For many people the appeal of playing casino games at an online casino is the availability of a large number of quick and easy games. The easiest online casino games are of course the slots which for most online casinos represent by far the biggest proportion of their casino games range, but there are a number of equally interesting alternatives on offer for those looking for a change. If you enjoy playing card games for instance why not take a look at the game of Red Dog on the Bwin casino site. Sometimes called ‘Between the Sheets’, Red Dog is played with a standard 52 card deck which is shuffled between each hand and played against the house for fixed odds. We have included how to play Red Dog in our casino games pages, but it is such an easy casino game that we can include a brief summary here. First the player is asked to place an ante bet at least equal to the minimum table stake, then three cards are dealt with two of them face up and one face down, and normally positioned between the open cards. To win the hand the blind card must simply have a value between the two open cards. A win is normally paid at even money, but the player does have the option to increase the stake before the blind card is revealed if the hand looks likely to win. Clearly the spread of the two open cards has a significant effect on the chance of winning the hand, so there are two exceptions to the even money pay-out. First a spread of 3 or less clearly greatly reduces the chances of winning, so a win in these circumstances attracts much better odds to reflect the reduced chance of winning. Next there is the possibility that the two open cards are a pair, in which case the only winning hand would be if the blind card matches the pair. This win is paid at much higher odds, normally up to 11/1, a handsome return if your luck is in. There is only one other potential situation in Red Dog, and that is when the two open cards are consecutive numbers making a win impossible and the hand is therefore declared void and the ante bet returned. Red Dog is a quick and easy casino game and great fun.