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When the big bookmakers decided to take the plunge and invest in providing their customers with the opportunity to do their sports gambling online, no one would have predicted how that decision was to change almost every gambling sector. The popularity of online gambling was immediately obvious among their sports gambling clientele and this led to the next stage in the development of online gambling, the online casino. Having invested the money in the internet technology and software, the bookmakers operating the online sports gambling sites wanted to take full advantage of that investment and began to introduce a few gambling games onto their sites. It quickly became clear that there was a whole new audience attracted to the idea of playing casino games online, not just those who already played casino games at their local casino but also many people who had never visited a casino in their lives. As more and more games were added so the online casinos went from strength to strength in terms of popularity, which in turn led to significant improvements in how the games could be played. Although most observers believe that it was the slots games and already popular games such as bingo which provided the biggest boost to the customer base of the online casinos, it is also thought that the first converts to the idea of playing casino games online were probably already members of a casino and therefore used to playing casino games such as roulette and blackjack. As with most other new technologies the online casinos have quickly developed and improved in a number of ways, the most significant of which for many of the first casino games players to play online was the Live Online Casino option. Most of the casino games we can now play at the online casinos lend themselves very well to being illustrated online by the computer software, but it quickly became apparent that the traditional casino game of roulette was going to be more difficult to do satisfactorily. Many of us rightly still have a healthy respect for the pitfalls of any financial transaction online, and we need to remember that when the idea of playing casino games online first came to our attention many of us had similar concerns regarding the validity of what was being offered. When it came to the game of roulette, the computer graphics were simply not able to satisfactorily simulate the movement of the ball on a roulette wheel, leading to doubts over whether the games we could play online were as fair as they should be. The online casino operators needed to find a solution quickly and the concept of the Live Online Casino was born.

The problem with designing and producing casino games which can be played online is that they all have to make use of a Random Number Generator or RNG to determine the winning outcome, which in the case of roulette would be the winning number. Illustrating the roll of the dice in casino games such as craps is relatively easy to do, but simulating the movement of the ball on a roulette wheel as it moves to the randomly selected winning number proved impossible to do effectively. There was only one answer and that was to use a real roulette wheel and real dealers. All the major bookmakers who were operating the online casino sites chose to follow the same path and they each established a studio from which they could then stream the game of roulette live to our computer screens. Clearly setting up a studio and employing real dealers meant that their costs increased, so it made sense to offer other casino games in the Live Online Casino option as well as roulette. Most of the online casinos chose to offer blackjack as an option, but baccarat is now also available at many online casino sites. Whilst the idea of playing these casino games in the Live Casino mode has proved very popular with many people, particularly those who started playing at a real casino there are drawbacks in the eyes of many others. The increased costs associated with offering the Live Online Casino option has led to many of the online casino operators raising their minimum table stakes for playing roulette and blackjack live. One of the biggest advantages that the online casinos have over their land based rivals is the ability to allow us to play casino games for very small stakes, which for many of their customers is why they decided to play casino games online, so although it is great for some the Live Online Casino mode is not for everyone. To their credit it is still possible to play roulette at the William Hill site for as little as 0.1 euro per chip, but most online casino sites now charge 1 euro per chip. There is another reason why some people choose not to play roulette in the Live Online Casino mode, and that is the speed of the game. Those of us who started playing roulette at a real casino are of course very used to the hustle and bustle of placing bets on a crowded roulette table, but many new roulette players are not used to having a time limit on placing their bets and prefer to take their time over where they place their bets. Streaming roulette from a remote studio means that the dealers have to stick to strict time limits and this also does not suit everybody. As we have already said the concept of the Live Online Casino is a very welcome development for some of us, but fortunately all the online casinos still offer the option to play roulette using an RNG for small stakes.

Since the first Live Online Casino option was introduced by the big bookmakers, we have seen a number of specialist online casinos become available some of which have developed another solution to the problem. The All Irish casino now offers a Live Online Casino option actually streamed live from a real casino based in Malta, so you can play roulette at the same time as the players actually playing in Malta.