How to Get Started Gambling at Online Casinos

Perhaps you know that there are now a number of new millionaires that have won a progressive jackpot in excess of $1 Million Dollars at an online casino. At the time of the writing of this article, a recent online progressive slots jackpot was hit for an astounding amount of money -- over $8 Million Dollars. This serves as more evidence that online casino gambling has come of age. More and more people are betting online every day to try their luck at winning a piece of the fortune.

Betting at an online casino is almost the same as playing at a real land-based casino, but, because of the bonuses offered by most casinos online, as well as the tremendous progressive jackpots that can be found on the internet, online casinos offer more value for your betting dollar (payouts can be found as high as 98%, which is much higher than in Las Vegas). When you factor in the additional convenience of being able to play whenever the mood arises without having to travel to your nearest casino, you can understand the reason that online casinos have become so popular.

This tutorial is written with the goal of teaching you what you need to know in order to get started playing at casinos online.

To get started gambling at casinos online, first you need to select an online casino. There are a plethora of well known and respected casinos listed here at wheretobet.com. You may wish to start by clicking on the "Best Online Casinos" tab in the menu bar, as that will tell you the online casinos that our users rate most highly. If you open an account with one of the casinos listed on that page, you can be confident that the company is financially stable, has excellent customer service, allows a variety of ways to fund your account, and has exciting, fun, and easy to understand casino software that provides true-to-life results. All of the online casinos listed on wheretobet.com will offer your favorite casino games such as blackjack, roulette, baccarat, and slots, but the presentation of the games will be slightly different depending on the casino software utilized. Furthermore, different software providers will have totally different slot games and will be members of different progressive jackpot networks. Each casino will also have different new player signup bonuses and ongoing bonus policies, so you should try out several different casinos (preferably casinos running differing software platforms) to find out which casinos will be your favorites for long-term play.

After you have chosen an online casino, you will need to sign up for an account. Most of the casinos have very simple, self-explanatory application forms, so there is no need to explain the process in this article. Simply click the "Download" (or equivalent) link on the casino's homepage, follow the simple, step-by-step instructions to download and install the virus-free software, enter your personal details in the application that is displayed when you start the software, and submit the form. Some online casinos offer an instant play/no download option, and if that is more to your liking, then you will want to select that option rather than downloading the casino software.

Purchasing chips is one of the fundamental differences between playing at online casinos and playing at a land-based casino. Clearly you cannot buy chips as simply as handing your money to the dealer since both the transaction as well as the game play takes place in cyber space. Still, technology has made placing bets online a possibility and it has also made it possible to transfer money quickly and easily over the internet. Almost every online casino accepts Visa or Mastercard, and, for European clients, a variety of debit cards as well. For larger deposits, many online casinos will accept checks, money orders, bank wire transfers, or Western Union deposits.

If you like to bet at online casinos on a frequent basis, and perhaps more importantly, if you prefer to receive your winnings nearly instantly, the fastest and easiest way to fund your online casino account will be to use an online wallet. There are a variety of options available, all of which offer a simple, yet extremely secure means of opening and funding an online wallet account. Once you have an online wallet it is a simple matter to both place your deposits with, as well as collect your winnings from, your preferred online casino.

Some popular online wallets are:

• Neteller (not available to residents of the U.S.A. or Canada)
• Moneybookers (not available to residents of the U.S.A.)
• Click2Pay (not accepting new applications from residents of the U.S.A.)
• Ecocard

PLACING YOUR ONLINE BET

If you have gotten this far, your are now ready to put your money on the virtual table, and bet to your heart's content. Simply select your favorite game, and go for that big win!