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Selecting an online casino shouldn’t be done lightly. While there are a lot of reputable online casinos out there, the Internet has its share of crooks. I’m going to go over a series of items to look for when selecting an online casino.

Online Casino Age

The first thing I look for in an online casino is age. While older doesn’t equal better, it is a good sign. For one thing, an older online casino is bound to have chatter out there. If an online casino is less than one year old, I won’t play there. It might be a great online casino, but I’ll wait for some feedback and age first. Some of the most reputable casinos online are anywhere from 4-13 years old.

Payouts

Another issue with me is payout speed. Sure, an online casino might be lightning quick in taking my money, but how fast can they put it back in my pocket? Over the years this has been a major problem area for many online casinos.

It’s good to check around first. If an online casino is purposely slow, it could be the sign of potential problems. In this day and age, you should be able to get your withdraws processed and in your account (unless they are sending via postal mail) within 48 hours-maybe 72 tops. Anything more is just amateur and behind the times.

Licensing and Information

Is the online casino licensed? If so, with who? Check the address and phone number of the online casino. You should be able to find these easily. If not, there’s a problem.

Give the online casino a call. Someone should answer quickly (three rings or less). If not, it could be a sign of weak customer support-commonplace with many online casinos.

Do they have a street address? Make sure their address isn’t some mailbox out in the middle of a pasture somewhere.

Comments

This last step is really good. Go to your favorite search engine-or two. Next type in the online casino’s name and see what comes up. Try adding search terms to their name like:

Payout
Fraud
Customer service
Forum
Feedback
News
Review

That will get you started. If someone has commented about the online casino, you’ll have a good chance of finding it.

If you can’t find anything, that’s just not a good sign. With any luck, you’ll find many sources of information about the online casino. It doesn’t need to be an all-day thing either. Just do some searches, check out some stuff and if it all adds up, go enjoy yourself.

Staying Safe

It just makes sense to follow these ideas. Another tip is to deposit just a small amount and try out the online casino first. If you like it and they appear reputable, go have a blast.

Gambling online is fun. Just be sure to take some security precautions.

There are lots of casino gambling online sites with several different types of internet casinos at which you can play. There are two main types of sites: No-download Java-based sites which load directly in your browser. The other group is casino download game sites which allow you to download the games to your computer’s hard disk.

The first kind of gambling site normally uses Flash or Shockwave, which enables it to run in your browser. If you don’t have Flash or Shockwave you can download plug-ins from companies like Macromedia for free. Although this type of website is called no-download casinos, you have to download sounds and graphics each time you play a game. A great advantage of this kind of gambling site is that it can be played on most computers and operating systems and many of these can even be used on WebTV.

The second type of website offers downloadable software. Such software is normally limited to Windows, which means it will only run on Windows-based platforms. Since the file sizes of most of these downloadable software are huge (from 5 to 20 megabytes) you must allow a bit of time for downloading it. Therefore, you should be quite sure you really want to play at the casino you chose before you invest your time to download it. If you like most people are running Windows, I absolutely recommend that you stick to these download gambling websites. They are mostly secure, stable and once you have downloaded the games, your dependency of the web server which they reside on has been significantly reduced. And that’s a good thing since you can use them with any internet connection, also the slower dial-up ones. Since most of the game applications reside on your hard disk, the speed will be much faster compared to the no-download sites.

Many people hesitate to play online because they think that these websites are not safe. I will say that it is good to be a little sceptical because unfortunately there are still some rogue casino operators out there that are looking for a quick earn money scheme. The good news however is, that there are less and less of these and today they are in the minority. It’s a good thing to know that most online casinos and gambling sites today are reputable, honest and are careful to make payments on time

The nicest thing with online gambling is perhaps the availability: as a matter of fact you can access them 24/7. These websites have grown tremendously in the recent years and the gambling industry on the web is definitely here to stay. Online gambling is fun and besides that you on average have a better chance of winning than you have at an offline or land-based casino. So grab your popcorn and beer, turn on your computer and start to play from the comfort of your own home.

Being social in the online realm has never historically been part of the big picture.  This has certainly changed over the last few years and the cyber realm has become a large part of who people are.  The ability to interface with others across the globe has made the Internet so much more than simply a gaming platform.  It has made it a place for people to meet, greet, and evolve with each other in a way that has never been seen before.

But in a casino?  The answer is unequivocally yes.  With today’s online casinos offering chat in many of their games people can get together and play their favorite games just as the inventors of the games intended.  I can assure you that the people that developed Blackjack years and years ago never envisioned a time when their game would be played on a screen with little digital cards flipping up and down, or maybe they did, who knows?  What they did know was that people were supposed to gather, and chat, and above all have a good time.

The ability for players to chat with each other in a real time environment while playing cards opens up a myriad of possibilities to the casual and professional online gambler.  Sometimes just the possibility of the chat makes the game of cards a secondary interest in the room.  Some people are obviously more social than others and some may simply enjoy the type of chat that they are able to experience in an online casino better than the type of chat that they might become involved in in a more traditional type of chat room.

Today’s online casinos now offer the option for players to use avatars.  If you aren’t familiar with avatars they are simply a small picture, or image, that says a little something about the player’s personality.  Some of the times these avatars are little cartoon like characters that the players customize themselves.  Other times casinos allow players to use their own images further enabling the player to customize their image exactly and calculating what they want to say to the rest of the world.

While there are many options available to the tech savvy player that wants a little “face” time with the other players when they are playing, many people don’t know how to get started chatting in a casino environment.  Unfortunately there are many casinos, including some of the premier casinos, that don’t offer chat room capability with their games.  Either they haven’t seen the benefit and increased customer base that is capable with chat rooms, or the technology just isn’t as pervasive as I think that it is.  I’m not sure which it is.  What I am sure of is that chat is big enough that in the future only a handful of online casinos won’t have online chat capability for at least a portion of their games.  And after that a whole new world will open up for everybody.