enjoyment of being able to place multiple bets. Fortunately all the online casinos still offer the game of roulette using an RNG to define the winning number, with small stakes and as much time as you like to place your bets.

Fans of the Live Online Casino option however now have an even more interesting development to consider. The success of online casinos has encouraged a number of smaller specialist online casinos to be introduced, and many of these new sites have not only brought with them a whole new range of casino games, they have also developed a number of other new ideas. The All Irish casino for instance now offers a Live Online Casino option which is actually streamed live from a real casino on the island of Malta. You can play roulette, blackjack and baccarat at the same time as the customers of the casino, with the same dealers and of course the same atmosphere. This has got to be as close as you can get to the real thing.