Your mobile device may have gotten smaller over the years, but it’s ability to do more things has only grown.
Our phones are now video portals where we can Zoom or Skype into meetings from all around the world. We can send messages to anyone and record videos and take pictures of moments we want to never forget.
These devices are also the way we relax, watching shows on a streaming service like Netflix, and play games, including Tetris-style games or sports, and increasingly there are online casino apps available on Android and IOS where you can immediately be transported to a blackjack table, roulette wheel, or a slot machine.
Since we’re a world that is always on the move, having this accessibility in our pocket is an incredible convenience. The confluence of mobile gaming and online casino apps is one of the most important stories in the iGaming industry today and allowing developers to reach into the lucrative market of real-money gambling.
Here we’re going to look at this trend and how it will impact your future.
The Rise of Mobile Gaming
Portable game machines have been around for decades. They started as simple LED lights that you pushed buttons to move while other computer-programmed lights chased you. Then came portable video game systems, and then the games themselves became downloadable and portable.
Our mobile devices are now fully loaded arcades with all types of games, some deep and challenging, other as simple as launching birds against a wall to knock them down (Angry Birds).
A Linkedin report said that the mobile gaming industry is expected to grow at a compound rate of 14.3 percent through 2027. Game developers now focus more on how their game looks and plays on a mobile device rather than a personal computer or console.
Developers make sure that what happens on the mobile device can be ported over to different screens. If you conquer Level 727 on your phone of a game, you don’t want to have to start over if you play it on a different device!
The Evolution of Online Casino Apps
Phones and tablets didn’t have the computing power they have now and the ability to run the complex online casino apps that have been created.
Online casinos could only be played on a desktop computer or powerful laptop, now players can download an online casino app and start playing immediately.
Online gaming is approved in six U.S. states, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania and the advantage is obvious. Brick and mortar casinos have limitations on physical space, so don’t have the same number of slot machines to offer, or seats at a blackjack table than an online casino app provides.
This accessibility is why online casino apps continue to grow in popularity.
Bridging the Gap
What’s happened is these online casino games play more like traditional video games. Long-time game maker Konami has gotten involved in creating online slot machines, as has Aristocrat gaming and IGT.
Many of these developers had produced games with tie-ins with known entertainment brands – IGT has Baywatch-branded slot machines – but the new trend in online slots is video-game like cut screens for characters and side quests where you can earn more money.
This is a fascinating trend where the line between video game and online gaming blur. The phone has the power. You have the ability to win big.
