The Evolution of Online Slots

May 14, 2013

If you could go back in time just a couple of years, and fire up your favourite online slot game of the time, at your chosen online casino, you would hardly recognise it. Back then, just a short time ago, online slot technology was quite limited. Almost every online casino site offered online gambling games as a downloadable application, that usually only ran on the PC. Fast forward to today, and things have changed a lot, so we thought it would be interesting to look at some of the video slot technology that has changed the face of online gambling.

The major change that we have seen, with regards to online slot tech, is the fact that most major online casino sites now support a full range of play options, and this includes PC, Mac, and a whole range of mobile devices. This has mostly been achieved by using standardised instant play platforms. First there was Adobe Flash, which enabled any device with a compatible browser to play online gambling games. More recently, we have seen a shift to the less resource intensive HTML 5.0 platform.

Mobile gambling has also taken off in a big way. The catalyst for this was twofold. Firstly, the advances in technology outlined above, and secondly the availability of inexpensive smartphones and tablets, that are entirely capable of running the full range of online gambling games that online casino sites have to offer. The mobile gambling apps support the entire iOS range of devices (iPad, iPhone and iPod) as well as a massive range of Google Android equipped devices.

Next up we need to take a look at social gaming, and the influence it is having upon online slot games. As an internet user, there can be no doubt that you are aware of the amazing success of Facebook and other social networking sites. Video slot developers have not been slow in adopting key social networking technology to build social gaming into their online gambling games. Over the last few months we have seen several major online casino sites make a move towards a more social gaming type of set up, and this trend is likely to continue for some time.

We live in exciting times; technology is becoming much cheaper and much more powerful. This means that online casino sites can deploy ever increasing levels of tech to improve the online gambling experience.

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