QwertyCasino.com bi-yearly review
With new online casinos being manufactured faster than boy bands, it was always going to be a tough first six months of the year.
Certain online casinos have strived to overcome the teething problems originally imposed by the UIGEA and have done so admirably and with the minimum of fuss. Other online casinos have found it more difficult and have had to pull out of the US market altogether. Not that the "Rest of the World" is a small market, and one would expect anyone who has had to pull out of the US to build a strong European customer base on a long term basis.
Most of the new online casinos have, as one would expect, come onto the scenes offering as big a bonus as their Director of Finance will allow. Not surprising to say the least, although one would have thought now would be the perfect time to offer something a bit more imaginative and useful than that of the usual big money bonus, that is always so difficult to claw back as a withdrawal.
No deposit casinos and play free for an hour have also been a big hit with numerous players, but not so much for affiliates over the past six months. This was again, set up in the hope of creating more sign ups who would deposit at a later date when things ran dry. On a percentage basis, it would be very interesting to see how many potential users go on to use their own hard earned cash after using the casinos free cash systems. Our guess would be less than 2%. If people want to gamble real money, then they sign up, deposit and play. Simple.
Online casinos continue to use these methods to attract potential would be depositors, and it seems, that as they are still running these promotions that they are working - slightly.
As for online gambling, it is no secret that there have been less players joining in these last six months than any other six month period since the turn of the century. The credit crunch, global recession and certain governments using a dictatorial approach in seizing funds from casinos and players alike has caused a small hole to widen so deep, many are giving up hope.
There is hope out there, enough casinos and enough web space to keep the industry alive. These tough times are for everyone and not online casinos alone.
With regards to our online casino list we have looked add more and more online casinos throughout the last 6 months, as well as new pages such as Top 10's, Best gambling games, and best casinos on a software versus proprietary basis.
Certain casinos have fallen from our list such as 888.com amd Littlewoods. Others have had their ratings increase or decrease due to public opinion or what has been reported by way of reviews, eCOGRA, and the expert opinions of all at the GPWA.org
The end of the year will hopefully see an increase not only in overall players and revenue, but an increase in the quality of online casinos and what they have to offer. We look forward to this challenge and wish everyone in the industry a prosperous next 6 six months.
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