Online Casinos For Mac OSX
By SharpGambler on Tue, 24 July 2007 16:26:58 (653 Reads)
Online casinos and mac osx are not really good friends. If you have an Apple computer and ever tried to play at an online casino you certainly understand what I mean.
In fact, almost all downloadable casino software is made only to work under Windows OS and there is no casino with specific software for mac or linux users. There are only a few cases of software developed to work under mac osx, but it's poker, and not casino. This is the case of Full Tilt Poker, they have a software developed to work 100% on mac.
The solution to this problem would be the flash casino versions available in most online casinos, but, in fact it isn't. All Microgaming Casinos that provide a flash version don't work on mac osx. The reason behind this, is the technology needed to launch the no download version of the casino which is not only flash. It is required a browser compatible with activeX commands and Safari or Firefox browsers are not. In order to be able to play the flash casino you need Internet Explorer, and this browser is not used on mac computers anymore.
Microgaming has been very busy developing new games rather than working on its flash casino version, and the final result is a flash casino version that is not playable under linux and mac osx. A technology that is cross compatible, but that is not usable. OSX and linux are systems that rely on security. ActiveX is a technology that is vulnerable to worm and spyware attacks. So, mac osx and linux browsers don't work with ActiveX.
If you are looking to play at a Microgaming casino on your mac, well, you won't find anything that works out of the box. In any case there are some solutions that make Microgaming casinos playable on your mac osx. I have explained a simple solution on the article " Playing An Online Casino on Mac OSX". This is a solution that uses emulation on mac osx. It's easy to implement but it has a cost.
The good news is that there are some casinos with different software than Microgaming that work on mac osx browsers out of the box. Most casinos that run a java version instead of a flash one work well on mac osx. Good examples are Cherry Casino and Casino Euro .
So, as a conclusion, there are two types of playable casinos: a downloadable casino, and a browser-based casino. For mac osx there is no much choice of dowloadable casinos that work out of the box. In fact I'm not aware of any (at least a good one). Your hopes are on the second type of casino, but giving that most flash versions use more than flash and are not compatible with mac osx browsers (which is the case of Microgaming casinos), your hopes lie almost entirely on java casinos (and in emulation solutions as described here.
I hope this situation changes in the near future, and Microgaming realizes the importance of being cross compatible. 888 casino and Silver Dollar Casino run on flash without any ActiveX commands, so Microgaming can do the same, if they want to. For the present time what I can do is to give you some recommendations of online casinos that work on mac osx out of the box.
Online Casinos for Mac OSX
- Cherry Casino - Net entertainment - Java casino
- Casino Euro - Net Entertainment - Java casino
- Silver Dollar Casino - Odds On - Flash casino
- 888 Casino - Proprietary - Flash casino
- English Harbour Casino - Odds On - Flash casino
- Bodog Casino - Proprietary - Flash casino
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