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Are Online Casinos Legal?

Posted by Admin On Tuesday, November 30, 2010 0 comments

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The legality of online casinos and online gambling in general depends upon your location.

In the United States playing games of chance or skill online isn’t necessarily illegal but using the internet to pay a gambling debt is specifically banned by Federal law. This means that it is illegal for online casinos to serve people in the US even if they live in states or areas where casinos are legal.

Online gambling is illegal in a number of other countries including India and Russia but allowed in the United Kingdom and Australia. Before they go online gamblers should check with their government to see if online gambling is legal in their location.

People who live in areas where online gambling is illegal should not pay money to play at online casinos. Legitimate online casinos don’t accept bets from players who live where online gambling is illegal. If you live in an area where online gambling is illegal and an internet casino accepts your bet it is breaking the law.

Never send money to an usa online casinos if internet gambling is illegal in your area. There is no way to get your money back, and the online casino has no obligation to pay on a bet. Since the casino is breaking the law there is a good possibility it is a fraud.

Gamblers should also avoid schemes where online casinos ask them to send money by mail or wire. You have no way of knowing whether you are sending money to a casino or a scam artist who is pocketing your cash.

You should also remember that if online gambling is illegal in your area you have no legal protection if you gamble online. If a game is fixed, you get cheated or the casino doesn’t pay you have no legal recourse. Remember, legitimate online casinos don’t do business in areas where online gambling is banned. Any casino willing to take bets from areas where online gambling is illegal is willing to break the law and likely to cheat you.

Americans have another reason not to send money to online casinos. The federal government has seized funds being electronically sent to online gamblers. In June, 2009, the US Department of Justice seized $34 million from 27,000 online poker players. This means that even if the casino is honest the government can seize money you send to the casino or your gambling winnings.       

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How Online Casinos Work

Posted by Admin On Saturday, November 27, 2010 0 comments

Even though online casinos are some of the most attractions on the web many of us don’t know how they work.

There are several types of casinos operating online but the three most popular varieties of online casino are down-load based casinos, web-based casinos and live casinos. The most common online casino is the download based casino which has players download special software that allows the player to quickly access the casino. Most online casinos use downloads because they’re faster and require less support. The major internet casinos all seem to have gone to downloads.

Web-based casinos are casinos that operate entirely on the web, the player simply logs onto these and begins playing. The problem with these casinos is that they are slower and may not work with all computers.

Live or live based casinos allow people to bet on a live card or gambling game taking place in a real life casino. Live video of the game is taken using a web came and streamed over the net. Players at home and players at the casino can bet on the game. Live games are usually played to get around laws banning purely electronic casino action.

Most online casinos use a special software called  randomness control based on the Secure Harsh Algorithm  family to ensure that the games are random. This software ensures that nobody knows the outcome of the game until it is actually played. At honest online casinos players are actually allowed to check this software to make sure the game was honest after they play.

All online casinos are based outside the United States because paying an online bet electronically is illegal in the US. Online casinos usually let players play games for free but don’t pay off on such games. If a player does want to play for real money he or she usually has to put up a deposit. The deposit gets the player a line of credit he or she can apply to games.

A popular kind of credit offered at online casinos is a sticky bonus. This bonus gives a player credit usually matching the amount initially deposited so if the player deposits $1000 he can get an extra $1000 in credit. The player can only take $1000 in money out but can bet the extra $1000 online.

Players should be leery of rogue casinos, these are fraudulent online gambling debts that cheat gamblers.       

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