The variety of different pokie or casino games online is much better than what your used to seeing offline. In card games you have Blackjack and all different types of Poker, Texas Hold Em, Omaha, 7-Card Stud, 5-Card Draw. Other traditional games such as Bingo, Baccarat, Roulette, Craps. In pokies you have everything from fruit machines, 3 reel or 5 reel pokies to Video Pokies with a mired of paylines, progressive jackpots and bonuses. Its a virtual gamblers smorgasbord… In terms of pokie games you will find Wheres The Gold, Cleopatra, 50 lions, Queen of the Nile and Indian Dreaming.

If you know anything about in house casino, pub and club payout rates you would know that they are pretty dismal (around about 80%). One of the main reasons to move into playing online is the increase in payout rates, on our recommended casinos you would expect to see around about a 95% plus payout rate, at least. On top of that there are free bonuses and sign up bonuses.

Most casinos prefer software based solutions, which means that you would need to download and install software to play, the main reason for this is that it is more secure and stable. That said in the last year or so the web based model has made some advances and can be used without concern, if you would prefer this to downloading software check out Royal Vegas casino, their support for web based pokies seems to be the best at the moment.

With the rapid growth of mobile devices online casinos have made huge advances in mobile support, most casinos now offer at least some mobile solution. One casino even offers a download app solution, the first of its kind in the industry, that is Royal Vegas. Though we personally still prefer web based solutions for mobile pokies.

For Australians making deposits is of particular importance for ease and safety, as is having a casino that offers Australian currency when betting and good conversion rates. If you’re only looking to play free as oppose to real money pokies then it doesn’t matter, but most including myself don’t waste our time with free pokies. Microgaming which is the gaming solution most casinos use offer a number of payment options as well as way to withdraw your winnings. Among these are Paypal, Skrill, Neteller, Money Bookers, Click2Pay, Ukash, Bank Transfer and of course Visa and Mastercard.