Computers and also the Internet probably is the most fast-growing field of technology, as such, within the nature of things, the casinos and poker-rooms try and ride the ground-swell and use new technologies that became available recently wherever it’s possible.

The very first online casinos happen to be made in simple HTML, but since the advent of Java language as well as with spread of flash technology online casinos started to use these technologies. In the course of time, offline casinos have improved graphics and sound and also have added new games. Creation of online casinos had get to be the first considerate achievement in online gambling together with development of broadband access. In these casinos one plays not against computer dealer but against real dealers playing on the real equipment as well as the player may receive the video record of the course of this game. Roulette had get to be the first online gambling agent game since it is quickly broadcasted online and any range of players can parlay on one table because there’s 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 bets. By the way, if there are a lot of gamblers in one casino it becomes unprofitable and extremely hard for the latter to swindle and that increases the attractiveness of game. Soon baccarat had become online too: the player isn’t going to make any decisions within the course of game and also the cards dealing is made on a standard pattern. But in the event of another popular game – blackjack had appeared some difficulties. Many players cannot simultaneously play at one table while they opt to take or not to take the card and these decisions might be different so the dealer can’t simultaneously execute them. That’s why online blackjack, as well as real, is played by one dealer against only some players simultaneously. As a result this game usually has quite high bets.

In the present day, there are a variety of online casinos offering three abovementioned games (for example, such games are often offered in casinos with Playtech software), but right now there isn’t any video poker, although there is talk on its promotion. There is definitely an idea to propose players to use their web-cams: each player will film himself during game and transmit your 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 may add new options, particularly for players’ psychology experts. Of course, these proposals are not realized these days but once they will be realized the Internet-poker will become quite just like offline poker.

Another latest thing that is utilized in gambling is 3D graphics. Some years ago Intercasino had announced the advent of new version of software – “the first 3D casino”, although, in fact there have been a few static 3D portraits of players. Since that time quite many casinos and some poker-rooms had produced so-called 3D software; usually there were completely static, pre-rendered pictures of men and women and table which had little in common with “real 3D”. Still, in general, tridimensionality in casino is not very interesting – 3D table or even a dealer will not be a revolution, even though 3D effect of poker had become quite revolutionary. PKR had end up being the first real 3D poker-room: it had been opened just on annually ago and during this short term it had become among the leaders on visiting statistics (more than 5000 players at a time, although a number of them play for love), even despite of absence of Americans and option of one table game.

PKR offers the choice to look-at the table from different views and additionally to pick the unique appearance of player, and this is the case: there are a lot of kinds of faces, hair styles, hair colors, clothes, footwear and accessories, so it’s almost not possible to meet two similar players not simply at one table but in all room. Appearance and standard clothes are possible to obtain free of charge, though expensive suit 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 each and every day, it is essential to press the special button and also the player shall look at them), express emotions (some standard emotions – from pleasure up to teasing), to play tricks with dibs (several tricks are free of charge and other are to be purchased for points), pronounce their actions and it’s possible to pick the player’s accent. Generally speaking, all players agree, that PKR is most realistic of all computer rooms. Unfortunately, you’ll have to pay for all that beauty: firstly, the game runs a little bit slower than in other rooms, secondly, you may play only at one table, thirdly, the game is resource-hungry and also on slow PC it runs slower. And then finally this game is recommended only to owners of unlimited Internet access (as well as online casinos, however), because it requires quite a great deal of traffic. Only its installation requires more than 600 Mb, and throughout the game the room eats away nearly 10 Mb by the hour.

Nobody knows the future result of gambling and technology mix; maybe in some tens of years the effect of presence will be reached, although now we can play the real roulette by means of video broadcast and 3D graphics makes a computer game nearly real. We will wait for new interesting decisions that will make the game even more convenient and pleasant.