Free Online Casino

Is it true that the best things in life are free? Well, I guess that depends on who you ask. In the realm of online gambling, very little is truly free though the pop-up ads may make you want to believe otherwise. Two words for "free" online web sites: "buyer beware." Most free online casinos are not truly free. They may allow you to download their gaming software for free and play a few trial games for no cost but they eventually want you to deposit money into the site's account so they don't let you play free for long. Use of the word "free" is usually a gimmick and players should be careful.

Some recruitment tactics are better than others. Again, most sites offer some sort of free play if only to sample the game and learn its interface. It is good to take advantage of these offers if you can because you don't want to deposit your funds into a site that you end up not liking for one reason or another.

Other sites such as www.captaincookscasino.com let you play for free for a certain amount of time before having you sign up to play with your real money. Others such as www.luckynugget.com let you have 100 free slot pulls before you play with your own money. www.galaxiworldusa.com does let you play some games for free but like most other sites, it bombards you with ads and requests to play for "real" and to deposit your own money.

The biggest drawback to playing free games at online casinos is that you are missing out on the true spirit of the game. Playing these games is about gambling and while it may be fun to play for free, it changes the whole strategy of the game. For instance, in free online poker, players go "all-in" with every hand because they are not betting their real money. This is not how they would play in a genuine game. Once you grasp the basics of online gaming by playing the free sites, consider playing for real money to capture the true essence of the game.