Picture the scene! It takes place in a crowded casino on a busy Saturday night somewhere in the UK. A new casino member walks up to the pit boss and asks" I want to learn to play blackjack. Any chance that I can get to play for as long as I want till I can get the hang of the game?

You can well imagine the pit boss's reaction and it probably is better left to the imagination.

Yet online casinos provide the chance for beginners to the world of online gaming to play for as long as they want as guest members of the casino. Any game that they want for as long as they want, and they don't have to deposit a penny. Nor are they ever pressurised to do so by the online casino management.

Even better a newbie to the world of blackjack will be able to readily find all the material they will ever need online on how to play blackjack, the tactics and the skills.

The question that many people may ask is- Why do online casinos offer this assistance? The reason is that they want players to join and play for real money. Unlike a land casino they don't want inexperienced players to crowd round the table without a real clue of how to play the game. They are prepared to let players get used to the casino, the graphics, the software and how to play the game before joining up as real money players.

Incidentally any online casino manager will tell you that there are tens of thousands of blackjack players who never join as real money players. Playing as a guest is enough for them. It is also fairly normal for a player to hold both a guest and real player membership. That gives them the option to practice new strategies before making their next deposit.

There are those players who need the thrill of playing for real money and are not prepared to go through the guest player stage. Online casinos have also made provisions for these types of players also.

They do so by providing exceptionally generous welcome bonuses for new members that can be as much as five times their initial deposit. That means that if a player deposits £20.00 they can be awarded a £100.00 welcome bonus giving them £120.00 playing money.

That money can be withdrawn as long as the player meets the minimum wagering requirements of the casino, which is usually pretty fair for new members.

So these are the options that an online player has at their disposal when they begin to learn to play blackjack. What could be better?