As most people have noticed by now, in the past couple of years, internet poker is not the only online game that has bloomed, the online casino industry have become an extremely popular phenomenon as well. I therefore thought that it could be of some interest to write a little bit about the history of the casino games.

The history of casino begins with the history of gambling. Gambling, in some form or another, has existed for countless generations. The earliest record of Chinese gambling dates all the way back to 2300 BC.

Gambling in the States
Gambling was imported to American shores by European immigrants. Card games quickly became popular among the French immigrants of New Orleans. River boats along the Mississippi were the first gambling houses in America. This was at a time when many card games, particularly poker, were still in their infancy. The first land-based casinos in America were built along the shores of the Mississippi to accommodate the settlers, merchants and travelers along the river.

America's first online casino culture evolved from these casinos along the river and the popular games of craps, blackjack, poker and more spread quickly to the rest of the country via the new railroads. As settlers expanded into the American West, so did the Casino gaming industry. Gambling houses had flourished around California, Gold Rush and Nevada silver mines.

The gambling games imported by Europeans experienced innovative transformations in America. Poker was adapted from the European Three Card Monty, and the European roulette wheel was changed in American casinos to incorporate the double zero slot. The craps table also got a make over in America.