Online gambling is any type of gambling conducted over the internet. This includes casinos, online poker and online sports betting. Earlier, the first online gambling site opened up to the public, was ticket selling for the famous Liechtenstein International Poker Tournament in October 1994. This marked the birth of a new era in the history of online gambling.
Since then online gambling has grown considerably, and today there are numerous gambling sites available on the World Wide Web. There are both free and paid online gambling sites; however, the free ones usually offer comparatively less attractive packages. On the other hand, the paid sites generally offer better customer service, security and some other added benefits. The best part about paid online gambling sites is that they cater to a much larger audience, which can be considered as a profitable market sector in itself.
Today, there are numerous gambling sites offering both live and online casino gaming experience to its users. Moreover, these online gambling sites have developed their own proprietary software applications to enable smooth operation of the site and increase the chances of successful operation. These software applications also provide the online gamblers with the opportunity to play the same game(s) from different countries and with different sets of players at the same time. Since the Internet is a rapidly growing source of traffic, it is not very surprising to see online gambling sites using this medium to increase their customer base and hence increase their earnings.