Online casinos are a haven for online gamblers. Many games provided in regular casinos are provided in online casinos as well. Among such games, mention may be made of roulette, slots, craps, poker, blackjack, and others. All these games are available at all the top rating casinos over the Internet.

As far as poker is concerned, gamblers can play it either on online casinos or in websites dedicated to poker called online poker rooms. Casino poker game is of different variants. These include Omaha poker, Five Card Draw poker, Seven Card Stud poker, Texas Holdem poker, among others.

For playing poker over the Internet either on poker sites or on online casinos, a player has to undergo necessary processes like registration to the site concerned, software downloads, cash deposits in advance, and the like. But certain sites have come up with services like poker no deposits and poker no downloads. In poker no deposit, a player is allowed to play free of cost for a limited time-period, or given free poker chips, or allowed to play a few number of games without any cash deposit.

Such services act as a publicity stunt on the part of the website concerned. By means of such act, the website is able to attract potential players. And the player on the other hand gets a free opportunity to test his/her gambling skills. Also such free services enable players to test a site before depositing cash in the same.