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February 9, 2014

Learn why so many people play and enjoy online casino gaming

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At the end of the day, most people play casino games to enjoy a bit of leisure. There have been many innovations made to improve the graphics and increase the amount of pleasure that anyone playing casino games is able to get. This has been one of the major draws to casino gaming. It is not that it has anyway watered down the dynamics of any of the games, which can be quite pleasurable in themselves; it’s just that people are able to get great gratification from the various effects that have been added to the online versions of the games.

Online casino games are all over the Internet. It is not hard to find one that suits your interests and matches your tastes. It really is just a matter of looking for it. The great thing about online casino gaming is that it does not require a minimum deposit or wager in order to play. You can try a variety of different sites until you find the one that is right for you. Online casino gaming can be a great way to spend your time and effort. It can be a very pleasant and rewarding experience.

Online casino gaming is on the rise. You can get the best that traditional casino gaming has offered through the various media of online casino gaming. Although traditional gaming place continue to operate, online casino is the future. It offers players the best graphics, the best effects, and the best conveniences to be found anywhere. For those who love casino gaming online casino gaming is just perfect as a way of passing the time or earning a little money.

It is not that traditional casinos were not fun and entertaining place to carry on gaming; it is that online casino gaming has become so much more attractive for the ease and accessibility it offers. Anyone who has tried online casino gaming has come away with a feeling of great pleasure. The opportunity to go onto a website and play your favorite casino games is not to be missed.

The joy and excitement that one gets from casino gaming can now be had online. Through the web people are now able to access and play games that they’ve enjoyed for decades. And the great news is that it is not as expensive and burdensome as it used to be. Not more than twenty years ago most people had to plan a long and expensive journey in order to get to a casino. It was still a time when casinos were quite sparse around the country. Such a trip could end up costing hundreds of dollars plus the expense of actually casting wagers. That is all a thing of the past. Online casino gaming allows persons to play the games of their choosing without having to worry about travel or accommodation. This is a considerable advancement in how the games are played. And it has redounded mostly to the benefit of ordinary people. This is a great time to play online casino gaming.

February 7, 2014

Discover the great fun and excitement to be had with online casino gaming

Filed under: Casino — Tags: , — OCE News @ 4:04 am

Newcomers to online casino gaming also benefit tremendously from this new development. They no longer have to go through the worry and anxiety of being a first timer. Being able to gamble from the comfort of your own home results in an ease that counters first time jitters. It is a wonderful experience to be able to scan the worldwide web for a gaming site, and then join that site and play at your leisure. Indeed, most gaming sites do not require an entrance fee or a minimum amount of money to wager. You can go in and out as you please; and you don’t have to worry about having to risk a certain amount of money.

Online casino gaming has made the various games that one finds in casinos much easier to access and play. It has led to a democratization of casino gaming that did not exist before. It is easier than it has ever been to find a casino and play the games that you’ve always enjoyed or that you’ve always been interested in. This can be fun and exciting for everyone who has an interest in casinos and the kind of games that one tends to find in them.

It is not an understatement to say that online casino games have increased the popularity of casino gaming in general. The fact that anyone can now enter and play in a casino through a virtual portal has demystified and made more transparent the intricacies of casino gaming. It is no longer a thing that is exotic or strange, a thing that one sees wealthy elites enjoying in foreign locales.

Online casino gaming is now accessible to everyone. And as a result, everyone has joined in to play! There has never been a time when casino gaming was more popular. Everyone from pensioners to college students are now getting in the act, going online, and enjoying the wonderful world of online casino gaming. The numbers of people who have gotten into everything from poker to faro staggers the mind. It really does show that the something becomes known and more familiar to people the more they tend to want to find out more about it. In this case familiarity does not breed contempt, it breeds satisfaction.

Casino gaming has long been associated with wealth and an upper class status. What online casino gaming has done is brought the various games to the people. Online casino gaming has become popular because it has been modified, adjusted, and reformed in a way that makes it more palatable to popular tastes. Many sites still carry games that are run the exact same way as they are in traditional casinos. However, there are a great many sites that operate games which are modified to make them easier to play. This increases the fun and pleasure that anyone who wants to play a game for the first time is able to have. Online casino games are operated in a context, the worldwide web, which allows for the substantial improvement of their entertainment value.

September 14, 2013

Gambling Revenues in Maryland Soaring

Filed under: Casino — Tags: , — OCE News @ 11:19 am

The state of Maryland made a bet that casino gambling would pay off for them. It seems as if they were right, even though their lottery sales are down.

For the first time in some 16 years, traditional lottery revenues for Maryland have fallen by nearly 2 percent. These results were released by the state’s Lottery and Gaming Control Agency. During the same period of time, casino revenues for Maryland have more than tripled. This is new record level for the state.

According to the state records, Maryland had a net gain of about $830 million in gambling taxes. This represents an increase of 27 percent over the previous fiscal year. The state lottery added about $545 million to the state’s general fund; the state casinos were able to add $284 million to the Maryland Education Trust Fund.

What may surprise some people is that over three-quarters of the total casino tax revenue that came in came from Maryland Live, which is located at Arundel Mills mall. The casino opened in June 2012.

Director of the Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, Stephen L. Martino, is reported to have hired a research firm to prove the hypothesis “that when you open the third-largest [commercial] casino in the United States squarely between your two most heavily populated metropolitan areas, there’s going to be some movement in discretionary gaming dollars from the lottery to the casino.”

According to Martino, lottery retailers around the vicinity of Maryland Live started to report losses keno sales and instant-ticket sales almost immediately after the casino went live. Before the casino had opened, lottery sales and revenues in the area had steadily increased for each fiscal year since 1996. Martino is said to have warned officials that the lottery and its 15-year growth streak was going to falter once casino revenues started playing in the mix.

Martino said recently, “Taken as a whole, what we operate and what we regulate, we are pleased with the way the fiscal year ended. The fact there was a lottery decline is not anything we are happy about. This is just a new normal, and we are going to see decreases and there is really not much we can do.”

It has been reported in the past that Maryland is aggressively planning to expand casino gambling, will be adding 24-hour operations, will also be adding live-action table games, and it looking at more properties. To date, a fifth casino is expected to open in Baltimore next year. Another casino is planned for Prince George’s County, opening expected to be in 2016. In addition to all of this, Maryland Live will be continuing with its own site expansion, which will include a 52-table poker room.

Right now, the casino already has 4300 slot machines and 180 table games. During July, Maryland Live is reported to have collected in gross gambling revenue more than $52 million. This is an increase of 48 percent year to date. As one can see, the outlook for Maryland gaming seems to be very bright indeed.

September 12, 2013

Gaming Marketing Urged Toward Digital

Filed under: Casino — Tags: , , — OCE News @ 11:18 am

It is no secret that many companies have taken advantage of digital marketing over the last few years. Now, the gaming industry is being urged to follow suit. While casinos and major brands have already used digital platforms for many of their online games and apps, some have not yet seen the light when it comes to taking full advantage of digital as a marketing tool.

Experts all seem to agree that those entities that are involved in gaming should consider embracing all that is currently available in digital marketing. This would include a variety of onsite enhancements as well as using social media such as Twitter and Facebook.

According to Angel Suarez who is VP for the Red Circle Agency which is a casino marketing company located in Minneapolis: “As marketers, you need to realize that digital is the future of advertising.” These comments came during the recent Casino Marketing Conference.

Suarez gave the presentation to around 125 casino executives, as well as marketers, and remarked that digital marketing is not only cost-effective but it is also measurable. Just as important, we said, digital marketing can be employed by anyone. Every casino should have at a minimum a functional website that has been optimized with the appropriate content and should also have some form of social media marketing in place.

According to Suarez, a casino’s website is its most valuable digital platform. Websites can be optimized for better performance on the search engines, thus making it easier for people to find the site. Sites should be optimized for all search engines including Yahoo, Google, and Bing. “You also need to make sure your website is relevant to whatever a customer is searching for. It’s also important for you to be ranked across all three search engines.”

In terms of social media marketing, this should be designed and operated so that customers can interact with casinos in a casual manner. Companies should try to avoid being too one-way when it comes to social media communications. “The problem is,” he said, “casinos are not engaging in a conversation but are instead just telling people what is going on.” He cautioned against trying to use the hard sell on social media stating that those who visit the site are already sold. Companies now need to entice visitors with good quality content and information and encourage feedback.

Along with the above, companies should also look into using other types of digital marketing which can include email and text, custom content, paid media, and what is known now as owned media. Owned media is basically media that companies have produced and, therefore, own. Examples would be videos posted on YouTube, streaming content, and other forms of unique content. Owned media is a good way to get the work out at very now cost.

This was a two-day conference that took a look at the many aspects of casino marketing that companies are facing today. It included panel discussions as well as went into discussions as to where future casino patrons will come from. It also looked at ways of communication with these future patrons through incentive programs.

September 2, 2013

Casino Proposal Top Of NY Ballot

Filed under: Casino — Tags: , , — OCE News @ 11:11 am

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has moved forward with prioritizing the placement of the state’s new gambling proposal scheduled for the November ballot. He, and others, believe that placing the proposal on the top of the upcoming ballot will help to get it passed.

In November, NY voters will vote on whether or not to approve a new state constitutional amendment. If passed, this amendment will allow four Vegas-style casinos to be created in upstate New York, one of which is believed to be located at the Saratoga Casino and Raceway.

Generally, new propositions are positioned on the ballot in sequence as they were approved by the state’s legislature. This time, however, six measures are to be placed on the November ballot at the top. It has been remarked that several casino proponents, as well as Governor Cuomo, want these gaming propositions listed first so that people who are voting will see them.

According to state Sen. John Bonacic, R-Mt. Hope, chair of the Senate Racing, Wagering and Gaming Committee, “When it (the ballot) comes out, it will be No. 1.” He went on to say that there will be marketing campaign that urges state residents to “Vote No. 1.”

It should be noted that he represents the Catskills area, which may get two full-scale casinos if the propositions are passed.

Also, in addition to the above, there are plans calling for voting booth attendants to speak to voters and remind them about the propositions just before they will cast their ballots. The new propositions are to be listed on the back of the paper ballots which voters fill out. It is a known fact that voters often forget to fill out both sides of the ballot. Officials who are running for public office will be posted on the front side of the ballot.

Gambling proponents are also concerned of light voter turnout because there are no big statewide races coming up this November. These ballot plans are not the only things that the state is doing as they try to get these casino proposals approved by voters.

One reason for this effort is that neighboring states who also have casinos will try their best to lobby against the new measures. Any new casinos in New York will, of course, have an impact on their businesses. Casinos in both New Jersey and Connecticut have already seen downturns financially. The amount of money that is expected to be used to lobby against the new proposals will be large, experts suggest.

Should the new proposals fail to be approved by voters, the state may still install video gaming machines at state non-racetrack locations. Also, if the proposals are defeated, they will not be brought up again, at least not in the near future. It is not clear at this time how or when those who may be opposed to the new proposals will being their lobbying efforts, but those efforts are expected to begin soon, and expected to be most aggressive in those areas that are closer to state borders who have competing casinos.

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