While slot machines are the most popular game inside the online casino (just like their land-based counterparts), collectively, it’s the table games that bring in the most action, and which drive the largest bets. Categorically, casino games can be divided into three types: Table games, electronic gaming machines (such as slots and video poker) and random number ticket games (such as keno).

To make games more search friendly on a virtual software platform, online casinos, like player favorite, Club USA Casino, tend to group slots and video poker into separate categories while placing games like Keno into a “Specialty” category. It’s also common to find a Progressive Jackpot category, Instant-Play (lottery style) and arcade games category at online casinos. The bulk of games will typically fall under the category of table games.

Quite simply, an online casino table game is any game that is played at a virtual table. Therefore, Blackjack is a table game. So is Roulette. Craps is a table game, as well. If you’re playing on a table, then it’s a table game.

Newbie gamblers are often surprised to hear that non-card games such as Roulette and Craps are considered table games. And while they indeed are, each of the aforementioned is generally placed within a “Specialty” category. Technically, Blackjack, Craps and Roulette (the three most popular table games) fall into their own table game sub-category’s. These are: card games, dice games and random number games, respectively.

The most popular card table games are the aforementioned Blackjack, with the game of Baccarat taking up the second most popular spot (although in Asian culture, it’s the reverse). Casino War and Vegas 3 Card Rummy are two other popular card games and are often found at both online and land-based casinos. The rest of the card table games are deemed poker varieties, and are often classified as such – Poker Games. The most popular of the online casino poker card games are Caribbean Stud, 3 Card Poker, Let ‘em Ride and Pai Gow. Other common games include Red Dog, Caribbean Hold’em and Caribbean Draw. Texas Hold’em, which is the most popular of all poker games, tends to get it’s own poker room so as to accommodate more tables.

Regarding Blackjack, it is common to find this popular card game grouped as a “Game of 21″ category, considering the many different hybrids of this popular online casino table game. These include 1,2 and 6-deck Blackjack, Perfect Pairs, European Blackjack, Vegas Downtown, Vegas Strip, Atlantic City, Face Up 21, Match Play 21, Pontoon, Super 21, Double Xposure, and then some. Certain software platforms, such as Microgaming, offer nearly twenty different versions of Blackjack, some of which cannot be found through other software platforms.

The most popular dice table game at the casino is Craps. Another dice game oftentimes thought of as a card game (because it makes used of cards in addition to dice) is Sic Bo. Other than these two, you will be hard-pressed to find other games that include the use of dice. The exception would be Backgammon – however, this is classified as a board game, and is often found at dedicated online skill gaming sites.

Random Number Games are not to be confused with Random Number Generators (RNG’s), as all online casino games – table games and slot machines alike – divulge winnings according to the operation of an RNG. This is what determines payouts. Random number games, on the other hand, is a term used for games that are based on the selection of random numbers, such as the most popular random number game of all – Roulette. European, French and American are the most common types of roulette, although you will generally find just the European and American versions at online casinos.

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