Back in the day, gambling meant so much more than just quicker means of making money. Gambling, whether in casinos, horse tracks or bingo halls basically meant getting all dressed up and the main attraction was socialising and making new friends, sometimes even a date for the night. Now, when I feel like playing, I can’t think of a reason to go to a local casino. OK, land-based casinos are stylish and really posh and you can meet a lot of new people, I’ll give them that. But when compared to the comfort of playing from your own home, brick and mortar casinos will always come second.

First of all, safety always comes first and all casinos that cater to Brits have a licence from the UK Gambling Commission. But that is not by far the only safety guarantee. Almost all gambling sites bear the safety seals of international organizations such as eCogra, McAfee, GLI and others. ESSA, on the other hand, is a non-profit organization that oversees the proper relationship between operators and players and helps solve any disputes that may occur. As far as your banking details are concerned, you can rest assured that they are in safe hands, as all transmitted data is encrypted and stored on secure servers.

Now that we got safety out of the way, so to speak, let’s have a look at some of the other advantages of playing online and why not start with something you won’t get in brick and mortar locations – bonuses. That’s right, not only is gambling on the Internet convenient and cheaper (no travel, parking or other accommodation expenses needed), but it is also much more rewarding. As soon as you join, you will be greeted with a deposit match offer, or, if you are really lucky, even a no deposit bonus. This means that even before you make you a deposit, you will already have the funds to play with. And even if the offer is connected to your deposit, you will be surprised to find that these offers are more than generous and you will have a lot of capital to try all of the hundreds of games that they feature.

Yes, this is yet another advantage – variety like you will find in no location on earth, be it in Asia or Las Vegas. Just imagine having around 600 games to choose from, among which almost half of them are usually slots. Classic slots, fancy slots, progressive slots! You name it, they have it and you can play them on your desktop computer or on your mobile devices, thanks to the ongoing development of mobile apps. So, my friends, I will leave it up to you to choose where you want to play, but you just can’t go wrong with online gambling sites.