Computers and the Internet probably is the most fast-growing field of technology, therefore, in 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’s 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 have added new games. Advent 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 dealerships playing on the real equipment and the player may receive the video record of the course of this game. Roulette had get to be the first online game since it is conveniently broadcasted online and any range 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 from then on the real spin is made; all gamblers receive one final number and payments corresponding to their bets. By the way, if there are tons 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 doesn’t make any decisions within the course of game and the cards dealing is made on a standard pattern. But in case of another popular game – blackjack had appeared some difficulties. Many players can’t simultaneously play at one table since they elect to take or not to take the card and these decisions could be different so the dealer cannot simultaneously execute them. This is exactly why good online gambling agent blackjack, and additionally real, is played by one dealer against just a few players simultaneously. As a result this game usually has quite high bets.

At present, there are many of online casinos offering three abovementioned games (one example is such games tend to be offered in casinos with Playtech software), but at the moment 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 your data to a server that may distribute this data among other players. As a result one can see the opponent’s face through the game and that can add new options, particularly for players’ psychology experts. Of course, these proposals are not realized nowadays but once they will be realized the Internet-poker will become quite just like offline poker.

Another latest thing that’s utilized in gambling is 3D graphics. Some years ago Intercasino had announced the creation of new version of software – “the first 3D casino”, although, in fact there were 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 have been completely static, pre-rendered pictures of people and table which had little in common with “real 3D”. Still, generally, tridimensionality in casino just isn’t very interesting – 3D table or perhaps 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 some 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 also to pick the unique appearance of player, which is the case: there are a number of kinds of faces, hair styles, hair colors, clothes, footwear and accessories, so it is almost not possible to meet two similar players not simply at one table but in all of the room. Appearance and standard clothes are possible to acquire free of charge, even though expensive suit or accessories are to be purchased for points (that are collected effortlessly and quickly), and the player can digitize his own face in order 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 each and every day, it is necessary 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 as well as other are to be purchased for points), pronounce their actions which is possible to choose the player’s accent. Generally, all players agree, that PKR is most realistic of all computer rooms. Unfortunately, you definitely will have to pay for all that beauty: firstly, the game runs just a little bit slower than in other rooms, secondly, you can play only at one table, thirdly, the game is resource-hungry and also on slow PC it runs slower. And lastly this game is recommended only to owners of unlimited Internet access (and online casinos, however), since 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 every hour.

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