There are now so many different casino games available at online casinos

When the leading bookmakers decided to capitalise on the success of their online sports gambling sites by introducing a few gambling games they probably did not realise just how popular the idea of playing this type of game online would be. It’s true that human beings have always enjoyed playing games, and the success of games consoles should have provided a clue but those did not involve gambling. Our casinos have of course been relatively successful over the years, but their members tended to be local and their range of casino games was very limited. In fact the term ‘casino games’ was generally only used in Ireland to refer to either roulette or blackjack because apart from a few slot machines these were usually the only games we could play at any of our casinos. Since those early days of what we now refer to as online casinos the range of casino games they offer has expanded dramatically, and of course totally changed what we mean by the term ‘casino games’. It is true that the vast majority of these casino games we can now play online are slots games in various forms, but the online casino operators have also targeted the thousands of bingo fans who regularly visited their local bingo club. Who would have thought that we would ever be referring to bingo as a casino game, but nowadays bingo and a variety of similar numbers games can be found at almost every online casino site. The same can be said of the various lottery and scratch card games we can also play online, which again we now tend to classify as online casino games. Since the first online casinos were introduced by the big bookmakers we have also recently seen a number of smaller specialist online casino come on stream, each with a different approach to the casino games they offer and the way we play them. Here at onlinecasino.ie we have of course taken a great deal of interest in these new online casinos, particularly in how they too have influenced what we mean by the term casino games. In this case it is mostly in the range of slots games where we have seen the biggest changes. Most of these newer online casinos use different casino software suppliers to those used by the original online casino operators, which means that they offer a different range of slots games. In some cases such as the CasinoLand site they actually use a number of different software suppliers to contribute slots games to their range. We have already discussed how the online casino operators have introduced games targeted at bingo and lottery fans, but the new CasinoCasino site has done the same thing with slot machine enthusiasts. The slot machine manufacturers have introduced a number of games over the years which have become almost iconic for real slot machine fans, none more so than Amatic Industries. Those fans of the Amatic Industries’ games can now play them online for the first time at CasinoCasino.

There is no doubt that all these new games which we now refer to as casino games have contributed to the huge success of online casinos, but we should not forget that the online casinos have also provided us with the opportunity to play more traditional casino games than we could in our real casinos here in Ireland. The game of baccarat for example is definitely a casino game in the true sense of the term, because although rarely if ever available in Irish casinos it is played in almost every casino in continental Europe. For a variety of reasons the game of baccarat has established a reputation for being a complicated game played only by high rollers. Certainly the rules of baccarat are a little complicated but you do not need to know the rules to play baccarat online. Only two hands are dealt in a game of baccarat and the whole game is controlled by the dealer. There are also only three possible outcomes of each game and all you have to do is predict which of those will happen. We usually refer to the two hands as the dealer’s hand and the player’s hand, and only possible result of each game is that either the dealer’s hand will win, or the player’s hand, or on rare occasions there will be a tie. It really could not be an easier game to play online.

While we’re on the subject of traditional casino games we can now play online but which were never available to us before we had online casinos, the game of backgammon is another example. This is a casino game which does need a lot more thought than most, and should therefore probably classified as a game in which experience is a definite advantage. If you are interested in playing backgammon we have detailed the rules in our casino games pages. Before we go on to discuss another casino game which requires a certain amount of knowledge and experience to play successfully, namely poker we should also look at the game of craps. Again this is a traditional casino game which is widely available at casinos around the world, particularly America, but rarely in Ireland. If you enjoy the multiple betting options associated with playing roulette you will almost certainly enjoy playing craps and it is now featured on almost every online casino site.

Finally we come to the game of poker, which is probably the traditional casino game which has benefitted most from the introduction of online casinos. Playing poker had declined quite considerably over the years in Ireland, and although the Irish Open poker tournament was well supported by serious poker fans the game was not played that often in our casinos. Nowadays poker, particularly Texas Hold’em poker has become one of the most popular traditional casino games in Ireland and is played online by a very wide range of people. Serious poker players will compete with each other through one of the many online poker forums, but the online casinos also offer a range of different versions of poker which can be played against the house.