The cost of running an online casino is much lower then that of a regular casino, so an online casino can afford to throw money at you to get you into their casino. A land based casino may offer you a comp card, but until you start gambling and build up credits on the card it is useless, but online casinos offer large bonuses just for signing up and depositing money into your account. In many cases some online casinos will offer you up to 200 percent of your first deposit for free. This means if you deposit 100 dollars into your account the casino will add your hundred and they will give you an extra 200 dollars just as a thank you. A land based casino would not even do that for the high rollers.
Online casinos are also a lot more convenient to get to unless you live in Vegas or Atlantic City. For me to get to a casino I have a 3 hour drive, but I can sit in my home and be at an online casino in just as much time as it takes me to log in, and it does not matter if I am in the mood for Online Poker, or some Online Baccarat, or just some Blackjack or Roulette, they are all available to me at the press of a button.
Just like any games of skill and luck the more you play the better you will become at the game and an online casino offers you the best access to fully loaded casino so you can practice.
Online Casinos even offer you all your favorite casino games that can be played for fun money. Have you ever been to any land based casino that offered you free games, to allow you to get better before you hit the money games?
Many people feel that an online casino is for sad and lonely people, but this is not true, many of the best online casinos offer you the option to use webcams to see the other players and voice or text chat, so you can fully communicate with all the other players in your Poker Room or at your Online Blackjack or Online Baccarat table.