Gambling Sites
NoviceGambler.com
is an example of one of thousands of gambling sites currently in
existence on the Internet. Any web page (or collection of pages)
centered around the specific theme of gambling, casinos, and betting
could be considered gambling sites. This definition may sound oversimplified,
but there is a specific dichotomy that needs to be exactly understood.
Of the thousands of pages centered around this theme currently in
existence, only a small portion are actual casino sites. A casino
site could be considered a site that takes bets, or offers some
type of real gambling where you could expect to win real money from
playing casino games. These casino sites would receive your money
via credit card transaction or some third party payment service
(eg. Paypal), and pay you your winnings via a check in the mail.
Gambling sites on the other hand do not need to take bets to meet
their definition.
Many different types and style of gambling sites exist, each for
an individual purpose. Some are sites that are owned and maintained
by casino sites themselves, used in order to divert traffic they
receive to an actual casino. Some sites are independently owned
and operated and leverage their traffic by selling advertising space
to online casino sites. Using this simple test it is often possible
to find out if the gambling site your visiting is in fact owned
by the casinos they advertise for, in which case the information
presented on such sites would have to be taken with a critical eye.
 Gambling
sites can be a two-speared fork for those of us who are new to gambling,
and as such they need to be understood. As I mentioned the gambling
site your at may be one owned by a specific casino in order to direct
it’s traffic (you) to the sign up area of that casino. In such instances
the page will be written in a way that attempts to be convincing
in directing you to sign up to a casino. This of course may be a
little premature for novice gamblers, and you should be careful.
The other side of the coin of course is that these gambling sites
can offer valuable information, in the form of strategy and advice,
and also in the form of sign up bonuses or casino comps. Sites like
this often aggregate a number of online casino offers/bonuses/comps
into a single convenient page. These are handy because you can compare
offers directly with one another. Another thing you should look
for in a gambling site is strategy and advice on not only gambling
games, but specific information for the online versions of these
games.
Gambling online is different than gambling at a casino. Your environment
is different, your play is different, your wins and losses feel
different. Be aware that on the Internet people are the same as
they are in the casinos, they want your money and will stop at nothing
to get it. So you have to be as careful online as you would be in
Vegas. There are a couple of inherent advantages to gambling on
the net though, such as being given a running total on all of the
money you have bet so far, and actually being able to receive a
casino comp. Trying to get an actual comp in Las Vegas is next to
impossible.
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