Online gambling brings many casino games to Irish people

Irish casino players have been denied the chance to play their favourite casino games for many years but now that online gambling is here there is plenty of choice. Gambling online has become increasingly popular since its inception to the detriment of bookmakers shops which seem to be struggling. This is hardly surprising when considering the ease with which it is possible to place bets on sports or casino games from your PC or virtually any mobile device. It is not only the ease which convinces people to join the online ranks but also the choice of sports and casino games which are available that are not available at the local bookmaker. There is of course still a case for the bookmaker but it is becoming more of a social thing rather than a necessity and as you might expect the younger generation are much more likely to go to online gambling rather than the local bookmaker. Sports gambling has been around for years in Ireland but casino gambling is a relatively new thing for most people which means that some of the more unusual casino games are seldom played which is unfortunate as some of them are great fun. It seems to be the name of some casino games which put fear or trepidation into some Irish casino players but that is only because they do not understand the game and although the Irish have a reputation for loving to gamble they are inclined to do so on sports that they known or casino games with which they are familiar.

It is no surprise therefore to discover that the two most frequently played casino games are roulette and blackjack which are the two games that most people are familiar with. Roulette of course is a game of luck with no skill involved; there are not even good bets and bad bets as the odds paid are in direct proportion to the number of numbers backed. You can place your chips on 12 individual numbers or on a column of 12 numbers or on a top/middle or bottom third and a winner will produce the same number of chips in each case. Some believe that studying past numbers will give an indication of what might come next but this is a complete fallacy. Numbers come completely randomly so just because there have been 12 successive red numbers does not mean that the next one will be black. It remains a 50/50 chance on every spin. That is not strictly true as it is a bit less than 50/50 because of the zero which is neither red nor black. Roulette is actually one of the casino games with the best odds of winning second only to Blackjack. The casino game of blackjack definitely provides the best chance of winning of all casino games and the reason is that a tie is a push and you get your money back. Watch out for the casino game of pontoon which is very similar to blackjack but a tie is a loss to the player. When playing blackjack it is your hand against the dealer hand and logically either hand has an equal chance of being the better hand but the casino advantage comes that the player always plays first and if they bust (exceed 21) then they lose. It does not matter if the dealer hand also busts later when possibly playing other players you have already lost and that’s it. This is actually a very small margin in favour of the casino so it is worth trying to evaluate when the dealer hand will bust. Even blackjack remains a game of chance but a dealer hand showing a 5 or a 6 might be considered weak.

The other casino games available at online casinos are casino slots and they are extremely popular probably due to the chance to win large amounts of cash with very modest outlays. Blackjack might be the best chance of winning but the maximum payout is 3:2 for a blackjack so if you want to win big money you need to be staking big money. When slots gambling the chances of winning are lower but you can win thousands with a bet of one Euro or less and of course all slots are pure luck. A bit like lotteries really where everybody accepts that the chance of winning is remote but when you do it is really good news. The choice of casino slots is really massive at every online casino and it is determined by the casino software that is being used. For example Paddy Power casino uses casino software from Playtech which offers over 100 different casino slots and should therefore be enough for most people but there are online casinos such as CasinoCasino.com or Fun Casino.com that use multiple casino software companies on their sites and that results in a choice of several hundred casino slots meaning that you are bound to find something you like. The two online casinos mentioned differentiate between slots and video slots and the difference is pretty much complexity. The big progressive jackpot slots with jackpots regularly running into millions of Euro will be under the video slots tab but if you are one of the many who like to follow what is going on during slots play you may prefer simpler games with fewer symbols such as the old fashioned fruits and bars and possibly, although not always, fewer winning lines. There are casino slots such as All Ways Fruits™ where matching symbols anywhere on the reels is a win so that is very easy to follow. If you are looking for a casino with loads of casino slots and other games but that offers something different go to Nobonuscasino.com which has a very different take on incentives. This online casino offers cash back if you lose as an alternative to a one of bonus. Make a deposit and lose it all on the same day and you get 10% cash back the very next day with no questions asked.