Online Slots – Kings of Internet Casino Games
By Jerry Whittaker
One of the fondest memories I have of my casino career was the good natured (OK, sometimes not so good natured) competition that existed between the tables and slots departments.
Tables tended to think they were the casino personified and slots were nothing but jazzed up arcade games for bored tables players, and us slots rats just studied the balance sheet, grinned knowingly and let them have their dream.
Truth is there has always been a sense of rivalry between tables and slots divisions of casino companies. Tables carry the proud traditions that forged the casino legend into the giant it is today and are rightfully proud of that heritage. Sadly that old balance sheet doesn’t lie though, and pound for pound slots generate the lion’s share of most casino revenues.
The immense popularity of live slots has been carried through to the online gaming environment and web based slots games can be found in every online casino, sports book and bingo site you choose to visit. Many of the popular live casino slots themes are to be found in online casinos as well as a wealth of new and exciting games.
Online slots also feature all the popular types of slots games with anything from old-school 3 reel, single payline games to modern, multi line video slots being represented. The graphics and sound are truly impressive and the games accurate and exciting so these new comers give nothing up to their live counterparts.
One of the biggest draw cards with online slots and online casinos in general, is the ability the player has to instantly change games, pause the play and run to get a fresh beer and always get to play their favourite games.
Online slots also have the added benefit of cheaper game development. Live slots R & D is an expensive exercise and machine manufacturers seldom release more than one or two models or games a year if that. Developing new games for online gaming is far cheaper and simpler and this, of course, has positive spin offs for the player in a greater variety of themes.
In addition web based casinos benefit from the constant advancement of hard and software development so the online gaming experience is only likely to get better all the time and will probably exceed the realms of realistic development seen in live casino environments.
So what of the great table’s slots vendetta in this new and improved gambling world? Ironically with the nature of online casino games being what it is, table’s games are no longer at a disadvantage in the new order and are equally profitable online. Fortunately the Pit Bosses and dealers will never get to rub our noses in it!
