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Traditional casino games are still an important part of online casinos

By admin on 2016-09-29 12:33:22

Before the introduction of online casinos even those of us who had visited a casino would when hearing the words casino games probably have assumed that they were simply referring to the game of roulette or possibly blackjack. This is because our real casinos in Ireland were generally too small to offer much more choice than these two traditional casino games, plus perhaps a few slot machines and the occasional low key poker tournament. Nowadays of course the same two words can be used to describe a huge range of different games that are available for us to enjoy online. The concept of online casinos was first introduced by the big bookmakers when they were looking to expand their online sports gambling sites and increase their customer base. At the time of course no one really knew whether the introduction of some casino games as an option for their existing customers, who were primarily sports gambling fans would be successful or not, but they gave it a go. As we now know not only did their existing customers readily accept the opportunity to play casino games online but these online casino sites began to attract a whole new audience. Since then the online casino sections of the sports gambling sites have grown substantially, and most of these sites now offer well over a hundred casino games and in some cases over two hundred different games. Most of these new casino games are of course slots games in various forms, and this rush to add more and more new games has created a whole new business sector comprising a number of specialist casino software companies. These companies are responsible for designing and supplying most of the casino games we can now access online, and for negotiating any copyright issues associated with those games which are based on famous cartoon characters or film franchises. The main drawback resulting from the increasing importance of these software companies is that companies such as Playtech have established a dominant presence in the market and this inevitably leads to a reduction in the choice of casino games we find at the different online casino sites. Fortunately over the last couple of years we have seen a number of new smaller online casinos come on stream, and because they are totally concentrated on providing interesting and exciting casino games they have provided a whole array of new games for us to enjoy, most of which are not available anywhere else.

The introduction of these new online casinos has also increased the relevance of our list of recommended online casinos here at onlinecasino.ie because they have not only introduced many original games they have also provided us with many other new features. When online casinos were first introduced our main purpose was to help people who had never been to a real casino learn how to play the traditional casino games. Even those people in Ireland who had been to a real casino would almost certainly not have had the opportunity to play casino games such as craps or baccarat for example, so again it was our casino games rules pages which were the most important. Although the vast majority of the casino games we can now play at our online casinos are slots or video slots, which do not usually need too much skill or knowledge to play, the traditional casino games remain an important element of all our online casinos and are still as exciting and interesting as they ever were. The casino game of roulette for example is a feature of almost every casino in the world and is still universally one of the most popular casino games. The game of roulette was also responsible for the introduction of the Live casino feature which we now find at all the major online casinos. In the early days of online casinos the inability of the computer graphics to illustrate the movement of the ball on the roulette wheel as it found its way to the winning number determined by a Random Number Generator led to some disquiet among online casino games players. The only solution to this perceived problem was to go back to using a real roulette wheel with real dealers, which was then streamed live from a studio. Having set up a studio and employed real dealers most online casino operators then added blackjack to the Live casino option and some also offered baccarat. Since then the All Irish casino has taken the Live casino concept even further by actually streaming roulette, blackjack and baccarat live from a real casino in Malta.

In terms of card games played at our real casinos, the most popular is undoubtedly blackjack. Blackjack is also popular at our online casinos probably because in principle it is very easy to play. The only thing that new players need to remember is that the objective in the game of blackjack is not to get a hand as close to 21 as possible, it is simply to beat the dealer. Remember to take advantage of the fact that the dealer must take a card on 16.

As we have already said baccarat is another card game which is available at many online casinos in the Live casino mode, and in spite of its reputation is also very easy to play. You do not need to know the complex rules of baccarat because the whole game is controlled by the dealer. When playing baccarat online you simply need to select which of the only two hands on the table will win the game.

We can’t of course talk about the card games available at the online casinos without referring to the game of poker. Of all the traditional casino games that have seen a surge in popularity since the introduction of online casinos, it is poker and in particular the Texas Hold’em format of poker which has been the biggest winner. There are now specialist poker forums where serious poker players can compete with each other online, and every online casino offers a variety of poker formats which can be played against the house.