The Online Development of Casino Games

If you take a quick look online at the Sky Vegas casino games, you'll find quite a mix of old and new. Some of the table games offered, like the casino classic roulette, have been played for hundreds of years (Roulette was invented in 18th Century France). Many of the other games offered will be new inventions, and this is particularly the case when it comes to the slot machines. Leaving aside the hit and hope slot machines, which really are just pot luck, there are some important differences in the classic card and table games now offered by the online casino which are worth knowing if you are considering getting involved - especially if you will be staking significant cash.

One of the more obvious hybrids of classic casino games includes three wheel roulette. Based on the same principles as classic roulette, three wheel roulette has an additional two number wheels, which align with the central wheel once the white ball has landed in the inner well, producing three results for just one spin of the white ball. Three wheel roulette is a hybrid which, to the best of my knowledge, has only been attempted in a virtual simulation - running a physical version of this game would bring significant challenges, to say the least.

While three wheel roulette is a fun variant that also makes new, high odds, high return bets on combinations between the three wheels possible, the fact remains that this casino game is entirely virtual, with the outcome of each game determined by computer programming. This is a salient feature of most online casino games, even when the simulation exactly mirrors the rules and conditions of a physical game that you would find in a bricks and mortar casino.

This point about simulation becomes most important when you consider the virtual versions of card games like Poker, and especially Blackjack. Virtual Blackjack can mirror exactly the game you’ll find in card rooms at casinos around the world, but instead of cards being dealt from a shoe, a random number generator determines the cards dealt each round - in effect the pack is shuffled after each hand.

This is important as it means that predictive systems like card counting simply will not work in virtual Blackjack, as there is no shoe holding a finite number of cards involved. While card counting is not illegal, it is certainly - and understandably - frowned upon by casinos, as if applied properly card counting can cut the house edge to effectively zero, making it much more likely for the player to come out on top.

Some kind of basic card counting to inform playing strategy is a necessity if you want to stand a good chance of beating the house, and so if you want to get serious about playing Blackjack online you should look for those sites offering a live lounge. Live video streaming can allow you to participate in a real game of Blackjack, with a finite and physical shoe of cards. Virtual Blackjack should only ever be played for small stakes fun, and in this way provide a good training ground for the real thing.