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The evolution of Online Casino Culture
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Gambling and casino games have changed or let’s say have evolved over the past two decades. Both land-based and online casinos offer different content that looks more polished from a technical point of view. Moreover, going digital definitely opened up new possibilities in terms of monetization and game design. It is one of the fastest-growing industries now and more countries, including the states in the US, are legalizing online gambling. Here we will focus mainly on online casinos, and talk about how they started out and how they evolved over the years.Â
First Online Casino
Although online casinos have started to generate momentum over the past decade, the very first online casino was created back in 1994. It was created by now famous software company Microgaming, but it wasn’t really popular. At that time the available hardware didn’t allow for flashy aesthetics and 3D graphics like the ones we have today. There were some additional hurdles for online casino sites to become popular.
A key ingredient to online casinos is an internet connection, and even if it was available in the 90s’ it took another decade before we had access to wi-fi. Then new versions of internet connections also became available like 3G, 4G, and today we even have 5G. Each of these advancements brought about a more stable, and affordable connection. So, it’s not that people didn’t like the first online casino, it’s just that the infrastructure for its boom wasn’t there.
New Software and Hardware Capabilities Â
One of the main game changers in the entire entertainment industry was definitely smartphones. It didn’t take long for new tech companies to start exclusively focusing on developing phone games, and for web developers to create sites and themes that are compatible with mobile devices. If you look at all of the online casino sites that are available in Canada and the rest of the world, you will see that they all have either an app or are simply made to work smoothly on mobile. Moreover, the new and improved capabilities opened up a lot of flexibility in terms of design.