The use of technology in the casino industry has been a massive part of the growth that we have seen over the last few years. This will only continue to grow as the technology that surrounds the casino industry gets better and improves.
There are certain aspects of the industry that will get better with technology and some that may suffer. However, the overall positives for what technology can do for this industry are massive and the reason why this post exists.
VR and AR
One of the biggest things in the tech world over the last few years has been VR and AR and the effects these are having on the world. In the casino industry, this is a major point and the possibilities that the industry has with these if they get integrated more are endless.
VR and AR both have the power to make your favourite casino games immersive and as fun as possible. Playing casinos at physical casinos is something that online casinos struggle to compete with. However, the use of VR and AR could close this gap and make online casinos just as immersive and enjoyable as the physical ones.
For AR specifically, the possibilities are also endless. Using AR could allow you to immerse your gaming experience into your real life. This means the desks you are at right now could be a blackjack table or a roulette table. These both will change the immersive experiences that casinos offer in a major way.
Crypto Deposits
We are seeing the use of crypto become more and more prominent in a range of UK casinos, this is only the start of what we think will be a massive few years for the crypto industry. Crypto as a whole is becoming more popular and accepted, and with this, more people and companies are taking it as a form of payment.
This stretches to the online casino industry too with a large amount of online casinos now openly accepting crypto as a form of depositing. This is the beginning of crypto taking over from other popular deposit methods like PayPal.
Why Crypto?
Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, are known as decentralized currencies. This means they are not locked to a specific geographical location, this allows players to pick casino sites from around the world and deposit onto them using cryptocurrencies. Crypto is a general payment method, therefore players have more variety with games and casinos as a whole.
As well as this, crypto deposits offer players full privacy and protection, with the deposits needing to go through extra blockchains players’ safety gains an extra layer of protection. Also, crypto players are allowed full anonymity because the payments are coming from bank accounts which allows players to keep their banks away from casino deposits.
Live Games
The live games that casinos offer bring you closer to the experience of physical casinos. The use of VR and AR will enhance this a lot, but as of right now, there are some changes that will happen in the immediate future that will make these games better than they already are.
One of them being the improvements of the internet and the speeds. Some players have issues with the way certain online casinos run their live casino games but as technology advances and mobiles and the WiFi that we use on the mobiles improves, the games will follow suit.
All of these small changes will add up to make online casinos the biggest thing in the gaming industry. The video streams will improve, the player chat will improve and most importantly, your experience will improve.