The online casinos have had a huge effect in Ireland

One of the many topics we enjoy debating here at onlinecasino.ie is the influence of the online casinos on our gambling habits here in Ireland. We have always been a gambling nation, although for most people that tended to be confined to gambling on sports or perhaps a visit to the local bingo club. The online casinos have however introduced a large section of the population to a totally different form of gambling, namely playing casino games. The range of casino games available at most online casinos is so comprehensive that they really have covered just about every possible area of interest. Those of us who already played the traditional casino games such as roulette and blackjack at a real casino now have access to an even bigger range of traditional casino games such as craps, baccarat and even backgammon at the online casinos. Bingo fans can now play a number of different versions of their favourite game online, and there are even a variety of lottery games and scratch cards available at most of the major online casinos. However perhaps the biggest effect of the online casinos lies in the huge range of slots and video slots which all of them feature within their casino games range. It is these online casino games which most observers believe has been the biggest attraction as far as new customers are concerned. The fact that many of the major online casinos are linked to online sports gambling sites has encouraged sports gambling fans to try playing casino games, and the ease and simplicity of the slots games has appealed to almost everyone who enjoys playing games. Last but not least we have to recognise what the online casinos have done for the casino game of poker. The number of people regularly playing poker in Ireland has increased dramatically, mostly at an online casino or online poker forum, but there has also been a huge surge in entries to poker tournaments, all of which can be put down to the effect of the online casinos.