Casinos have been around for the last few hundred years in one form or another, but it is only at the end of last century that the first online casino was created.
THE ONLINE CASINO TIMELINE...
- The first company to produce software to create an online casino began production in 1994, but it wasn’t until 1995 that the first online casino was up and running fully on the web. Some sites will tell you that the first online casino didn’t arrive until 1996, but we have it on good advice that the very first online casino actually debuted in 1995.
- Now the concept of playing on an online casino has exploded all across the planet with more and more online casinos entering the market place every day. Today’s online casino is very different from its late nineties predecessors, so much so that the old versions are now referred to by industry insiders as the ‘wild west’ of online gambling. Instead of the quick crediting hat is commonplace these days, sometimes it would take weeks for winners to receive their prizes from an online casino. This obviously annoyed online casino winners.
- In the beginning, the first online casinos where run out of the Caribbean to avoid them running into legal trouble with the US government. Online casinos then started to pop up all around the world.
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THE ONLINE CASINO IN COURT...
In more recent times, controls surrounding online casinos have been tightened with online casinos being completely banned in Germany. Luckily, there is no such regulation banning cash prizes from an online casino being awarded to players in the UK, which means that there are plenty of chances for you to win online cash prizes at our online casino, playing on a huge range of games and slots.
CHOICE IN THE ONLINE CASINO...
In the ‘wild west’ days, players at an online casino only had a fairly limited choice of games, which included:
- Craps
- 3 line slot machines
- Caribbean Stud Poker
- Single - Double 0 Roulette
- Standard Blackjack
- Baccarat
Of course, these days there is a huge amount of choice available to online players at their online casino of choice, so always keep an eye on the UK’s number one online casino, Kerching.com for future developments, games and special offers.
ONWARDS AND UPWARDS FOR THE ONLINE CASINO
As anyone can remember, gambling has always been a part of human society and the concept of an online casino is merely an extension of that. With the following quote in mind, it is fair to say that people will be visiting the online casino for many years to come.
"Gambling is a principle inherent in nature." Edmund Burke
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