Casino Picked, what now?

We have finished with the preliminaries. You now know a considerable amount about how online gambling. Your basic strategy is to find a reliable e-casino accepting players from your jurisdiction with a method of making deposits and receiving payments that you like. Then you can complete the steps to sign up with the virtual casino and begin play. I still have not talked about the games you will play, the playing strategies you will use, how you will know when to quit, money management, record-keeping, or how to set up playing the Internet casinos as your virtual business should you be so inclined.

Let’s assume that you have this information in hand and are ready to sign up and start playing at an e-casino of your choice. You must first have access to a computer with the ability to connect to the Internet.

After getting your Internet access set up, you will need a credit card, a checking account, and an e-mail address before you begin playing against an online casino. Your ISP or full-service provider will provide you an e-mail account. In general, I would avoid free email accounts such as Hotmail and Yahoo as your email may be restricted.

Many online casinos offer other options besides using your credit card to make a deposit.

Most virtual casinos will accept personal checks, money orders, bank wire transfers, or Western Union cash transfers. If you are playing from the United States, you may use Bitcoin eWallet, eChecks or money orders. Many e-casinos offer additional bonuses if you wire or use Western Union to make your deposit, and you may want to consider these options after you have established a relationship with an e-casino.

Before you begin to play, you usually have to download software provided by the online casino.

How long this takes is primarily dependent on the speed of your Internet access. 

Before you download any software, be sure to create a folder for the images you download. If you are a Windows user, you can create a folder for the downloaded software. In Windows Explorer or My Computer, open the folder or directory in which you want to create a new subfolder. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Folder. The new folder appears with a temporary name. Type a name such as “Casino Software” for the new folder, and then press ENTER. You now have a folder where you can download software from online casinos.

Starting the download process is easy. If you use either Chrome or Internet Explorer as your browser, click on the download image with your mouse. Choose “Save as” from the choices offered you. A box will appear on your screen. Choose the file folder you created to store this banner and save the software to this folder.

The file or directory where you decide to locate your casino software is not as important as knowing where you decide to store it and remembering what names you have used for the directory and the downloaded software. The biggest problem people have with downloading is that they forget the name of the downloaded file and they can’t find it.

While you are downloading the Internet casino’s software, you can set up your paperwork for the casino.

After you have tried the downloaded software and satisfied yourself that the online casino meets all of your requirements, you will have to register with the casino. When you are using a credit card to make a deposit, be sure that the address you submit is the same address used for the credit card or your credit card will be declined.

It is very important to be organized with your record keeping. You will need to set up a record for each online casino, recording important information that you will need for all of your dealing with the casino. 

Your Master Internet Casino Record will contain everything you will need to know to handle any situation which will arise with the casino. It will also contain all of the information needed to reconcile any amounts due you by the online casino and help you track down credit card credits, checks received and so on.

You will need to set up one Master Internet Casino Record for each online casino. Here is the information you will enter on the record:

Casino Name: 

Use the actual name of the casino

URL:

Here you will record the URL or domain name of the casino. This is your record of the Internet address of the casino.

Software:

You will record the name and directory of the software you downloaded for the casino. Your record might read as:
C:\Casino Software\CasinoName.exe
indicating that you stored the software named “CasinoName.exe” in the directory (folder) “Casino Software” on your “C” hard drive. This information is to help you locate the software.

Pitboss:

Many online casino’s managers are called pitbosses. If you get the name of your pitboss, record it.

E-mail address:

Be sure to write down the e-mail address of the online casino. If you have a problem, you can start with an e-mail contact with the casino to resolve the problem.

Telephone number:

It is a good rule not to play in e-casinos which do not have toll free numbers. Be sure to record it.