An Online Casino Ban Could Hurt Future of Casinos in America

The conclusion of this year's Global Gaming Expo held in Las Vegas, Nevada had spectators and industry insiders buzzing about the future of the industry. It appears that the future of casino gaming is leading towards server based technology that will allow players to play more than just one slot on the same machine.

If online casinos were to be banned in the United States, this function of brick and mortar casinos would be problematic, to say the least. Technically, these servers may be construed as 'online', therefore they may be banned along with traditional online sites.

Of course, this could be one of the reasons why the American Gaming Association, the industry's top lobbying group, has changed its course and now backs full legalization and regulation of online casinos.

The new slot machines would be sophisticated enough to compete with the high quality offered at online sites, yet they would not be too sophisticated as to turn away the elderly crowd who would be unfamiliar with how to use such machines.

The casino games would be offered by leading software developers in the industry, including: IGT or International Game Technology, Bally Technologies, Aristocrat Technologies, and WMS Gaming.

December 6, 2008
Posted By Tom Jones
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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