Australias greatest obsession

Online Pokies

Online pokies are probably the most favoured casino game on the internet. Not only are they easy to play but they provide the best winnings if you're lucky enough.

How online pokies started

It was during the mid-1990s when online pokies first came into existence. The gambling industry saw the potential of the internet to attract more players from all over the world, which is why they opted to create virtual casinos where players can download games into their computers or play with various casino games while connected to the net. When online casinos started sprouting online pokies also gained prominence due to it being a favourite casino game by a lot of punters. Almost all of the virtual casinos carried scores of online pokies to be downloaded and installed into players' computers or to be played immediately in the sites.

How online pokies work

The advent of online pokies made it easier and more convenient for players to play with their favourite games. Rather than drive to the nearest pub or casino for a nice game of pokies players only had to search the net for any online pokies that they might fancy and install them into their computers. Once they have installed these programs into their computers they would be required to fill up a registration form so that the website carrying the online pokies would have the necessary information to safeguard their customer's security and identity.

Once a player has finished filling up the registration form he or she would have to make a deposit in order to start playing. Obviously one couldn't start the reels into spinning by inserting tangible coins into the online pokies' coin slot so these websites devised a more secure way to get the game running. Players are required to make a deposit into the site's account and they can do it through several ways. Most of online pokies provide several payment methods to accommodate every customer's preferred mode of payment. Players can use their MasterCard or Visa cards to make a deposit or they could use these equally efficient digital money transfer programs such as eWallet, Neteller, Moneybookers, and even PayPal. After the players have made their deposits they could start playing with the online pokies.

Instead of pulling down a lever to activate the reels into spinning players would just have to click an icon that will activate the digital reels. After the reels stop spinning players can either get a winning combination or not, just like real pokies.

Online pokies are almost the same as real, tangible slot machines but they're more convenient since players won't have to leave their house just to find a casino or pub with a slot machine.

Advantage of online pokies

Not only are online pokies more convenient to use but they have another advantage over land-based pokies and that is their higher payout percentage.

Online pokies have a higher payout percentage than land-based pokies because they don't have to deal with overhead costs unlike casinos or pubs. Casinos in Vegas or anywhere else have to take care of maintenance costs, employees' salaries and other miscellaneous items. Online pokies, on the other hand, do not have employees that they need to provide a salary for, tangible structures to maintain and food or drinks that they need to resupply every now and then, which is why they have the luxury of being more on the paying mode as compared to their land-based counterparts.

That is why online pokies have a 98% payout, while land-based pokies only have 80 to 90%.