The leading online gaming software provider offers one Caribbean Stud Poker game and it is a single player game. What is unusual about this game is that it allows players to select a bet range from the five provided. The lowest range is from ?1 to ?50 and the highest range is from ?100 to ?1,000. It would have made no real difference if a single range from ?1 to ?1,000 had been provided. However, this classification of tables according to ranges helps create a live casino experience where high rollers are separated from low rollers to give them due exclusivity. read more »

Craps is a visually alluring game. There is a large table with the shooter rolling the dice across it. With all the bettors and the table staff the scene is buzzing with activity. Add to that the expectation of rolling a particular number for a big win and you get the perfect recipe for a movie scene. It is hardly surprising that there are Hollywood movies based on craps gambling.

One of the earliest movies of this genre was Guys and Dolls released in 1955 and starring Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando. read more »

Asia, particularly South East Asia, is one of the fastest growing online gambling markets. There are legal issues in some countries but then there are such problems everywhere. Online gaming operators and software providers are aware of this and are vying with each other to get as large a share of the Asian market as possible. In some cases gambling operators act alone in other cases the software providers offer the push. Some moves are direct whereas other moves are subtle. This article discusses some of the approaches made by the online gaming service providers in the context of the Asian market. read more »

When one thinks of Medieval England, evocative images of enchanted castles, knights on white horses, damsels in distress and dragons breathing fire come to mind. These and many such images are captured by online gaming software developers in slot games with medieval themes. There is scarcely a software developer who has not created a medieval themed slot game and some of these have reached the pinnacle of popularity. The article describes some of these online slots.

Nothing signifies the medieval imagery more than the legend of King Arthur and the Microgaming slot game Avalon is based on this legend. read more »

Many online gaming software providers release slot games based on the theme of Halloween every year. Halloween, with its witch related symbolism, provides ample material for slots developers to show case their audio and visual skills. Also Halloween is a major holiday season and gets many more players online. This year three leading software providers have released Halloween themed slots. These slots do not do full justice to the Halloween theme because they depict only the “trick” aspect and ignore the “treat” aspect. read more »

Casino War, or War as it is known as some online casinos, is the simplest of all casino games. Essentially the player and the dealer are dealt one card each and the one with the higher card value wins. The cards from two to ten have their face values. Jack, queen, king and ace are valued at 11, 12, 13 and 14 respectively. An element of excitement is introduced when the first cards dealt are of equal value. There are two formats in which Casino War is played at online casinos. Online gaming software providers like Microgaming and Cryptologic have one set of rules, whereas Realtime Gaming and Vegas Technology follow slightly different rules. read more »

Video slots form the bulk of online casino games. Usually these games have a maximum of five symbols in each payline, each symbol corresponding to one of the reels. From time to time the developers of slots software have experimented with introducing more than five symbols per payline. The simplest way to do this is to increase the number of reels. Vegas Technology has launched two video slots with seven reels, Farming Futures and Lucky 7s. They play exactly the way of five reel slots, except that winning combinations are defined for from three to seven symbols aligned from left to right on enabled paylines. read more »

3 card poker games are very popular at online casinos. They provide some of the excitement of the regular five card games and play extremely fast. This is because they involve a straight comparison of the player and dealer hand without the player having to take any intermediate action at all. Usually they have some sort of bonus side bet.

The leading online gaming software provider Microgaming offers five 3 card poker games in its portfolio. These are listed under Table Games. One can see a development progression from the simplest variant to the most recent one. read more »

WagerWorks is a unique online casino games software supplier in two respects. It is the only major software supplier to have a base in the land slot machine sector through its holding company IGT. WagerWorks allows gaming operators to pick and choose games from its portfolio and offer them to players alongside games of other software providers.

As is the case for all software providers the focus of WagerWorks online casino games is on slots. Two types of slot games dominate. One is progressive slots and the other is branded slots. read more »

Action Frenzy uses fruit symbols from the classic slot machines. Audio visual animations introduce the excitement of the game show. The highest payout is offered by the Wheel of Fortune Logo. After every payout there is an optional gamble game that offers a double or lose situation. Usually this is simulated using the red and black cards from a playing cards deck, but in this game a wheel with alternating red and black bands is spun. The Triple Action Frenzy bonus round replicates the actual game show more closely. read more »