January 10, 2007
Elyshia P.Print
A girlfriend and I often argue about which is better? Online gaming or going to the Brick and Mortar casino? For years I have been an online girl. But, it is the silly season, so I decided to jump into the car with her and settle in my own head once and for all the answer to what has been a great debate since online gambling took the world by storm in the last five years.
What is more important? The speed and comfort of online gambling at home or the glamor and glitz of live gaming at a casino?
Firstly there was the drive there - I don't recall it ever taking so long to get to my compute. I can start an online gambling session within minutes, this drive would take hours! One point to online.
When we arrived in Las Vegas she started pointing out how much choice you have, what with casinos as far as the eye could see. Yes, it does look nice, but as choice goes, there are more online casinos on my desktop then on the entire Las Vegas strip! I still think online gambling is the big winner when it comes to variety.
So we get to our casino of choice and decide to start playing. She wants to play blackjack but I successfully drag her to the roulette wheel. I change up some cash and I quickly realise that if I were depositing cash online there would be a deposit bonus coming my way! I looked around, there was nowhere that I could enter a bonus code at all. Seems like free money is something only the savvy online casino player can enjoy!
This is by no means the worst of it though - we were silly enough to be there on a Saturday night. The place was packed. There were people everywhere - as far as the eye can see. Every time I tried to place a chip down on the roulette table I was mobbed from every angle by people trying to put their bets on. It felt more like a Bon Jovi concert than a casino!
It wasn't just the roulette wheel that was like this though. We tried several games: slots, craps, and blackjack. We played all of my favorite online casino games, but every table was just too busy. The whole casino was just full of loud people who cared more about being heard than focusing on the game in front of them. Not to mention the people who didn't even know how to play the game! Tourists, in town for a holiday, who figured they would give gambling a try whilst they were there. This slowed everything down so much. I worked out that with the faster speed of online gambling, I could play more hands in four hours than I played in one hour at this casino.
Sensing I was uncomfortable with all the activity that was happening, my girlfriend tried to sway my thinking towards her love of brick & mortar gaming, telling me that I would love the room that she booked for us! To be frank, I love my own bedroom more than I will ever love any hotel room. One of the great features of online casino is that you can just sink into bed within five minutes of finishing your blackjack session.
Now, so I don't seem too biased, I will say that the food was very nice (if you ignore the hoards of people stuffing their faces) and Las Vegas looks spectacular as you drive down the Strip. But as far as I'm concerned, give me the comfort of my own home any day. My favorite chair at my trusty computer. Quiet, peaceful, relaxing.
Combine this with the quickness of hands being turned over, the deposit bonuses that all great online casinos offer you and the money and time you save by not having to pay for travel and accomodation expenses and you have a no-brainer. The best bet that you can make is to do all your gaming online.
Elyshia P.Print
A girlfriend and I often argue about which is better? Online gaming or going to the Brick and Mortar casino? For years I have been an online girl. But, it is the silly season, so I decided to jump into the car with her and settle in my own head once and for all the answer to what has been a great debate since online gambling took the world by storm in the last five years.
What is more important? The speed and comfort of online gambling at home or the glamor and glitz of live gaming at a casino?
Firstly there was the drive there - I don't recall it ever taking so long to get to my compute. I can start an online gambling session within minutes, this drive would take hours! One point to online.
When we arrived in Las Vegas she started pointing out how much choice you have, what with casinos as far as the eye could see. Yes, it does look nice, but as choice goes, there are more online casinos on my desktop then on the entire Las Vegas strip! I still think online gambling is the big winner when it comes to variety.
So we get to our casino of choice and decide to start playing. She wants to play blackjack but I successfully drag her to the roulette wheel. I change up some cash and I quickly realise that if I were depositing cash online there would be a deposit bonus coming my way! I looked around, there was nowhere that I could enter a bonus code at all. Seems like free money is something only the savvy online casino player can enjoy!
This is by no means the worst of it though - we were silly enough to be there on a Saturday night. The place was packed. There were people everywhere - as far as the eye can see. Every time I tried to place a chip down on the roulette table I was mobbed from every angle by people trying to put their bets on. It felt more like a Bon Jovi concert than a casino!
It wasn't just the roulette wheel that was like this though. We tried several games: slots, craps, and blackjack. We played all of my favorite online casino games, but every table was just too busy. The whole casino was just full of loud people who cared more about being heard than focusing on the game in front of them. Not to mention the people who didn't even know how to play the game! Tourists, in town for a holiday, who figured they would give gambling a try whilst they were there. This slowed everything down so much. I worked out that with the faster speed of online gambling, I could play more hands in four hours than I played in one hour at this casino.
Sensing I was uncomfortable with all the activity that was happening, my girlfriend tried to sway my thinking towards her love of brick & mortar gaming, telling me that I would love the room that she booked for us! To be frank, I love my own bedroom more than I will ever love any hotel room. One of the great features of online casino is that you can just sink into bed within five minutes of finishing your blackjack session.
Now, so I don't seem too biased, I will say that the food was very nice (if you ignore the hoards of people stuffing their faces) and Las Vegas looks spectacular as you drive down the Strip. But as far as I'm concerned, give me the comfort of my own home any day. My favorite chair at my trusty computer. Quiet, peaceful, relaxing.
Combine this with the quickness of hands being turned over, the deposit bonuses that all great online casinos offer you and the money and time you save by not having to pay for travel and accomodation expenses and you have a no-brainer. The best bet that you can make is to do all your gaming online.