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Choosing The Online Casino That Is Best For You
What to look for -
Bonuses.- Online Casinos all offer bonuses of varying sizes and quality. You will see the adverts for these bonuses on their homepages, as these are often the main incentive to get people to sign up.
New players are offered, for example a '100% bonus up to $200.' What does that mean? It means that if your first deposit at the casino was for $200, the casino would give you an extra 100%, so an extra $200 to play with - for free. Sounds too good to be true? Well sometimes it is, you may find that there are lots of qualifications with this bonus that make it not really worthwhile, or you may not want to deposit $200. If you only deposit $10, you will only get an extra $10 to play with.
There are also, always, 'playthrough' requirements. Although the money will be credited to your new account straight away, you will have to wager several times your combined deposit and bonus amounts in order to withdraw any of this money. Typically, you need to play 10x to 20x the combined amounts, which may sound a lot, but can actually be quite easy to reach.
Often, the 'Re-load' bonus is more significant. This is offered to existing players and may be in the form of '50% up to $75 on Tuesdays', or 10% for first deposit of the month'. These vary greatly from Casino to Casino, so check each review for details. They can also change frequently, so, go to the site itself to see the latest offers.
House Edge - Casinos will always put a House Edge of each game, this is how they stay in business. What this means is that the games are not totally 'fair', if you are playing Roulette, for example, the ball has 37 numbers to land on. If it lands on the number you have chosen, you will be paid at 36/1. Over multiple spins, that gives the casino a 2.7% House Edge, and that is their profit margin.
If the Payout Ratio is 98.1%, then for every $100 wagered, you can expect, on average to lose $1.10.
Poker sites work differently. As you are playing against other Poker players, there is no House Edge. Instead a 'Rake' is charged. Typically the Poker site will take 2 - 3% of the amount staked each hand, so if you are betting $10 a hand, the House will take 20 - 30 cents.
Download v Instant-Play - Many casinos come in 'Instant Play' mode. This means that you do not have to download any software, and can just play their games in your Browser. The advantage is you can play at any P.C., you don't use up any memory, and in a couple of cases, you can play games without registering, or depositing anything - great if you just want to practice getting used to the games.
The downsides are that the choice of games will be limited, and they may not be of such high - quality. The choice is yours, you can always have some downloaded, and play some in no-download format.
What to look for -
Bonuses.- Online Casinos all offer bonuses of varying sizes and quality. You will see the adverts for these bonuses on their homepages, as these are often the main incentive to get people to sign up.
New players are offered, for example a '100% bonus up to $200.' What does that mean? It means that if your first deposit at the casino was for $200, the casino would give you an extra 100%, so an extra $200 to play with - for free. Sounds too good to be true? Well sometimes it is, you may find that there are lots of qualifications with this bonus that make it not really worthwhile, or you may not want to deposit $200. If you only deposit $10, you will only get an extra $10 to play with.
There are also, always, 'playthrough' requirements. Although the money will be credited to your new account straight away, you will have to wager several times your combined deposit and bonus amounts in order to withdraw any of this money. Typically, you need to play 10x to 20x the combined amounts, which may sound a lot, but can actually be quite easy to reach.
Often, the 'Re-load' bonus is more significant. This is offered to existing players and may be in the form of '50% up to $75 on Tuesdays', or 10% for first deposit of the month'. These vary greatly from Casino to Casino, so check each review for details. They can also change frequently, so, go to the site itself to see the latest offers.
House Edge - Casinos will always put a House Edge of each game, this is how they stay in business. What this means is that the games are not totally 'fair', if you are playing Roulette, for example, the ball has 37 numbers to land on. If it lands on the number you have chosen, you will be paid at 36/1. Over multiple spins, that gives the casino a 2.7% House Edge, and that is their profit margin.
If the Payout Ratio is 98.1%, then for every $100 wagered, you can expect, on average to lose $1.10.
Poker sites work differently. As you are playing against other Poker players, there is no House Edge. Instead a 'Rake' is charged. Typically the Poker site will take 2 - 3% of the amount staked each hand, so if you are betting $10 a hand, the House will take 20 - 30 cents.
Download v Instant-Play - Many casinos come in 'Instant Play' mode. This means that you do not have to download any software, and can just play their games in your Browser. The advantage is you can play at any P.C., you don't use up any memory, and in a couple of cases, you can play games without registering, or depositing anything - great if you just want to practice getting used to the games.
The downsides are that the choice of games will be limited, and they may not be of such high - quality. The choice is yours, you can always have some downloaded, and play some in no-download format.
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