Casino Bookstore about gambling online
What is gambling online?
Online casinos, also known as virtual casinos, are the online version of land-based ("brick and mortar") casinos. They allow you to play casino games through the Internet. Some online casinos provide various games, while others only provide only one type of game. Online poker is also very popular and there are many dedicated companies that provide this activity.
Online casinos can for certain games offer better odds than land casinos on slots and other formats where the chance of winning is determined by the house. Table games like blackjack have an established house edge; for a given set of rules, they offer the same payout, online or offline. Reliability and trust are hard to establish. To solve this issue, many online casinos purchase their software from well-known companies such as Wager Works, Microgaming, Playtech and Cryptologic, though a little research into credentials of any e-commerce site you plan to use is common sense. These software companies use a random number generator to ensure that the numbers, cards or dice appear randomly. All reputable companies operating in a regulated environment use robust random number generators.
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© 2006 by Dave Taylor: Content from Amazon and Wikipedia
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The book is supposed to be about Internet gambling, yet you only mention seven casino sites and even then only in passing. (pgs 72, 73) You also say that they "pass muster with the watchdogs" but one of those seven is Golden Palace - very well know by the 'watchdogs' as having seized thousands of dollars of players monies with no recourse.
About a third of the book is devoted to British horse and dog racing sites. Not very useful to the majority of gamblers on the Internet who are looking for casinos.
There is nothing - nothing - in the book that cannot be had for free on the Internet at any number of sites. Just because I wasted my money on it doesn't mean that others have to suffer the same fate.
And, if the book has been so well received in the gambling community, then why aren't there any positive reviews? (other than your own, of course). I could have written the book in a weekend, as I'm sure you did also. It is not completely without merit, but for anyone who is serious about learning Internet gambling, they would do better elsewhere. You should try again and put more thought/effort into it. There is a need for one other decent book besides Bill Haywood's offering.