Online card games are those card games that you can play on the Internet, either with a person or with a robot, but usually with another person. Oftentimes many players can play at one time, depending on the game of choice. These online card games can be just for fun, or they can be a gambling endeavor, in which players pay a certain amount to play, and winners earn cash prizes. Online card games in which you can gamble are legal in most places right now, but they might not be that way forever, so get your gaming in while you can. Several websites on the Internet allow solo-player and multi-player card games. Here is a random sampling of some of the online gaming sites.

Net Cards (netcardsgame.com) is a shareware free format program that allows any card game using the standard 52-card pack (with jokers if needed) to be played over the Internet.

Game Zone (zone.com) offers the traditional Bridge, Hearts, Spades, and Euchre games.

Yahoo! Games (play.yahoo.com) offers Bridge, Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Poker, Gin Rummy, Cribbage, Sheepshead, Blackjack and Canasta.

Game Colony (gamecolony.com) offers head to head games and multi-player tournaments, which can be played free or for cash. The games listed include Gin Rummy, Cribbage, Solitaire and Dominoes.

Case’s Ladder Online (play.igl.net) features online play versus computer/real opponent, automated online leagues and a tournament ranking system.

Club Games (clubgames.com) currently offers Backgammon, Poker and Dominoes, with plans to launch Hearts, Spades, Gin, Canasta, Cribbage and Euchre. Another site, World Winner (worldwinner.com) offers Hearts, Spades and Solitaire.

Card games for gambling purposes have been around for many years. Many card games have been developed and perfected. In fact, many people today have become addicted to gambling.

Popular Card Games

We are all familiar with the card games in casinos for gambling reasons because of the exposure they have been getting in recent times. Today, poker games are now being shown on national television. The World Series of Poker is one of the biggest events today and is seen by millions of people all over the world. With the type of exposure it is getting today, it is very rare to find someone who does not know the basic rules, as well as know how to play poker.

Another popular gambling card game is blackjack. The simplicity of the game is what makes it very popular. The concept of the game is to get as close to 21 without going over. If you can add, you can play this game. Another reason why this game has gained popularity in casinos is because, statistically, the probability of winning a hand of blackjack is higher than most of the other games available in casinos.

Who plays these card games?

Ideally, only adults over the age of 21, who can legally enter casinos, are the only ones gambling. However, with the gaining popularity of these games reaching everyone, people of all ages today are now gambling. Children today are playing these gambling card games over the Internet. There are many different websites that specialize in these types of games. Even though these sites do not use real money, it teaches children how to gamble. When they can legally gamble, they already know how to do it. Gambling is very addicting; therefore exposing these young children to these types of activities is probably not a good idea.