Of course being a unique gambling casino would be better than a copycat, no doubt about that, but in reality it's practically impossible. The established model of sports betting, for example, is so good, so convenient for bettors, that with making something entirely new you are risking to be left without customers. Let alone slots that are rented from software providers. They are all the same. How can you be unique in that department? Yes, some gambling sites have their own slots, but it's only one or two among many hundreds of leased ones, and that’s because it is very costly to create a good slot.
That's why I think it is enough to be a bit different, in a good way, to win the competition these days.
True, it will require a huge upfront investment to try to differentiate from the other casinos
without any guarantee that this will bring any clients, Exactly. Why people should go to your platform if they are already using several gambling platforms and absolutely satisfied with the experience? When there are so many good online casinos there's a high probability that your site will be worse than others if you are trying to create something new. I'm not advocating copycatting here. Please, do add some features that no one else has, but only if they are really useful. Don't make otherness your main goal.
What you say is very true, aside from there are other things to take into account, in this field of casinos, there is a lot of competition, I am sure that many players will have mistrust when they see a casino identical to another, and some players will not enter for the same lack of trust, and at this point it is not good that apart from all the understanding that exists and all the ways there are to attract clients, be it with good marketing, with signature campaigns and with everything we can imagine, it is not good that copy from other casinos, the demand is very high and it is not worth spending time and money on sites that really cause mistrust.
Differenciation in general is difficult to find everywhere. It would seem that everything is now created to satisfy and algorithm that makes everything out there, including casinos but also all websites, all videos and even movies look pretty much like each other. It is like the guy who said that if people want to buy Coke, I am not going to sell them Pepsi. It kills innovation.
All we want is for everyone to start something new, they have the kind of mind that can accommodate varieties of thoughts and innovation that can be put in place to help gamblers learn and play something new, if Satoshi did not make moves on attempted steps to create something different from fiat currency then we would have all not been here to benefit his positive thinking and creativity, even if it will be a failure but at least try out something new,no one knows tomorrow as another person can pick it up from where yours ended, i got discouraged whenever i see plagiarist even in gambling.
Well this is something that we should not ignore, because if you are right, Satoshi gave a change of course to everything as the global economy is managed, where he made us see that there is an apparent technology that we can take advantage of and that it really gives financial freedom in little time where debt does not exist unless it is mixed with the traditional economy that is well trodden and about to fall by the way, since 2021, however global events have delayed some things, however when we get into the topic of casinos + crypto , is something that goes far beyond physical and traditional casinos, where every process is improved and everything has and is based on a totally impartial system that has its advantage programmed to the casino, as it always is.
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I don't know about stifling innovation, that also sounds like another excuse. If I did something new and 1000 people copied me, I would be finding day and night to make my stuff even better. How does it stifle innovation?
Yep, it doesn't. That's what companies that created something new and original are doing all the time: they are trying to improve their creation and trying to invent something new once again, since they are, obviously, capable of that.
You can spend your lifetime on copywriting, licensing and suing those who "have stolen your work", or you can just ignore them and spend your time on creating something new and useful. I mean, you can do both, but in my opinion those judicial proceedings will suck you dry.
Absolutely true my friend, and to be honest, without copycats, perhaps more companies would be happy to sit down and enjoy their success since why work for something new and different when there is no competition and everyone doesn't copy your stuff?
To be fair the only ones who go for suing in court are those with so much money to make from winning or just egoistical people.
Though now you mention it
I wonder if any crypto casinos have ever gone to court to sue a copycat?
I know at least one case. You can read about it following the link below:
Wynn Resorts Sues Resorts World for Being a Copycatbut it was about the looks of a
land based casino. As for the online casinos, there was at least one case too:
MGM Sues Online Casino Over Trademark Infringement and “Identity Theft”And you can read in the same article the following:
In 2015, Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp won a similar lawsuit against 35 Chinese online gambling websites that each appropriated the company’s logo and played fast and loose with its intellectual property.
So, all those newly appearing gambling sites should keep in mind that intellectual property must be respected.
What you present is very interesting, and it is very good to take into account, of course that was with 35 Chinese casinos and obviously they are casinos that did not have much authenticity, but if it is consistent with the theme and it is to raise awareness, here we talk about property intellectual property and something can apply to this case where the designs and setting are copied, I do not know if it falls into the category of intellectual property, but this post should be seen by those casinos that have copied the designs of others to take it into account, sometimes it is better to avoid than to regret, and the examples you give here are pure gold, it is a question that they can review the thread and see it.