Social Networking and Online Casinos

Social networking and online casinos are two of the biggest web phenomena today. Twitter and Facebook have taken the entire digital universe by storm, letting people from any corner of the globe communicate with each other over favorite interests. Since one of the most active communities in the online world is the online gaming community, it was only a matter of time before these two worlds collided. And now, online casino operators are finding ways to integrate social networking media apps into their sites.



ShoutBox is a social networking app launched by Bwin, and it is becoming very successful, allowing online players to chat amongst themselves while playing casino games online. The app allows players to invite contacts to try games and participate in online tournaments, such as slots or poker tournaments. Online gambling experts own that this type of social networking will become an integral piece of the online casino of the future.



Online wagering sites that have not installed their hold social media apps spend existing social networking sites to preserve fresh players eager and to bring novel ones on board. Twitter accounts and Facebook Fan pages are ways in which casino operators expand their come, by using advertising promotions and answering questions rapidly. There are even games on Facebook, such as Zynga Poker, that web casinos consume to drum up interest in their sites. Such social networking tournaments allow players to compete for free while encouraging them to visit the owner's gambling website.



But while Facebook is extraordinarily approved all over the world, in the UK, it is not as celebrated as online gambling itself. A 2010 peruse by Nielsen reported that in the UK, the number of internet gamers increased by 40% over the previous year, while the increase in UK expend of social media was significantly lower.



The UK is a world leader in online wagering, so the numbers are not that surprising. Other European countries are following closely on their heels as most of Europe now has regulated web gambling. When the numbers are broken down, it becomes distinct that middle weak men sage for most of the increase in UK online wagering numbers, though women are enormous fans too, with poker and bingo being the most f`vorite games among the British.



Because so many of the web gamers in Britain are middle ragged, and because so many Facebook users tend to be younger, it may be that the mix of social networking and gambling won't happen on as titanic a scale until the casinos themselves gain social networking into the sites themselves.



Additionally, if the US eventually regulates online gambling, making it clearly accurate rather than residing in a somewhat vague suitable plot as it does in 2010, a number of UK gambling companies are poised to apply for licenses to operate in the US, and this should marry online gaming to social networking even more strongly.