Online casino games are being made available to gambling enthusiasts in a greater variety everyday. Given that these virtual betting games are designed and accessed over the Internet, it’s no wonder that so many different takes on the classic games like craps, roulette, and blackjack – just as examples – are seeing the light of day.

The most popular online casino games are obviously roulette, craps, blackjack, and slots. But Internet casinos also offer a host of other perhaps less popular games like Video Poker, Pai Gow Poker, Sic Bo, Keno, Baccarat, Backgammon, and of course everybody’s favorite…Bingo!

Below are some very brief descriptions regarding just the top five most popular online casino games. Naturally, there are loads more and plenty to know about each game, such as rules, strategies, winning odds, and game variations etc. And seeing as how these particular games are played for real cold hard cash, you’d be well advised to learn as much as you can about the game you’re going to wager your hard-earned money at.

Blackjack

Blackjack, or Twenty One, as it is also commonly known, is understood to have started in French casinos around 1700 and arrived in America at the start of the 1800’s. Its original form was known as "vingt-et-un" (French for ‘21’) and Blackjack was the term applied when a player’s (or dealer’s) first two cards consisted of a Jack of spades and an Ace of spades. Today, Blackjack is still one of the most popular land and online casino games enjoyed throughout the planet.

Baccarat

Pronounced ‘BAH-ka-ra,’ this card game’s been a favorite among high rollers for a long, long time. The game is said to have been introduced to the French by the Italians sometime during the rule of France’s Charles VIII from 1483-1498. Baccarat rules are extremely straightforward, whether played in either a land-based or online casino, and can be mastered in just a matter of minutes.

Craps

The game of craps, they say, began in Egypt way, way back around 1573 B.C. (before craps). There’s very little to the game aside from tossing two dice and hoping the resulting numbers match the numbers you predicted. Of course, there’s slightly more in terms of rules and probabilities, as with all online casino games. But if you’ve ever hung around a real craps table, you know how incredibly exciting the action can be. The same holds true for playing craps online.

Roulette

Roulette has – and continues to be – among the world’s most beloved games of chance at both land and online casinos. Roulette boards, though they may all look alike, are actually available in two distinct versions; one being the American format whereby double zeros (00) appear on the roulette wheel, whereas the European version features only one zero (0).

Slots

Slot machine games, or “One-Armed Bandits” as they’re also known, are where casinos generally earn most of their profits. A no-brainer to play and cheap to maintain, slots demand minimum attention and even less skill, although some people are convinced that luck is also a gambling skill. Craps continues to rank as one of the most popular online casino games.