Basicly mean facilities that offers certain types of gambling activities. In fact "Casino" meant a

small villa or summerhouse for pleasure. The first casino was established in Venice in 1638.

Different types of activity in gambling has been seen almost everywhere, there is a record for China in 2300 B.C even.

"Saloons" was called early casinos in America. During the early 20th century in America, gambling became outlawed and banned by state legislation, but in 1931, gambling was legalized throughout the state of Nevada, and Las Vegas (Sin city), later in New Jersey, Atlantic City, Tunica Resorts, Missisipi and Gulf Coast.

Interesting facts about Casino:

In 1941 the El Rancho Vegas Hotel-Casino was built on what would later become the Las Vegas strip;

The Mirage casino was opened in 1989, and it was first casino to use cameras full time on all table games;

Around 1995 the first online sportsbooks and casinos were launched. Nowadays there are several thousands of online casinos;

What about online casinos? They are online version of traditional casinos. They could be: web-based casino, download-based casino and live casino. The most popular online casino software with reputation used by the virtual casinos includes: Microgaming, Realtime Gaming, Playtech and CryptoLogic Inc.

Some of the features of online casinos include:

Signup bonuses - Ususally an online casino offer signup bonuses to new players making their first deposit. The bonuses usually match a percentage of the players deposit with a dollar maximum, and almost all online casino signup bonuses require a minimum amount of wagering before allowing a cash out;

Cashable bonuses - The most common form of casino bonuses is the cashable bonus. A casino might offer a 100% match bonus up to $100 with a wagering requirement of $2000. After wagering $2000 in the casino, the player is able to cash out the $100 bonus;

Sticky bonuses - that kind of bonuses are non-cashable. They Sticky bonuses can be bet, but cannot be cashed out;

Cash back bonuses - They are given following a palyer loss. For instance, a casino might offer a 20% cash back bonus each week and any player who had a loss over the course of the week, would receive 20% of his loss back.

Comp points - Commonly popular from land-based casinos. Comp points can usually be exchanged for cash, prizes, or other comps;

Bonus hunting - type of gambling where turning of profit from casino bonus situation is mathematically possible;