Online casinos offer a wide range of traditional casino games

Here at onlinecasino.ie we do everything we can to provide the information necessary for potential new casino games players to choose a suitable online casino. Our recommended list has a full range of excellent online casinos, from sites operated by our major bookmakers through to the small specialist sites where you are more likely to find a different set of casino games to enjoy. All these online casinos are well managed with good privacy and security measures in place, and they all offer the options such as Live casino and Free Play which we have come to expect as the online casino sector has developed. In fact with the exception of a few minor differences in presentation and computer graphics, choosing an online casino from our recommended list is almost totally down to your taste in casino games.

All the online casinos on our recommended list offer well over a hundred casino games and some offer many more, but they all feature the traditional casino games we know and love from our real casinos in Ireland and many which were not available to us. Let’s start with Roulette and Blackjack, the two casino games which were always available at our real casinos and at casinos all over the world.

Most people would recognise a roulette wheel even if they had never played the game, and although the table can look a little daunting at first glance the principle of roulette is very simple indeed. The wheel is spun and the ball settles into one numbered slot, normally between 0 and 36 in most of Europe but many American casinos also feature a 00 slot. At an online casino the winning number is of course generally chosen by a Random Number Generator unless you are playing in the Live casino mode, but the objective is the same. Players place bets on the roulette table hoping that the winning number will provide a return on their stake commensurate with the risk they have taken. For example a successful bet on a single winning number pays 35/1, whereas a winning Red/Black selection only pays even money. There are of course many more potential betting combinations on a roulette table, so take a look at our individual Roulette rules page.

Blackjack is also a casino game which many people will have played in one form or another. Often known as pontoon or twenty one, Blackjack is also a very easy game to play but the chances of winning can be improved by observing a few basic rules. First and foremost in spite of the name the object of the game is not to form a hand which totals twenty one, it is simply to beat the dealer’s hand without exceeding twenty one. It is important to remember that the dealer must take a card on 16, and cannot take a card on 17 or over. There are a number of ways to play different hands so go to our Blackjack page and check them out.

Next up we really should take a look at the casino game of Baccarat. Very rarely seen in Irish casinos, but very popular on the continent, Baccarat has gained a reputation for being a complicated casino game for high rollers. Whereas it is often true that the minimum table stakes for Baccarat are too high for many ordinary punters, another reason for this reputation is that Baccarat is often played away from the main floor of the casino, increasing the air of mystery surrounding the game. Playing Baccarat at an online casino however exposes some of the myths surrounding the game, most notably the opinion that it is difficult to play. Certainly the rules of Baccarat are a little complicated, but unlike most games you do not need to understand the rules to play the game. The whole game is controlled by the dealer according to strict rules, all the player needs to do is predict the outcome of the game. There are only three possible outcomes for a hand of Baccarat, namely a win for the dealer, a win for the player or very rarely a tie. It really is that simple and of course can be played for very low stakes at an online casino.

One casino game which has really benefitted from the introduction of online casinos is Poker, and there are now hundreds if not thousands of semi-professional or professional poker players around the world. The poker format which has become the most popular is Texas Hold’em Poker, which is now played in almost every poker tournament all over the world. Texas Hold’em is played using five community cards dealt face up and one at a time into the middle of the table, and which are available for every player to use in conjunction with their own two hole cards to form their final five card showdown hand. The appeal of Texas Hold’em Poker however is in the multiple betting rounds which take place after every community card is dealt so that the pot grows substantially before the remaining players reveal their showdown hands. Be careful before playing for big money, because Texas Hold’em Poker is a casino game which tends to favour the experienced player.

There are a number of other versions of Poker available at most online casinos, all of which can be played against the house for low stakes. If you fancy starting to play Poker why not have a look at Caribbean Stud, or Let it Ride, both of which offer a good starting point and are great fun.

We can’t leave the topic of traditional casino games without looking at the game of Craps. Craps is without doubt one of the most popular casino games in any American casino, and has become extremely popular at our online casinos. Craps is of course a dice game, played with two dice on a table very similar to a roulette table. The appeal of Craps is also very similar to roulette and lies in the option for multiple betting on the outcome of the throw of the two dice. Craps is the most well-known casino game involving dice, but there are many others at most online casinos.