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| Key Evolutionary Components in Online Casinos |
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The online casino
industry of today is worth tens of billions of dollars a year. Despite this
enormous profit, just a few short decades ago even this industry was little
more than a niche in the small market we called the internet.
Over the
years, technological adaption and adoption have opened the doors to online
casinos on a level few would have thought possible, but how did we get here?
What have been the biggest contributors to online casino growth, to make it the
unquestionable juggernaut the industry is today?
Bandwidth Improvement
The
early days of the internet were a painful time. While we had nothing to measure
these early days against at the time, looking back we can't imagine returning
to an age of such slow connections. This was owed to the early limitations in
bandwidth, which refers to the quantity of data which can be transmitted at any
one time. |
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| "Moving
Slow" (CC BY 2.0) by Todd
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This slow speed
meant that navigating between webpages could take minutes, not seconds, and
this rendered the likes of even the smallest internet casinos frustrating to
operate. Given this reality, many in the early days ignored the online casino
sphere. As this infrastructure improved and ADSL
became standard, this issue was eliminated almost
entirely.
Mass
Adoption
All the speed in the world would be worth nothing
without an audience. As the advantages of the internet began to raise their
heads, an enormous quantity of business and home users began to make the shift
into the web.
In 1995, around 44 million people used the internet. As of
2019, that number
has
expanded to over 4.5 billion.
It was this sheer number of users
which created the viability of the current online casino market structure. For
example, services like FeedBACK
Casino which rate casinos and compare their bonuses are only possible
because of just how vast the number of casino offerings has
become.
Mobile
Ubiquity
Aiding in mass adoption were the benefits created with
mobile connectivity. While many users ignored the finer points of PC operation,
getting used to mobile phones became a simple necessity in the lives of
many.
As the power of these devices increased, and they became viable
internet browsers, an entirely new audience saw the prospects for mobile
casinos unlocked. This was further aided by the introduction of HTML5 and
related programming technologies. These new systems made downloading apps
unnecessary, as play became feasible within the browsers
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The final part of
this equation came from improving mobile internet. Coverage and speed both saw
significant increases, with 5G promising
more opportunities in the
next few years.
A Cohesive
Whole
Combined, all of these individual elements created a system
where the growth of many online industries wasn’t just imaginable, it was
practically guaranteed. Taking advantage of this potential created not only a
whole slew of new games, as commonly seen in slots, but also twists on classics
such as the still-growing live online casino gaming scene.
As an
industry so inherently tied to technological evolution, it is doubtless than
online casinos still have considerable progress remaining. As to the exact
route this will take, that remains to be seen. If other online industries are
any indicator, however, we might expect the likes of virtual and augmented
reality to soon peek over the digital horizon. |
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