Today we all easily can join online casinos and play there our favorite games such as slot machines, video poker, blackjack and several others. But fifteen years ago it was like a like a fantasy or a figment of imagination. Nobody could predict that it would become quite a common thing, which didn’t surprise anyone. Today online casino wagering is a popular way of entertainment for many people, who like to relax after a tiring day. For someone it is even a main mean to earn the living and a main job. But let’s see how everything began and how gambling sites started their way to the success.

Perhaps, you know that the first legal gambling establishment appeared in 17th century in Venice and since that time many other cities followed the example in spite of dissaproval of the church and the government. However, after the establishment of the largest centres in Monaco and Las Vegas persecutions stopped. Today we may go to one or another land-based casino, but we prefer sit in front of our computers and play games at home, as it is much more convenient and cost-effective.

And if the history of traditional gambling establishment began 4 centuries ago, then the history of online casino wagering took place only in 1970. The very first prerequisites appeared exatly at that time, but they still had a long way ahead. At that period the first software for slot machines and video poker was introduced at land-based casinos. Before it all they were based at mechanical principles, but it was inconvenient and let in the possibility of cheating both from the side of players and of casino staff. Certainly, the introduction of electronic set of programs was a big step forward, but it was just a beginning.

In fact at that period the Internet was unavailable. That’s why it was simply impossible to create an online casino, though such ideas existed. Only 20 years later such opportunity became real, as in that period the Internet was spreading with the fast tempos across the USA and other countries in the world. It was a good mechanism to use gaming applications stored at the server.

However, even the Internet was not enough to launch the first virtual gambling establishment, as it was necessary to have so9me regulation. And it happened in 1994 when Antigua and Barbuda made a decision to issue The Free Trade and Processing Zone Act, which made possible giving the licenses for online casino acitivity. This Act also allowed establishing of offshore gaming commision, which would control and regulate this new sphere.

Everything was ready and Microgaming took the benefits of it. Established in 1994 it started working at the creation of the first software for online casinos in the world. And the success was evident. The only absent thing was then the absense of an online casino itself. However, Cryptologic, another famous software developer, obviate the difficulty. It united the forces of all the companies and the result was the first online casino in the world called InterCasino. It was the remarkable event, which significantly changed the history and the future of casino wagering.