Online Casino Facts You Didn’t Know
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Silentbet team collected 7 surprising facts to do with online casinos. Why seven? It is a number we readily associate with casinos – 777 being the trigger to all jackpots in the classic slot machines back in the day.
7 Facts at a Glance
- #1 Gambling is as old as society
- #2 It’s no longer a man’s world
- #3 Almost 1 in 10 people are online to play games
- #4 Slot machines are becoming obsolete
- #5 The Gambling Industry will be worth $138.10bn by 2028
- #6 Roulette numbers add up to 666, making it the Devil’s Game
- #7 The first ever online casino launched in South Africa back in 1994
Fact Number 1: Gambling is as old as society
Yes, gambling falls under one of the oldest activities known to humanity. We cannot be sure if cavemen resorted to wagering when trying to see who would hunt down the biggest predator in the vicinity, but we are sure that gambling is very old indeed.
You may be surprised to know that, according to Jo Amy, possibly the first evidence as early as 2000 B.C. In ancient China, the Book of Songs records a game where those who play draw wood tiles in what appears to be a lottery game. (Source)
Fact Number 2: It’s no longer a man’s world
Gambling was predominantly an activity reserved for the male species of humanity. However, things have been changing in recent years. More and more women turn to online casinos and even sports betting. Women professional gamblers are also not hard to find. Just think of the female poker player Liv Boeree, who made it to the all-time poker money list, for instance.
According to our research, 36% of all active online gamblers are women and yet the figures are showing an upward trend. (Source)
Also, do not forget that the first ever casino license in Las Vegas was given to a woman. This all happened back in 1931 with the exceptional lady Mayme Stocker. The casino is now La Bayou. (Source)
Fact Number 3: Almost 1 in 10 people are online to play games
The numbers are staggering, but people have started to prefer betting online to going to a land-based casino. What is more, almost 1/10th of all Internet users nowadays go online to play casino games in social casinos, for real money, or in a trial demo mode.
Where is the appeal? Interestingly, some crypto casinos will allow you to remain anonymous, which is a great plus for some. Also, jackpots and mega wins are abundant onlin, no matter that the chances of you scoring an actual win are rather slim. Still, knowing that 1 player scooped close to $20 million while playing Mega Moolah is a big enticement, to say the least. (Source)
Fact Number 4: Slot machines are becoming obsolete
Slot machines are slowly but steadily becoming vintage. It is hardly surprising then that in the USA the retro slots are part of the memorabilia business. You can now buy an antique coin slot machine on places like eBay. Also, one armed bankers are making it to history museums.
Fact Number 5: The Gambling Industry will be worth $138.10bn by 2028
Yes, you read that right. The global online iGaming revenue is expected to rise to an estimated market volume of $138.10bn by 2028, according to Statista. (Source) This is an annual growth rate of 6.51% CAGR.
This is becoming big business indeed and with the current trends of incorporating crypto, meta and mobile technologies, we all expect to see an unprecedented boom in online casino gambling on a global scale.
Fact Number 6: Roulette numbers add up to 666, making it the Devil’s Game
Roulette is known as the Devil’s Game. Why? Let’s do some maths. All the roulette numbers are 0, 32, 15, 19, 4, 21, 2, 25, 17, 34, 6, 27, 13, 36, 11, 30, 8, 23, 10, 5, 24, 16, 33, 1, 20, 14, 31, 9, 22, 18, 29, 7, 28, 12, 35, 3, 26. Add them up and you get 666, which is coincidentally or not the Devil’s Number according to New Testament, the Book of Revelation (13:17–18) (Source)
Fact Number 7: The first ever online casino launched in South Africa back in 1994
The Internet in the form that we know it started in 1994 and this is the year the first ever online casino launched. It all started as the web address – casino.co.za based on the Microgaming software. What people had to do was deposit manually at a retail shop and then use the money to play online. Direct online payments started 3 years later, in 1997, meaning that some historians dispute this fact as online casinos are usually associated with online deposits. (Source)
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