Computers as well as the Internet probably is the most fast-growing field of technology, for this reason, 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 since the advent of Java language and also with spread of flash technology online casinos started to use these technologies. In the course of time, offline casinos have improved graphics and sound as well as have added new games. Advent of online casinos had get to be the first considerate achievement in online gambling as well as development of broadband access. In these casinos one plays not against computer dealer but against real dealerships playing on the real equipment as well as the player may receive the video record of the course of this game. Roulette had become the first online game as it is conveniently broadcasted online and any number of players can parlay on one table because there is absolutely no need to make any decisions.

The stakes are placed on a virtual table and after that the real spin is made; all gamblers receive one final number and payments corresponding to their bets. By the way, if there are a variety of gamblers in one casino it becomes unprofitable and almost impossible 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 as well as 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 because they opt to take or not to take the card and these decisions may be different so the dealer can’t simultaneously execute them. This is exactly why online blackjack, and also real, is played by one dealer against just a few players simultaneously. As a result this game usually has rather high bets.

In recent times, there are a number of online casinos offering three abovementioned games (one example is such games tend to be offered in casinos with Playtech software), but currently 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 the data to a server which can distribute this data among other players. As a result you can see the opponent’s face throughout the game and that may add new options, specifically for players’ psychology experts. Remember, these proposals are not realized nowadays but once they will be realized the Internet-poker will become quite much like offline poker.

Another latest thing that is utilized in gambling is 3D graphics. Some years ago Intercasino had announced the advent of new version of software — «the first 3D trusted casino online«, although, in fact there were a couple 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 men and women and table which had little in common with «real 3D». However, on the whole, tridimensionality in casino is just not very interesting — 3D table and even a dealer will not be a revolution, although 3D effect of poker had become quite revolutionary. PKR had become the first real 3D poker-room: it had been opened just on each year ago and during this short-term it had become among-the leaders on visiting statistics (more than 5000 players at a time, although a lot 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, and this is the case: there are plenty of types of faces, hair styles, hair colors, clothes, footwear and accessories, so it’s nearly impossible to meet two similar players not simply at one table but in all of the room. Appearance and standard clothes are possible to obtain totally free, even though expensive suit or accessories are to be purchased for points (which are collected effortlessly and quickly), and the player can digitize his own face to ensure that his poker avatar is his perfect copy! The players do not sit still — they really move dibs, look-at cards (your cards are not shown everyday, it truly is necessary to press the special button and the player can look at them), express emotions (some standard emotions — from pleasure up to teasing), to play tricks with dibs (a few tricks are free of charge and other are to be purchased for points), pronounce their actions and it is possible to pick the player’s accent. Generally, all players agree, that PKR is most realistic of all computer rooms. Unfortunately, you certainly will 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 as well as on slow PC it runs slower. And ultimately this game is recommended only to owners of unlimited Internet access (and also online casinos, however), because it requires quite a great deal of traffic. Only its installation requires more than 600 Mb, and throughout the game the room eats away nearly 10 Mb hourly.

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