Friday, January 12, 2007

A girlfriend and I often argue about which is better? Online gaming or going
to the Brick and Mortar casino? For years I have been an online girl. But,
it is the silly season, so I decided to jump into the car with her and
settle in my own head once and for all the answer to what has been a great
debate since online gambling took the world by storm in the last five years.
What is more important? The speed and comfort of online gambling at home or
the glamor and glitz of live gaming at a casino? Firstly there was the drive
there - I don't recall it ever taking so long to get to my compute. I can
start an online gambling session within minutes, this drive would take
hours! One point to online. When we arrived in Las Vegas she started
pointing out how much choice you have, what with casinos as far as the eye
could see. Yes, it does look nice, but as choice goes, there are more online
casinos on my desktop then on the entire Las Vegas strip! I still think
online gambling is the big winner when it comes to variety. So we get to our
casino of choice and decide to start playing. She wants to play blackjack
but I successfully drag her to the roulette wheel. I change up some cash and
I quickly realise that if I were depositing cash online there would be a
deposit bonus coming my way! I looked around, there was nowhere that I could
enter a bonus code at all. Seems like free money is something only the savvy
online casino player can enjoy! This is by no means the worst of it though -
we were silly enough to be there on a Saturday night. The place was packed.
There were people everywhere - as far as the eye can see. Every time I tried
to place a chip down on the roulette table I was mobbed from every angle by
people trying to put their bets on. It felt more like a Bon Jovi concert
than a casino! It wasn't just the roulette wheel that was like this though.
We tried several games: slots, craps, and blackjack. We played all of my
favorite online casino games, but every table was just too busy. The whole
casino was just full of loud people who cared more about being heard than
focusing on the game in front of them. Not to mention the people who didn't
even know how to play the game! Tourists, in town for a holiday, who figured
they would give gambling a try whilst they were there. This slowed
everything down so much. I worked out that with the faster speed of online
gambling, I could play more hands in four hours than I played in one hour at
this casino.

Sensing I was uncomfortable with all the activity that was happening, my
girlfriend tried to sway my thinking towards her love of brick & mortar
gaming, telling me that I would love the room that she booked for us! To be
frank, I love my own bedroom more than I will ever love any hotel room. One
of the great features of online casino is that you can just sink into bed
within five minutes of finishing your blackjack session.

Now, so I don't seem too biased, I will say that the food was very nice (if
you ignore the hoards of people stuffing their faces) and Las Vegas looks
spectacular as you drive down the Strip. But as far as I'm concerned, give
me the comfort of my own home any day. My favorite chair at my trusty
computer. Quiet, peaceful, relaxing.

Combine this with the quickness of hands being turned over, the deposit
bonuses that all great online casinos offer you and the money and time you
save by not having to pay for travel and accomodation expenses and you have
a no-brainer. The best bet that you can make is to do all your gaming
online.