Our guide to online casino etiquette

If you enter a regular casino, you are expected to obey by the house rules and show due etiquette. The same applies with online casinos. There are a few simple rules that you need to follow in order to keep your fellow players and the casino happy.

Online casinos work hard to keep your information securely protected from others, and you are expected to give honest information about yourself in return. Any information that you give the casino should only be when you initially sign up, and in official communications from casino staff – never in casual live chat or over the telephone.

Many online casinos allow you to chat with other players while you play or in between games. Some sites require that all chat takes place in English, and all players should seek to be courteous to each other at all times. Anyone found using foul language profusely, acting rudely or upsetting others players in any way will be removed from the chat and perhaps also blocked from the whole site.

Most casinos will not allow you to advertise at all on their sites and chat rooms. Other players will be turned off by constant adverts cluttering up forums, while the casino owners do not want their competitors to be advertised on the pages of their own site either. If no advertising is allowed, then avoid it or you will be banned from the site for doing so.

Another big no-no when it comes to online casino etiquette is colluding with other players. Casinos work hard to keep their games fair and if you are found sharing information about hands to any other players in chat rooms then you will undoubtedly be blacklisted from the site and may lose any money that you have in your account with the site.

You can check the rules and expected level of etiquette on most online gaming sites. The popular 32 Red site has its own rules and etiquette pages, as well as FAQ section where you can find out everything you need to know, whether you are looking for the rules of the house or the chat room rules for their bingo site.