Computers and also the Internet probably will be the most fast-growing field of technology, as a result, within the nature of things, the casinos and poker-rooms attempt to ride the ground-swell and use new technologies that became available recently wherever it really is possible.

The very first online casinos have been made in simple HTML, but considering that the creation of Java language and 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 end up being 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 end up being the first online game since it is effortlessly broadcasted online and any number of players can parlay on one table because there isn’t any need to make any decisions.

The stakes are placed on a virtual table and there after the real spin is made; all gamblers receive one final number and payments corresponding to their bets. Through the way, if there are a variety of gamblers in one casino it becomes unprofitable and very hard for the second to swindle and that increases the attractiveness of game. Soon baccarat had become online too: the player does not make any decisions in the course of game as well as the cards dealing is made on a standard pattern. But in the event that 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 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 rather high bets.

At present, there are a lot of online casinos offering three abovementioned games (one example is such games tend to be offered in casinos with Playtech software), but right now there isn’t any 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 results to a server that can distribute this data among other players. As a result it’s possible to see the opponent’s face throughout the game and that will add new options, especially for players’ psychology experts. As always, these proposals are not realized nowadays but when they will be realized the Internet-poker will become quite much like offline poker.

Another latest thing which is employed in gambling is 3D graphics. Some years ago Intercasino had announced the advent of new edition of software – “the first 3D casino”, although, in fact there have been a number of 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 individuals and table which had little in common with “real 3D”. Nevertheless, on the whole, tridimensionality in casino isn’t very interesting – 3D table and even a dealer will not be a revolution, however 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 many of them play for love), even despite of absence of Americans and option of one table game.

PKR offers the option to look at the table from different views and to pick the unique appearance of player, which is the case: there are a variety of kinds of faces, hair styles, hair colors, clothes, footwear and accessories, so it really is almost not possible to meet two similar players not just at one table but in all of the room. Appearance and standard clothes are possible to obtain free of charge, although expensive suit or accessories are to be purchased for points (which are collected easily and quickly), and also the player can digitize his own face to ensure that his poker avatar is his perfect copy! The players don’t sit still – they really move dibs, look-at cards (your cards are not shown on a regular basis, it is crucial 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 (several tricks are cost-free as well as other are to be purchased for points), pronounce their actions which is possible to choose 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 on slow PC it runs slower. And ultimately this guy game is recommended only to owners of unlimited Internet access (and also online casinos, however), because it requires quite a lot of traffic. Only its installation requires more than 600 Mb, and during the game the room eats away nearly 10 Mb each hour.

Nobody knows the future result of gambling and technology mix; maybe in certain 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 which could make the game much more convenient and pleasant.