Computers and the Internet is probably the most fast-growing field of technology, so, in the nature of things, the casinos and poker-rooms try to ride the ground-swell and use new technologies that have become available recently wherever it is possible online casino.
The first online casinos have been made in simple HTML, but since the advent of Java language as well as with the spread of flash technology online casinos started to use these technologies. In the course of time, offline casinos have improved graphics and sound and have added new games. Advent of online casinos had become the first considered achievement in online gambling together with the development of broadband access. In these casinos one plays not against computer dealers but against real dealers playing on real equipment and the player may receive the video record of the course of this game. Roulette had become the first online game as it is easily broadcast online and any number of players can parlay on one table because there is no need to make any decisions.
The stakes are placed on a virtual table and after that the real spin is made; all gamblers receive one final number and payments corresponding to their batch. By the way, if there are a lot of gamblers in one casino it becomes unprofitable and almost impossible for the latter to swindle and that increases the attractiveness of the game. Soon baccarat had become online too: the player does not make any decisions in the course of the game and the cards dealing are made according to a standard pattern. But in case of another popular game – blackjack had appeared some difficulties. Many players cannot simultaneously play at one table because they decide to take or not to take the card and these decisions may be different so the dealer cannot simultaneously execute them. That’s why online blackjack, as well as real, is played by one dealer against only a few players simultaneously. As a result this game usually has quite high bets.
Nowadays, there are a lot of online casinos offering three awarding games (for example, such games are usually offered in casinos with Playtech software), but at present there is no video poker, although there is talk on its promotion. There is an idea to propose players to use their web-cams: each player will film himself during game and transmit the data to a server which will distribute this data among other players. As a result one can see the opponent’s face during the game and that will add new options, especially for players’ psychology experts. Of course, these proposals are not realized nowadays but when they are realized the Internet-poker will become quite similar to offline poker.
Another latest thing that is used in gambling is 3D graphics. Several years ago Intercasino had announced the advent of a new version of software – “the first 3D casino”, although, in fact there were a few static 3D portraits of players. Since that time quite a lot of casinos and some poker-rooms had produced so-called 3D software; usually there were completely static, pre-rendered pictures of people and tables which had little in common with “real 3D”. But, in general, tridimensionality in casino is not very interesting – 3D tables or even a dealer will not be a revolution, although the 3D effect of poker has become quite revolutionary. PKR had become the first real 3D poker-room: it had been opened just on a year ago and during this short term it had become among the leaders on visiting statistics (more than 5000 players at a time, although some of them played for love ), even despite the absence of Americans and the option of one table game.
PKR offers the option to look at the table from different views as well as to choose the unique appearance of the player, and this is the case: there are a lot of types of faces, hair styles, hair colors, clothes, footwear and accessories , so it is almost impossible to meet two similar players not just at one table but in all room. Appearance and standard clothes are possible to obtain free of charge, though expensive suits or accessories are to be purchased for points (which are collected easily and quickly), and the player can digitize his own face so that his poker avatar is his perfect copy! The players do not sit still – they really move dibs, look at cards (your cards are not shown all the time, it is necessary to press the special button and the player will look at them), express emotions (some standard emotions – from pleasure up to teasing), to play tricks with dibs (a few tricks are free of charge and others are to be purchased for points)