Topic: Land Based Casinos in the Digital Age - page 19. (Read 3765 times)

It's obvious that it has evolved already, from the very first slot machines to the modern one wherein the experience is very different. And then we have VR coming in maybe in the next 5 years so like virtually you are there in the casino and playing and sitting along with others.


Yes, they are convenient, specially during the pandemic. But since land base are open now, I think it will continue to survived even if there is a big challenge from online gamblers. Sometimes those old habits are hard to break and as long as gamblers are willing to go out and have the ambience and the feeling of being inside a casino, they will continue to exist.

Despite of those flourishing market of online platforms but still we do see those offline or physical ones that do continue to exist. Why? Its simply because there's really still a significant demand into it.
We do know that no matter how technological advancement would happen there would really be those people who would really be sticking into those old places but just like on what been said by others
that these places are really that doing their best for them to go with the pace on which we do speak about changes and other stuffs on which it would really be just that a normal approach
because  as a business owner then you cant really just that make yourself that getting left behind with the competition because if you do then you would really be having that huge impact
into your business and might be ended up on getting bankrupt.

           -   I don't see anything new today in land-based casinos compared to online casinos. It's even more like online casinos are becoming a serious competitor to land-based casinos because more people are going online to gamble.

Due to the minimum amount allowed in the online casino, it is easier for people to enjoy it, and then the influencers promote it more than in the land-based casinos, so this is where the physical gambling industry can be left behind compared to the online casino.

Definitely, the digital wave exists. Disruptions are sweeping traditional models. Land-based casinos go beyond gambling. The tactile experience they provide is unmatched by apps. Poker face-off tension, chip weight, and air electricity can't be recreated with a mouse click

Casinos must evolve, not just survive. Their physical space is distinctive. Real-world interactions and belonging are wired into us. Leverage that. Integrating digital and physical elements. Imagine a real-world casino with VR installations and interactive tables for traditional games

Online casinos are convenient. Let's stop assuming they'll replace the actual thing's excitement. Both are gambling's future. Land-based casinos will create events so amazing you want to be there. This innovation will keep them current and provide an experience the digital world can't match

In this modernity where everything has evolved into online, casinos have also changed to online casinos.  Both the online platform as well as brick and mortar casinos have their significance.  Like online platform saves your time and eliminates you from a long distance and also you can play your favorite games from your bed but the online platform does not affect the traditional one because the brick-and-mortar stores secure their futures.  In Canada, the casinos are now more advanced to give a better experience to the users, and also the experts always suggest the traditional casinos where a new one can learn more tricks and information than online platforms. 

In a past post I even commented a little on this subject, the reality is that in recent years physical casinos have also had to evolve so that they can compete with online casinos, the owners of physical casinos have started to add more luxury and more design modern and beautiful in their casinos, making many people more comfortable inside the physical casino and feel more willing to play at the casino again when they go to the casino for the first time. To give you an idea of how well physical casinos are doing and making a lot of profit and even surpassing online casinos, see this article which provides very relevant data about US casinos


source: https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-02-20/us-casinos-won-665b-in-2023-their-best-year-ever-as-gamblers-showed-no-economic-fear.html

According to the article New York’s Resorts World casino performed well, see that New York’s Resorts World casino is a very large casino, looking at it



is very large, see more details about it

https://www.thebluebook.com/iProView/360504/tutor-perini-corp/subcontractors/construction-projects/resorts-world-casino-new-york-city-488796.html

We might ask ourselves how something so big manages to keep running? because the cost of maintaining a casino like this is very expensive, but I believe that the answer to that question is that in online casinos there are not many rich people playing with many millions of dollars, while in these luxury physical casinos there are many rich people who play with many million dollars and lose 3 million or even 7 million dollars in just one night, now imagine if 100 rich people lost 7 million dollars in one month? it would be 700 million dollars for the coffers of the physical casino, when the physical casino pays for electricity, employee salaries, water, maintenance of machines and other operational costs, the casino's profit will still be very large. By this I mean that there is a market for physical casinos and online casinos without harming one or the other.

People will always want to go to the physical casino, just as they will play at the online casino. That's why, in my opinion, physical casinos are not threatened because of the existence of online casinos

I think brick-and-mortar casinos, especially major ones, will always have some features that online gambling platforms won't be able to replicate. Alcoholic drinks served by beautiful women is one of them. The casino's indoor environment where everything is golden and shiny like inside an orthodox church is another. Those things will remain only in brick-and-mortar casinos, and those people who attracted by them will not switch to online gambling. The question is, how many of such people there are.

I will give following example as a comment on a situation. Remember when recently, due to covid everything were closed? Small business died, middle size business somehow managed to survive and restart. When walk in the city, I keep on seeing flashy offline casino signs. Isnt it a sign that offline casinos will be always demanded? Even right now, in digital age, when people income and interest changed, people still use casinos.

one of the experiences that online casinos can't replicate from traditional land-based casinos is simply the fun of betting with your friends.

traditional land based casinos will continue to live as long as in that country or in certain parts they still have a lot of fans and on the one hand, before online casinos became a hype, land based casinos were already the most fun place to provide a sensation that you can never get in online gambling and I I'm sure some people on this forum still visit land based casinos more often than online casinos.
It is possible that in the future traditional casinos will continue to follow advanced technological developments such as using digital payments or whatever is modern.

But I don't think there is innovation as far as games are? I mean you can play games in online that can be played as well in traditional casinos. I don't know but there is also waiting time for a free table in online as far as a experience.

And that's what land base brings, I mean it's granduer so why would gamblers be intimidated in the first place. And there is always a first time and when you set your foot in a land base maybe you don't want to go online again, just saying.

Let me enlighten you of one thing, traditional casinos would continue to exist till forever,  reason being that most people you see in traditional casinos aren't there because they're unaware or insensitive to the comfort in using online casinos. Most of them are there for the company and fun they get from interacting with fellow gamblers. People are lonely these days and any slight possibility of getting good and loving company that makes them happy would not pass them by.

In my country, a lot of us can watch football from the comfort of our homes, but we choose to go to viewing centers, not because we can't watch it at home, but the kind of community activity we have and discussion we engage in viewing centers isn't something we would want to miss out on.

People need company, and wherever they get really recognized and welcome is where you'll likely be  seeing them more often and that includes offline casinos for especially older gamblers who are facing the loneliness associated with retirement from work and old age.

Many Average Joes didn't aware with tech winter, if anything in digital can replace every traditional stuffs, I'm sure tech winter will never happen because the demand is always increase. Since the world is suffering tech winter, it means many people still want to interact and meet people instead of chatting or video call.

Land based casinos would die if Covid disease is eternal, but the reality isn't.

Even with the young guys in this era, there are still people who believe in traditional gambling which is the physical casinos. Why? Because it is still more fun playing outside with other people than staying at home and being alone. Try both and you will feel the big difference. If I don't have kids now I will still go back to gambling outside.
Let's use poker as a good example. Is it really fun playing it online? If you compare it to playing outside, the difference is way far. Looking at the eyes of the people you are betting against, read your opponent's movements, their mannerisms, how they will react to your moves, and more. That's why I don't play much poker online because I don't feel the same energy as it is with people around you physically.

The future of traditional land-based casinos is here to stay. People still want to find the excitement of real gambling and be able to meet other people who also usually gamble. These people will still visit traditional land-based casinos.

The number of casinos may decrease because there are more and more online casinos. Online casinos offer new things to gamblers. As long as people still want to meet other people to gamble, offline casinos will still operate.

Something makes people still want to find fun in offline casinos. That's what makes them keep coming back to gamble at offline casinos.

however online casinos innovate and provide a more sophisticated experience, offline casinos will still be in demand by people. because you can't replace the experience of playing at an offline casino, where the vibes, sounds, excitement of people playing, and interactions with other players, make the experience of playing at an offline casino more interesting. because the atmosphere provided by offline casinos means that many people still enjoy playing at offline casinos and this will continue in the future.

As technology develops, physical casinos may be less popular than online casinos because nowadays most people prefer to use cellphones wherever they go and online casinos are easy to do anywhere, whereas in land-based casinos we have to visit the gambling house. I even think that one day gambling houses will become extinct and they will switch to online casinos because if they don't keep up with developments they will be increasingly left behind. Indeed there are some people who may still be able to visit land-based casinos but not as many as in the past so in my opinion, land-based casinos continue hoping that someone will come to visit, it would be better if he changed the concept to change it online so that the profits return to normal.

Here's a crazy information for you OP, land based casinos will never go out of style, as long as there's a reason to launder money and the technology and methodology to chase after these laundering syndicates or individuals aren't perfected to a point that it's futile to do a laundering, land based casinos would still exist and we can't do anything about it because there's big names that are protecting these laundering operations that disguises themselves as casinos, sure they're making it look like they're a legitimate business and that they're making money in a legitimate way but we have to be realistic about it, there's no way that casinos would pass up on the opportunity to get more money because they're being used for laundering operations when the chances of getting caught is less than most you'd expect and you've got someone that's protecting you. So, yes, that's my take on land based casinos, they're never going to go out of style and with the advent use of VR, we might even see some of these casinos use VR to simulate visiting them physically.

Hey mate, It is the evolution of time and with the evolution of time many of the old methods are now disappearing especially the earlier offline i.e. land based gambling is changing with the evolution of time. Earlier people did not have such approach towards online gambling that's why people were forced to attract themselves to offline gambling but nowadays people are engaging themselves in online gambling instead of offline gambling as there are hundreds of benefits in online gambling.
Physical participation in offline gambling is mandatory because of the outbreak of various infectious diseases such as corona virus, there is a possibility of spreading in these areas and moreover, offline gambling has been banned in various countries. Offline gambling is being stopped and gambling authorities are giving more importance to online gambling. Offline gambling is slowly losing popularity. It is mainly due to the evolution of time and people's desire to get more benefits that people are losing attention to offline gambling.

People still like to be social. There's a big difference between sitting at home gambling and going out and enjoying a few drinks with friends and maybe some blackjack or something with a buddy. At home you miss out on the social aspect, while those who would rather gamble from the comforts of their home don't have to worry about large crowds.

I don't think that land based casinos have too much to worry about, too many people love the social aspect and feel like online they could be being cheated.

On land casinos, there are usually some cheering sounds, buzzing, arguments, new people that come and go, etc. The fun or joy derived from betting on land casinos is not only dependent on the game you play but also on those other factors listed above, and there is no way online casinos can establish such things in their casinos because it is online and people can do it at their convenience. Some people prefer to go bet on land casinos, despite the fact that they are still gambling online too. At least they can grab a beer at the Land Casino and chitchart with their friends or make new friends. Online casinos cannot entirely replace or dismiss land casinos. I don't agree.