Can it be better to gamble online?
When I was much younger than now, so many years ago I can hardly remember. You got in your car, and went where people were gambling for real money, or you asked around and found out where the floating games were for that night. I guess when I was starting out, the illegal kind was always more exciting until you got to know everyone then it was down to a routine. After that, going to a real casino had the edge. But soon everything loses its shine.
Then along came the internet with a whole lot more freedom. Yet, there is a “crackdown”. The US has been legislating. This has produced international litigation with Antigua taking action against the US. There are not so many casinos, which can produse you so much action.
I so really think some of the motivation for regulation is the sense that online gaming is not regulated. Regulators check the slots to make sure they are all working properly. Once you are online, there are no external eyes looking after you. You have to protect yourself. Except you do not know who the company is behind the online casino.
So why should anyone want to play online? All you have are a few animated versions of the casino games that lack any sense of physical involvement. For example, thanks to the RNG, counting the cards in online baccarat is a waste of time.
But because the overheads for running an online casino are significantly less than the real world equivalents, the online payout schedules are more generous. Online operators can afford to return more of the stake money to the players and still make a good profit. This means you get better odds on the slots and at the roulette table than you would in the real world. But even more importantly, once you are online, you can switch games at the click of a mouse. Because you do not have people looking over your shoulder, you have more freedom to learn new games or try out different strategies without people getting impatient with you. And finally, you can get free money. In the real world, you can get drinks, food and, sometimes, accommodation comped. Online, the only thing the casino can give you is a credit of money.