Online Casinos Friendly to iPhone Users

But online casino operators shrug and continue providing games, accepting the challenge of players to actually let them think while gambling.

A card-counting application available to iPhone users has led to the outright banning of the devices at many land casinos. But online casino operators shrug and continue providing games, accepting the challenge of players to actually let them think while gambling.

Card-counting has always been a sore spot with land-based gambling venues. The practice is not illegal, but it can get you rudely tossed from a casino, and placed on a barred list of known counters.

The iPhone application takes things a step further. It keeps track of cards dealt, and even disguises itself and goes into vibrate mode to avoid detection by observant security personnel. Using the machine to count is illegal, and can result in felony charges.

But card counters say counting doesn't guarantee winning, it only helps the player striving to offset casino edges built into the game. They say casinos only want players who bet mindlessly, and trying to gamble smartly will get you an invitation to leave.

Online casinos are up to the challenge. With far less overhead, and no giant resort or enormous staff among expenditures, online gambling sites can afford to play at less of an edge than their brick-and-mortar cousins. If card counters want to play with their phones, Internet casinos say go ahead.

Just like smoking, iPhones are another convenience found by gambling online. Not only do Internet gambling venues allow patrons the comforts of home, they also support lower minimum-bet tables, head-to-head poker action, and many other amenities not worth the trouble of big resort casinos.No wonder online casinos are the future.