History of online casinos

The popularity of the land based casinos gave rise to the development of the online casino industry. The online casino sites give the opportunity to participate at the casino games from the comforts of the home. The players do not have to visit a land based casino instead they can simply download the games on their pc and play from their homes. Many different games are available to players: slots or Spielautomaten, online video poker games, blackjack and many more.

On August 1995, the first online casino was introduced. This online portal is known as The Internet Casinos or ICI. Initially this casino offered only 18 games on the virtual platform. This online casino site started operating its business from Turks and Caicos Islands. To avoid government prosecution, it had to provide service from outside USA. Among the initial online casinos another popular name that comes in the forefront is of Intercasino. The first online casino in Great Britain is supposed to be Atlantis. In this context, Sol Kerzner is an important figure. Kerzner was the owner of Atlantis and he brought in thematic online casino.

The gaming software for casino was introduced by 1994. In 1999 the multiplayer casino system came in the online industry of casino. With the introduction of this new software the players were able to communicate with the other players.

Some remarkable amounts won from the online casinos have made this industry all the more popular. A player bagged a sum of $400,000 from an online casino of the Caribbean Islands. This incident in 2001 had created a landmark in the history of online casino. Another similar incident became very popular. In 2002, a sum of 1.59 Million Dollar was won.

The online industry of gaming and gambling saw a steady rise in the number of online casinos on the web. By 2006 the number of online casinos reached more than 2600. But it was in the same year that the gaming and gambling sites were banned in USA by the UIGEA. If it is noticed then one will find that most of the online casinos have been designed after the casinos in Asian countries, European countries and Caribbean Islands following some rules and regulations of this industry.