Land Based Vs. Online Casinos

Online casinos started emerging in 1996 and the growth and popularity of the online gambling industry has skyrocketed since then at a phenomenal rate. There are currently thousands of online casinos generating estimated annual revenue of over USD $8,000,000,000. You’re reading that right, it’s BILLION. As the trend grows, there is no slowing down foreseen for the future and in many cases, an online casino has many advantages over a land based casino.

One of the reasons is because online, several languages can be chose such as Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. This makes it easy for anyone around the world to play within their own dialect.

Unlike a land casino, many online casinos accept multiple currencies so that two or more people are able to play the same game using their own currency. A person living in Italy can purchase credits in Euro while a person living in the United States can purchase credits in USD. This removes the inconvenience and confusion of having to firstly convert an unfamiliar currency to one’s own currency before placing each bet.

Online gamblers play with real money, and as a result they are more acutely aware of the value of their money as opposed to one who plays with a stack of multi-colored casino chips which don’t seem to have as much of an immediate value. Unlike a land casino where chips don’t seem to have as much value as real money, thus encouraging the player to gamble away more money, an online casino displays the exact amount of money in a player’s account and as a result encourages the player to take his/her money more seriously and not lose track of the value of his/her money.

You can wear whatever you want. Heck, if you want to play naked, by all means, it’s ALLOWED and you don’t have to pay for food and drinks because you’re home. Open the fridge and you’re golden! Grab a beer or a glass of wine and sit in your jammies while playing poker! You can’t do that in a land based, can you?

Online you get free chips! In an effort to attract players, numerous online casinos offer players free casino money to play with. Free online casino bonuses can range from $10 up to $3,000 or more. Offering potential players free no-deposit or match-play casino bonuses presents a tremendous incentive for players to register real player accounts with these online casinos.

Online casinos usually offer better customer service in the sense that they may usually be contacted via telephone, fax, live 24/7 live chat support and email. In addition to this, they provide the player with detailed instructions on how to play each game, whereas a land based casino does not usually provide the player instructions on how to play the games.

Online casinos offer players the opportunity to play the casino games for free. Thus one is able to practice and get a feel for the casino games before deciding if and whether to play for real money. Land casinos do not offer such an option and expect all players to play for real money with no opportunity to practice for free.

Online casinos may be played from anywhere at anytime. Whether the player is playing at 3:00 a.m. or 3:00 p.m., from the comfort of your home, or from a laptop inside a tent, online casinos may be accessed from any computer with an internet connection, anytime during the day or night.