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New Casino Online Technologies

Computers and the Internet probably is the most fast-growing field of technology, so, in the nature of things, the online casinos try to ride the ground-swell and use new casino online technologies that became available recently wherever it is possible.

The first online casinos have been made in simple HTML, but since the advent of Java language as well as with spread of flash technology online casinos started to use these technologies. In the course of time, offline casinos have improved graphics and sound and have added new games. Advent of new casino online technologies had become the first considerable achievement in online gambling together with development of broadband access. In these casinos one plays not against computer dealer but against real dealers playing on the real equipment and the player may receive the video broadcast of the course of this game.

Live dealer Roulette had become the first online casino game as it is easily broadcasted online and any number of casino players can parlay on one table because there is no need to make any decisions. The stakes are placed on a real table and after that the real spin is made; all gamblers receive one final number and payments corresponding to their bets. By the way, if there are a lot of gamblers in one online casino it becomes unprofitable and almost impossible for the latter to swindle and that increases the attractiveness of game.

Soon Live dealer Baccarat games had become a reality too: the player does not make any decisions in the course of the game and the cards dealing is made on a standard pattern. But in case of another popular game Blackjack, there were some difficulties. Many casino players cannot simultaneously play at one table because they decide to take or not to take the card and these decisions may be different so the dealer cannot simultaneously deal with them. That's why Live dealer Blackjack, as well as real one, is played by one dealer against only a few players simultaneously. As a result this game usually has quite high bets.

Nowadays, thanks to the new casino online technologies, there are a lot of online casinos offering three abovementioned games (for example, such games are usually offered in Playtech casinos online), but at present there is no video poker, although there are rumours on its promotion.

Another latest thing that is used in the online casinos is 3D graphics. Some years ago Intercasino had announced the advent of new version of software - "the first 3D casino", although, in fact there were a few static 3D portraits of players.

Since that time quite many casinos had developed so-called 3D software; usually they were completely static, pre-rendered pictures of people and table which had little in common with "real 3D". But, in general, tridimensionality in casino is not very interesting - 3D table or even a dealer will not be a revolution.

Nobody knows the future result of gambling and technology mix, though now we can play the Real Dealer games where the casinos are powered by the new casino online technologies by means of video broadcast and 3D graphics makes a computer game nearly real.