Best Online Casinos for US players

In order to get the best online casino experience it is important to be familiar with the terminology used and the software the online casino of your choice is running on. Most online casinos offer all the popular games like blackjack, Baccarat, Poker and Roulette. Before engaging in the games it is important to check out the software license the site is using in order to determine whether or not this site adheres to the many regulations that exist for online gambling. Government funded gaming regulation boards test casino software for adherence and the results of these tests are made public. If you go with a well known casino software supplier like Microgaming or Cryptologic you cannot go wrong. 

The software is being tested by the gaming regulation boards and compared to regular land based casino games and tested for fairness. For online casinos there are 3 groups of games that are tested: Downloadable games, Java Games and HTML games.

Downloadable casino software means that the player downloads software to the pc that is called a client. Generally graphics and other site essentials are stored on the player’s hard drive for faster loading while the downloaded software connects to the online casino. These types of casinos usually look more real and feel more like regular land based casinos do.

With JAVA or FLASH based casino software no downloading is required and generally provides the same features as the type of software you have to download. Java based casinos often incorporate features not possible with the traditional downloadable client types of casinos. For JAVA based casinos you only need a JAVA capable internet browser in order to play.

HTML based casinos hardly exist anymore as they are not capable of providing animations or any other enhanced features. HTML was used in casinos before Flash was broadly used for playing browser based games. Though a few of those types of casinos still exist they are mostly a thing of the past.

Most online casinos are run from outside the US due to the passing of anti gambling laws in 2006. Though many casinos still do not accept US citizens as a member, there are plenty of reputable ones out there on the Internet that do as the laws are mainly targeted at the operators and not the gamblers themselves.

Overall, if you go with an online casino site that uses a well known software provider to run the games you can be assured that the games are fair and the legalities have been taken care of.

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If  you are a new player at the online casinos or the type of player that does not keep track of the type of software that is used by them, Microgaming may be a new concept for you. If you are indeed new or do not know the concept of micro gaming, the following will be of great use to you.

Currently Micro Gaming is the most used casino software online, used by established casinos on the Web. This software empowers the top of the online gambling industry and it is rumored that its creators ran the very first official online casino that was started in 1994. Like so many companies in the gambling industry the creators of the software are located in the Isle of Man and the company currently is the leading casino software manufacturer.

A vast amount of popular games is available to users of the software, ranging from online slot machines to several versions of blackjack, poker, roulette and many more. Games like Hit man and Avalon Slots are highly popular in many online casinos and are part of the standard games package that comes with the software.

The main attraction for Microgaming Powered online casinos are most certainly the large winnings on slots. With slots players can win exceptionally large amounts of money on the jackpots while waging a relatively small amount of money. Winning millions is a regular occurrence with these slots. The record for the winnings on Microgaming slots stands at  €6,374,434!

Microgaming Casino software is used by approximately 100 online casino sites; amongst them the most popular ones like Jackpot City and Ladbrokes. As always with established and reputable online casinos the service is amazing. All Microgaming powered casinos provide toll free phone numbers, live chat support and more. If you ever require assistance, help is always just a mouse click or phone call away.

Last, but certainly not least, is the generous 100% deposit bonus, that doubles your playing money. Some of the larger online casinos even offer a 50 Euros bonus without depositing any cash up front. The wagering requirements are among the best on the Internet, compared to other online casino sites that are not using Microgaming software to power their casinos.

So next time you decide to play at an online casino, do a little research to see what software they are using and compare.

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