Instance, there are the sign up bonuses and the free games. Playing a free game on the internet may not seem like a lot, but if you go to the land based casinos, then you will not be able to play the games for free. If you are a beginner then you will need to spend a lot of money on learning the game well, and then you will come out at a great loss of money. However, if you learn the game for free, and then go on to play the game for real money when you have honed your skills enough, then it will all look different. In the land based casino, then you cannot play the games for free, since it would be impossible to allot a table for a game that would return no income to the casino.