50 years ago, telling someone you had a casino in your pocket would’ve invariably got you mocked, scorned or institutionalised. Without a doubt it’s a bold and seemingly outlandish claim, but in this day and age it’s not only possible, but a part of everyday life for many people. And no, we haven’t worked out how to shrink the MGM Grand…
Smartphones. One of the greatest technological innovations of the 21st Century so far, these nifty devices allow us to carry much of our lives around with us wherever we go; our friends, families, jobs and passions. There’s very little you can’t take on the road with you nowadays, and casino gaming is no exception. Download yourself a casino app – Jackpot Capital Casino is particularly good – onto your Blackberry, iPhone, Android, whatever, and you’re free to game pretty much anywhere, provided you’re connected to the internet.
What this effectively means for the end user is unprecedented levels of flexibility and playability; the difference between leaving a game mid-flow because you’ve got to be somewhere and carrying on playing to completion once you’ve left the house, between gaming in your bedroom and gaming in the park, between sitting on the bus with nothing but the back of someone’s head to look at and having the opportunity to absorb yourself in a gripping, entertaining and escapist casino experience on your way from A to B.
Where once our slot machines were monstrous, hulking contraptions lingering like big Easter Island head statues in arcades, bars and casinos, they can now be as simple as a colourful set of reels accompanied by animations and sound effects on the screen of a mobile phone. We’ve shrunk our thrills, refined them and tucked them away in our pockets. If you spot someone clutching a phone and quietly balling their fist in celebration at the launderette, on the train or at a coffee shop, the odds are pretty good they’ve just won big on an online casino. Imagine winning a life-changing sum of money whilst sat on the tube!
It’s hard to believe that online casinos have developed to quite the extent they have over the past decade; from primitive, blocky, clunky and niche to a worldwide phenomenon, often slickly realised and more than a match for the ‘real life’ casino experience. So now we can carry a casino in our pockets. What’s next?
The naysayers who’d have you believe there’s no further to go in the field of technological innovation are the direct descendants of the kind of people who laughed when Christopher Columbus suggested the world was round. They’re not to be heeded. It’s anyone’s guess what the next big move in online casino gameplay will be. Will we be seeing holographic casinos projected onto our walls, poker games superimposed onto our own vision with augmented reality glasses, digital casinos you can smell? It’s all just one great idea away.
