Ontario – modern gaming paradise

Ontario has a long and rich history of casinos. In fact, Ontario boasts more casinos and gambling spots that any other province or territory in Canada. Some of the more famous and popular land based casinos include the Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls and the Casino Windsor, both of these are large casino resorts with many dining facilities and live entertainment.

In all, Ontario has over 30 land based casinos and the casinos are spread out over 27 different towns on the province. The biggest casino in Ontario is the Casino Rama with an impressive 2,400 slot machines and 110 table games. Casino Rama also boasts 192,000 square feet of gaming space.

The Ontario Online Casino

Recently, the government of Ontario has unveiled plans to expand not only their land based casinos, but also to expand to an internet gaming site. This is in a move to reduce government deficit and also to compensate for the loss of revenues that is incurred by the many successful overseas online gambling sites.

The plan for the Ontario online casino should take about six years to complete and will create over 2000 new job opportunities. The Ontario Gaming and Lottery Corporation promises that the online casino will provide both a safe and secure environment for the players.

Although the current players at the online casino in Ontario represent only a small portion of the total gamblers in the province, government officials are aware that it is one of the fastest growing industries and they estimate that Ontario will make about $100 million per year in about five years from when the project begins.

The government officials also stress that there will be strict safeguards to ensure that the web casino holds by responsible gaming methods and will ensure strict practices to protect the security of the players’ personal information.

Furthermore, players will not be allowed to participate on the online casino sites anonymously and there will be stringent checks to ensure supervision on players and to check for excessive use and wagering.

The Land Based versus Online casino

There are many advantages given to the online casino versus the land based casino. The drama and the atmosphere of the land based casino is perhaps the only advantage that cannot be duplicated at the online casino. The online casino however carries with it the advantage of convenience, there is no need to spend time and resources driving to the venue. The online casino can also provide a greater choice of games both slots games and table games than a land based casino.

In addition, the player is also able to control the pace of the online games and is not reliant on any external factors such as other players or the dealer. And of course the player at the internet casino is able to play many of the casino games for free, to practice before betting to win real money.