Flash
Casino - What is a Flash Casino?
by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
January 13, 2006
The use of flash
graphics at online casinos has produced some very slick
and smooth looking sites - just like the kind of flash
casino you'd find in Las Vegas!
Flashing lights and
neon signs have always been a part of the high roller
gambling world so it's no surprising that the
development of flash graphics has transferred the
excitement of the bright lights to the Internet. But a
flash casino is more than just fancy graphics designed
to entice the player inside.
WebTV and The Flash
Casino
Not all gamblers have
access to the Internet via a computer. WebTV is, for
some, the only option and without the use of Flash,
casinos on the Net would be impossible to use. With no
hard-drive to which they can download anything, WebTV
users are dependent on 'no download' games, something
that flash has made possible.
Although the choice is
far more limited when needing a flash casino than for
those who can play at any virtual casino, the number of
casinos that are basing their games on flash technology
is continuously growing. As more and more casino owners
start to realize that there's a huge crop of players
that they're unable to harvest, so more of them will be
changing to flash casino based software.
The Computer Based
Flash Casino Experience
Even players who join
the fun through a computer based browser can reap the
benefits of a flash casino. Smooth, striking animations
and natural sound effects that were unheard of earlier
are fast becoming the norm on the Net. Flash casinos are
here to stay and they're gaining in popularity every
day.
Flash casino games are
actually so popular that one virtual casino featured a
"Super Bowl Halftime Blackjack Extravaganza" especially
for people who wanted to play a few hands during the
half time break! Without the use of flash animations,
it's doubtful that the casino would have drawn such a
huge crowd.
Playing From Public
Computers
Another advantage of
the flash casino
is noticed in areas where people often need to do their
gambling from public computers, such as at the library,
at Internet cafes, or even from their workplace. This is
especially so in Asia. If these people had to download
software packages onto the computers in order to play,
they would be locked out. The use of flash has made
online gambling possible for absolutely anybody with
access to a computer and enough money to make a deposit.
Next time you're using a virtual slot machine where the
cherries and bars are whizzing around in real time, give
some thought to flash. Without it, those marvelous
animations that create the atmosphere of the flash
casino simply wouldn't exist.
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