The new online casinos recognise the value of the free online casino option

One of the most significant results of the introduction of online gambling in all its forms has been the vast increase in choice we now have. When the major bookmakers first made online gambling available to their sports gambling customers it was the fact that they were no longer restricted to betting on horse racing, greyhounds or football, which drove the success of those online sports gambling sites. Not only were minor sports such as rugby, golf and even cricket suddenly available for them to gamble on, there were no longer seasonal restrictions on our betting options. Gambling on football for example was now available all year round because the online gambling sites provided access to matches played all over the world. Exactly the same thing happened when the online sports gambling site operators started to introduce what we now call casino games onto their sites. Unlike in our real casinos there were no space restrictions to how many different casino games people could access on these new online casino sites, so we were suddenly able to play a huge range of different games and all without even leaving home. Whilst it’s certainly true that the majority of these new online casino games are variations of slots games, the online casinos have also been able to offer us a much bigger selection of traditional casino games than ever before. Before the introduction of online casinos the only traditional casino games most of us were able to play here in Ireland were roulette and blackjack. Traditional casino games such as baccarat and backgammon were usually available in most casinos in the rest of Europe, but rarely here in Ireland. Suddenly we have the chance to play these games online, but first we need to learn how they work. Internet sites such as onlinecasino.ie are here to help, and you will find a comprehensive set of instructions for most of these games on our casino games pages, but there is no substitute for hands-on experience. Almost all the online casinos have however given their customers a chance to learn how to play new games without risking their hard earned money through what we call the free online casino option, or free play option. Of all the innovations introduced by the online casinos the free online casino option is perhaps one of the most welcome. Nearly everybody who has ever started to play casino games at a real casino will have made errors through lack of experience, and clearly lost money as a result. The same is probably true when playing some of the more complicated modern slot machines with their huge array of options, so the opportunity to learn and experience playing these games without risking any money is a great deal. It is easy to understand why the online casinos have chosen to offer the free play option on many of their casino games, because it is one way to exploit the fact that operating an online casino costs far less in overheads than running a real casino and the operators are therefore able to afford allowing us to play their games free of charge for a period.

As we have already commented the free online casino option is probably most useful when we are starting to play one of the more traditional casino games for the first time, but such is the complexity of many of the new slots games the online casino software companies are introducing that the option to play them without risking any money may be just as important. It can never do any harm to take the opportunity to have a few free spins when starting to play any new game, including the slots. Clearly we are pleased that almost every online casino operator has chosen to offer the free online casino option on many of their casino games, but it also has to be said that some online casinos do make the free play option more accessible than others. Most online casinos for instance offer more casino games which can be played in free play mode in the download format than they do in the instant play mode. Some online casinos also require their customers to register before they are able to access all the games which feature a free play option.

There is no doubt that the free play option helps us to learn new games, but here at onlinecasino.ie we also think that it is a useful tool in deciding which of the available online casinos would suit us best. Over the last few years we have seen the online casinos operated by the big bookmakers being joined by a number of smaller specialist online casinos concentrating solely on providing a wide range of casino games rather than offering them in conjunction with sports gambling. This has meant that casino games enthusiasts in Ireland now have far more choice as to which online casino they decide to use, and the free online casino option is clearly one way to help them make that decision. Many of these new online casinos appear to have recognised that fact and have therefore made access to the free play option as easy as possible. The All Irish casino, the Free Spins casino and the No Bonus casino have all chosen to make all their free play games available without the need to register, so that potential new customers simply need to access the site to try the games free of charge. The All Irish casino does not even limit the number of times we can play each game in the free play mode. Other new online casinos such as CasinoCasino, Casinoland and Instacasino also enable access to their free play games without the need to register, and all their games are also available in the instant format. The different approach many of these new online casinos have brought to the sector is probably best illustrated by the fact that the free play option is actually the default mode when you access the games, and you have to choose to play for real money.