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There is an ever expanding range of online casino games for us to enjoy

By admin on 2017-12-21 11:56:41

Prior to the advent of online casinos the term casino games in Ireland would almost certainly have been understood to refer to the game of roulette and possibly blackjack, for the simple reason that most of our real casinos were only able to offer these two games due to lack of floor space. Those fortunate to have been able to visit one of the huge American casinos would probably add craps to their list of casino games, and in much of Europe the game of baccarat is also regularly featured in their casinos. When the first online gambling sites were introduced their most noticeable feature was the massive increase in the range of sports their customers could follow online. Gone were days when sports gambling was confined to horse racing, greyhound racing and football, which were usually the only sports for which odds were quoted in the high street betting shops. We suddenly had easy access to gambling odds on rugby, snooker and even darts tournaments, as well as basketball, baseball and gridiron football from America. The same was also true when online casinos began to develop and expand. They very quickly grew from being just a small part of the big sports gambling sites to offering a huge collection of casino games which in some cases exceeded two hundred different games. All the traditional casino games we have mentioned were there of course, but they were joined by several numbers games based on the game of bingo, a range of dice games and a quite remarkable variety of slots games. The slots games now far outnumber every other type of casino game featured on almost every online casino, and have in fact become the defining feature of what an online casino actually is. The range of slots games is also likely to be the deciding factor in our choice of which online casino to use, so that is where the online casino operators put most of their effort. The rapid development of the online casino sector has been a remarkable success story in the expansion of our relationship with the internet, particularly when you consider that there are many observers who believe that it was more an accident than a planned strategy. Along with most big high street retailers the major bookmakers decided that they could no longer ignore our growing obsession with the internet, so they offered their sports gambling customers the opportunity to do their gambling online rather than through their local betting shops. Having invested in the technology and software necessary to operate an online gambling site they then looked for ways to increase their returns on that investment. Their idea was involved introducing a few gambling games onto their sites to encourage their customers to spend longer online and hopefully spend more money. It quickly became apparent that featuring a range of casino games that included the traditional casino games such as roulette, plus numbers games based on the ever popular game of bingo appealed to a great many existing games enthusiasts who were only too happy to be able to play online. Having established an enthusiastic customer base, the site operators were then able to add more and more slots games to their range of casino games and appeal to an even wider potential group of players. From these relatively small beginnings the online casino sector has expanded dramatically, and the big multiple option sites operated by our bookmakers have been joined by an increasing number of specialist online casinos offering nothing but casino games.

Clearly it is the slots games which have provided the biggest impetus to the growth of the online casino sector, but they are not the only reason why gambling at an online casino has become such a popular leisure activity in Ireland. One traditional casino game in particular has established a very much bigger group of enthusiastic supporters as a result of the introduction of online gaming, and that is the game of poker. Although poker is probably one of the best known gambling games in our recent history very few of us were still playing poker. Many of us will remember the 5-card draw version of poker being featured in almost every western we ever watched that included a saloon scene, but poker was rarely an option in our real casinos in Ireland so it simply went out of fashion. Professional poker players regularly played in the big tournaments around the world, but there were very few enthusiastic amateurs until online casino gambling came along. Nowadays there are even specialised online poker platforms allowing serious poker players to test their luck against similar fans around the world. Texas Hold’em is generally the version of poker played by in all the tournaments and on the online poker sites, but there are many other versions of the game featured on most online casino sites, all of which can be played against the house for very small stakes. The online gambling market has also led to the introduction of a number of specialist online bingo sites for fans who still enjoy the game but rarely go to the high street clubs, but it is not really possible to describe the growth of online casinos without returning to the slots games which form the biggest part of almost every online casino site. This is also where the newer specialist online casinos have been able to take on their bigger rivals by featuring games designed by a wider range of casino software specialists. The online slots game is usually a far cry from what we find in our pubs and clubs however. Some of them feature as many as five reels which in turn offer multiple winning lines on each spin. There are rolling jackpots and also many opportunities to increase a winning spin. Some of the so called online slots games do not even feature spinning reels at all, with graphics illustrating falling blocks instead. For traditional slot machine fans the CasinoCasino site now offers a range of slots games based on the iconic games manufactured by Amatic Industries for the first time online.