. If you've been surfing around looking at the more than 800 online casinos, you probably have seen some of them. If you've been gambling at the same site, some of the new technologies might interest you. According to StartCasino.com, there are 67 companies that develop the casino software for operators (licensees). The operators, in turn, make casino websites that you are familiar with. So, while there are more than 800 internet casinos, many are similar in the sense that they were designed by one of the 67 software development companies. Gambling Online Magazine has spoken with a few of the 67 internet casino sofware firms and wanted to see what their next generation software platforms are based on and why they chose it. Below is a list of what the software is and what some of them had to say.

Flash is the latest software platform to enter the online gaming arena. Flash requires no software downloads. It's a graphical form of streaming, in which one starts receiving images and audio (sort of like watching TV, only a little bit slower). FLASH also requires a PLUG-IN which means if you don't have the plug-in, you can't play. Most new browsers like Netscape ask you if you want to install FLASH.