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I am asking this because I do have some short of an answer for videogames and for massive multiplayer games and even for social network oriented games. Videogames require a great design, good difficulty grading, an story that engages the user, massive multiplayer and network oriented are a lot about the interactions and how varied and fun these are. However, for casino games, it would seem that these factors are not really the most important ones. You can see games with very basic graphics and design, simple in the options for the player and not that engaging yet they do "hook" people in them.
What do these games have to have for you?

I think video games and casino games are vastly different in approach in the sense that online gambling games provide the thrill and illusion of winning money versus the experience of being in an immersive gaming environment that video games in general provide. Casino games nowadays, particularly slot games have been developed to higher degree when it comes to graphics and gameplay quality, however a casino game's prize scheme to its players is still what draws players to play online gambling games in my opinion.

To me, the key to diversity of modern casino games is whether if they can capitalize on the social aspect and how players nowadays spend time online playing to interact and have connection with other players in the internet leaning towards building a community while playing games. It's very interesting.

It seems a very easy question but actually kinda hard to answer to be honest. Perhaps a couple of factors; (1) that there is money involved and that (2) one is seemingly hunting for luck. They give all the thrill and excitement. Remove money and the sense of luck-hunting and many casino games are actually very boring games. But, of course, I am talking here of the kinds of casino games which are purely luck-based, say dice, crash game, roulette, and so on.

Perhaps it also counts that you could actually devise different strategies to try breaking that house edge even if you are aware yourself that it is futile in the end. Sometimes, the feeling when your money lasts longer than before is good enough.

I guess the simply answer is that people wanted to win, the rewards at the end. They think that they can play and that no matter what the edge it, they still think that it will end up in their favor. And then how they start their addiction, specially if they experience on what we call "beginners luck". They will come back for more, until they started to lose and then play more, and become a cycle.

I guess casino games and rpg games have their different factprs for hooking people. I've played several RPG games and it seems that unique  game mechanics, design, grinding and luck maoes people being hooked to it. Most people spend their time playing games where they  can loot rare items while grinding. Games with ranking makes it competitive, all gamers are competitive only few play for fun. They want to be on top and they want to own items as exclusive and rare as it could be.

Are you talking about casino games or games in general? Cause in games, in general, is very broad, there are story immersive ones (most heavy games one are these types) and then there are puzzle repetitive types (like Plant vs Zombies) and casino games should fall towards the latter. Ofc, it isn't like there are only these two types, there's still a broader lot of genres out there. Casino games are engaging since even if they were repetitive, they bring a freshness of sorts? That makes it addicting. Not to mention that it includes money (fr, the latter takes up most of the reason tbh).

Though if you consider table card games such as poker, now those are quite fun and addicting since you play against other players and what you get isn't always the same. It feels like it's a new type every time you play it or something? Simple but has depth kind of thing.

because the act of gambling itself is the one that makes people hooked into it and not its graphics, design, or how engaging the gambling game is, etc... I for one love the feeling of satisfaction I get whenever I win something whether it might be in gambling or not. winning in gambling(especially if it includes a large sum of money) can make people feel good. those things are what make people hooked on gambling.

there have been a lot of studies on why people get hooked on gambling. I suggest reading the article below. it gives you the Idea of what gambling does to people's brains when they do gamble.

https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/hub/why-is-gambling-addictive/

There are hundreds of games that can be found and can be accessed and played via laptops, smartphones and so on, ranging from low-level and high-level games, there are many things that can be owned and obtained in the life of playing games, at least the lessons and experiences have been had while in the game.

For example:
• skills, solidarity and cooperation are owned by every game player.
• those who are involved in playing games, must have experienced defeat, of course that is not a reason for frustration but is made into a lesson and a better experience in the future.
• The freedom to play is also owned by every game.
• the game someone is controlling not the other way around.
• friendship, insight, fun can be obtained from the game.
• the last one does not have to worry if it fails or money, if someone experiences this they can try again and again the next day, without having to deposit.

Of all that is owned by a gamer, of course not owned by a casino, quite the contrary, the casino must have real money and if you lose the casino game the opposite of what the game player has.

Conclusion: what you are saying is exactly, that factor is not 'important' in casino, on the contrary, if one loses in casino bet.

Well, in regards to gambling or casinos I guess it's all goes to the bonuses and the referral percentage an individual can get. For casino games I guess it depends on the uniqueness of the game and on my personal view I guess it depends on the UI and UX factor too, just my personal opinion.

I think one of the more important thing in a casino game to hook gamblers is to make them feel they've win a huge thing even if it don't cover their stake, for example in slot games you can get huge fireworks while just having win one free spin or half of your stake.
As nittrobetting said above prize scheme is also important, the user must get the feeling to progress toward bigger prizes and jackpots and not just wasting his time and his money.
For live casino games, it's different, I think the most important thing there is to have handsome female croupiers. ;D

There are some very successful games that offered in-game incentives. These games managed to stay alive because players who enjoyed them also enjoyed the rewards they got. With time, gaming has become a very competitive industry, with games releasing at a faster pace. Because of this, developers and game developers are constantly creating new features to please players.

For me to be hooked to a game is that the game has to allow me to win every time otherwise I'm not going to come back again. The games in casinos are almost the same, once you see it from the other casino then they all have the same games. None of them ever develop a game like Temple Run which you could earn once you beat a high score. If I see such a game I may actually keep coming back and practice more of this game too.

MMORPG (Massive multiplayer online role playing games) and Online casino games are totally different.
People "hook" up with mmorpg because they like adventure, thrill, level competition, PVP, and a possible profit during bet games all at the same time.
While casino games focuses only on money and bets that mostly based on luck. What makes casino games intresting is the fast result of your bets (usually takes a minute), compared to mmorpg games that takes hours before the winner is identified.

Money.

That very factor allows you to earn and lose money and that makes it hook able to the players that are playing those casino games. Slots, roulettes, sports betting and other types of betting, those are really hooking everyone because once you experience winning and earning.

You'll always think that you can win easy money.

Why are you talking about MMORPG? Where paxmao has mentioned them? I don't understand.  ???
According to you people are hooked by gambling games because they get the "result of their bets" before MMORPG?  ??? What you are saying doesn't mean anything. It's a pure shitpost and you're spamming. I better understand why you've send a merit to an aggressive post advocating spammers in the thread of RaptarX. :-\

I thought animation was important for gambling websites, but now I realize that it's not. I've seen websites with great animation of dice, crash, and slots, but they failed to attract users. At the same time, if a website itself doesn't look professionally, and the games look like they're from early 2000s, people won't be interested. So a simple, but neat design is a must. If we talk about the genres, people like short games, so that you can know the outcome pretty fast and not invest much time into it. I've also noticed that cooperative games don't do well, as people tend to play alone and want to either play against the website (as in dice) or against other people (poker). What makes a game successful is that it's fast, and yet there's still a moment when you anticipate the result instead of learning it right away. It should also be very simple, so that one doesn't have to spend time learning how to use the controllers and how to play.

I like MMORPG and Hack&Slash games mostly. Item hunting kept me playing for hours. The feeling when you get a rare overpowered item which the other people don't have is awesome. You know it is like unlocking the god mode. It doesn't feel awesome when everybody has it but when only the 1% has that and the other 99% don't, it even feels more awesome.  8)

Okay, I don't know if you're a troll or just sour because I merited someone who made a point into a certain discussion that perfectly contradicts yours https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5347734.msg57395629#msg57395629 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5347734.msg57395629#msg57395629)
Social network oriented games and massive multiplayer games, do you know what are those?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social-network_game  (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social-network_game)
Those are similar as mmorpg. We're talking about a massive player taking a role you play to an online games.

I'm sorry If you don't understand what I'm trying to say, that's not my problem anymore.

I don't understand what you're trying to say as well. You become irrelevant to every topic you're in. You're not in the topic as well, so that means you're spamming too?

And you deleted this sentence.

May I ask why?

Games in video games and casinos are different.
The difference is that games in video games do not need money to play, but they can buy accessories or stuff more powerful than the other player.
Games in the casino design to attract a gambler to come on their place and spend their money to win money.
Maybe the casino can redesign the graphics and the interface on their website or inside the games to have a different experience.

But the promise of winning is really huge in Online casino's and also there are many strategies that casino uses for people to get hooked, there are some chance that newbie makes a big amount of wins that will make you think of coming back and wanting to make that same win or much even higher , and these are the factors why people got hooked even if those are obvious traps.

In gambling, the general atmosphere and interface are very important for me.  

Gambling is primarily a game.  

I want to feel like a space tramp and adventurer Jason Di Alt (the hero of Harry Harrison's novel "Indomitable Planet") or James Bond from the movie "Casino Royale" or D'Artagnan (the hero of Alexander Dumas's novel "The Three Musketeers").  

It's just so boring to play.  

I would like to feel like the savior of the whole planet, a super agent, or at least an eternally drunk nobleman from the detachment of the guards of His Majesty King Louis XIII.

May I ask you why you still haven't edited or deleted your nonsense post while having edited this one several times? The question is simple :  What does it take for a game to "hook" people ? Saying what hooks people in gambling games is to be able to get the result of their bets more quickly than in a MMORPG game doesn't mean anything and is pure garbage, most of gamblers have never played one single time in their life to your MMORPGs and they obviously don't care of them at all. There are certainly several reasons but what it hooks gamblers is IMO mostly the opportunity to win big amounts of money and/or valuable gifts. Then we are "hooked"(but not you obviously) when we get the feeling to have won anything valuable and to be able to win bigger winnings than what we've earned to date.

Interesting question.

I think i could be "hooked" to a very basic game like Dice because of the randomness and difficulty in predicting what side of the Dice is shown as the top when thrown randomly.   Trying to understand what factors make a Dice land on a particular side instead of  the others. I'm interested in accurately/consistently predicting the right side.
I don't believe it's random.

If the game can make you feel like you will win the next spin or turn, I think that's enough to for someone to get hooked to a game. Another thing that I think of is probably the engagement of the game to the players, basically the game is sort of addictive.

Video games and casinos might share the multiplayer option but has very vasatile features. Coming to video games with story lines that goes inline with every single level and each level has a different graphics to better help the player picture what obstacles are ahead of his present level. But for casinos the graphics tends to remain static for almost all level except for few color changes or background setup.

Both are enjoyable and when we're enjoying, we play again those video games that we've played and that's the same in casinos. Once we started to have the favorite game that we're enjoying, that's how we're going to be able to hook with it. We don't care about graphics or whatsoever other features as long as we're enjoying, we play, we win and we lose. That's it and we're going to play it back again once we've put it in our favorite list.

that was only a feeling and that will dissapear when they try the actual game and found out that their feeling was not real , they will not come back again .
what we need is reality ,
the game can make the players win and they will be excited to comeback because they know they have a chance . this covers being addictive .

Hahaha childish.
Ask those who played and placed a bet in Dota2, Mobile Legends, and other MMO games tournament.
I'm 100% sure they haven't played MMORPG in their lives and they're placing bets and so they're "not" gamblers  :D
You just don't get my point or you're trying to miss the point.

Okay, I don't want to argue with you anymore. Because you're obviously trolling right now.

Also, there's no rules here of how many times you edit your post.

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@OP I apologize for the off-topic, this is my last reply to him. He's on my Ignore list.  :D

It's just the potential to make money and the ease of use. There is a reason people don't go for competitive video games as they are hard to be good at. Ya don't have to get good at casino-based games, you just need to know the bases, be lucky and be consistent, that's it. Why people gamble is a question older than the world itself :D

Even a small win in gambling allows the human body to produce the hormone of happiness through which we get positive emotions. That is what makes us go back to where we got it. As I understand the production of this hormone is individual. Someone can eat a candy bar and become happy, and for someone a parachute jump is not enough. So not all of us are susceptible to gambling addiction.

The difference is that you seek good graphics and gameplay in videogames, while in gambling, you seek thrill and money, while you're challenging the house with your gameplay which is basically nothing to do with how you play on videogames. Gambling site games doesn't requires good graphics because what we're after is the result, not the UI and graphics, as long as it could present a good picture on how to play it, it'll do.

Odds are mainly what gets people hooked on games. If they see that it is closer to 100%, even if the odds are still bad, they would still bet on it and think that it's easy to win the game. I'm one of those guys honestly, has been charmed by dice and has been hooked ever since. I just thought that that 49.5% is a pretty decent odds on a gambling game, and that it's too nice of an opportunity to pass on. I'm not a numbers guy so as long as the odds are near 100%, or at least it looks decent to me, I'll probably play it.

They hook people because they bring more excitement to the people and some of the games offer more challenges or PVP so that people will get urge to play and beat there own records but we cannot compare video games to gambling since for this a casino needs more promotions,marketing and enjoyable gaming environment so that there players will get hook to them since if they offer boring atmosphere then provably there players will became sleepy and find other casino that can challenge them or where they can find their enjoyment.

Once it comes to casinos and other gambling related games it hooks the player because a stake is done unlike the general video games and social media games. Outside this video games are played strictly for the fun of it but when it comes to casinos emotions sets in alongside greed so most likely players get stucked trying to recover from losses

This is exactly what happened to me yesterday but thankfully is not in the casino rather it is in the online MMORPG where you can re-roll your item qualities for a better one. When I first re-rolled I got lucky and get the quality I wanted but when I came back and re-rolled some items again, that's when things got worse because it keeps failing and I lose all my in-game money while doing that. This thing came up originally from gambling and I didn't have a chance to think twice because it goes well in the first place but ended up really bad in the end. 

It's because these games have different goals, for online games you always want to be at the top or have the best items in the game by playing it even longer than the majority.

On gambling games it's more about the money or specifically the opportunity to profit even though a lot of people play for fun it's hard to avoid the idea of playing for profit knowing you have a chance of winning something decent while risking small amounts.

The game designs doesn't matter that much tbh as some games can shine even if the graphics is kind of retro or simple.

As for me, the rewards that they would offer have a big part when it comes to hooking players and users. Most players want entertainment and reward at the same time. Players choose a site where they could easily win. Through that, games would make a good name just like what Axie infinity did. People find it more thrilling and exciting when there's money involved.

I do not agree with you.
For me, a game has to be entertaining and fun first and foremost. Whether I win or not is honestly secondary for me. Of course I'm happy about winning, but I'm fully aware that at the end of the day only one person wins: the casino itself because of House Edge. But that's perfectly fine with me, I just see gambling as a hobby like going to the movies - only that's usually much more expensive and entertains me much shorter than good games on a crypto gambling platform.

I disagree to a certain level, you are right that it won't last that long but I think the time that they will feel the need to play again in case their next spin or turn is the winning spin/turn is enough time for them to come back to the website and have the feeling filled again. What do you mean reality? Gamblers gamble because they want to be entertained and entertainment is a good way to escape reality.

For a casino game it requires few simple things to "hook" people.  It's not great graphics or difficulty setting or even a storyline as rightly pointed out by you.

1. Easy to play and understand
2. Profitability

That's all it matters for a casino game. That why crash games are so popular in today's crypto gambling market. Just few clicks and that's all it takes, really!

There would appear to be many different elements involved in "hooking" players and turning them into reoccurring players. Some can be quite obvious - fast paced games like Battlegrounds can induce adrenaline rushes from the frantic gun fights and very realistic scenes. Adrenaline can be a very addictive chemical and people love to chase that high. Equally it can be triggered in horror type games, due to the fight or flight mechanism in our brains and the amazing immersion that certain games can give. Some of the more basic games like slots at a casino give a dopamine (the "happy" chemical) rush to the brain when we win and the body craves any situation where it can try to repeat it - although the threshold for pleasure can become too high. In many circumstances it is about chasing happy feelings, maybe there are good memories of playing with friends or realizing that a game is stimulating to your mind (e.g. world building).

I know where you are coming from but this is difficult to know, in my case I like to play poker and the reason I like it is simple, I like it because it is a game in which I have to think and try to determine if the hand I have is enough to win over my opponent, obviously it is not an exact science but that makes it even more attractive in my eyes, however for other players all of this could be a reason to not like poker at all and instead prefer games of a simpler design.

I would definitely say the opposite thing about UI/UX doesnt really matter for most players? No its not.Its one of the factors on where people do get hooked up but of course the main

one would be talking about the games offered and the perks or bonuses on which do spark out peoples interest but of course those wont really be enough if a site doesnt look good.

All of those qualities on a certain gambling site is important and not just focus only on one factor because that wont surely be enough.

This is true! When i do saw a new site then the primary thing on where most people do make comments about is mostly on design.You would be seeing those feedbacks that design is mediocre or like a school project or something like that and that would be leaving bad impression in the end of the day so it does simply shows or means that it do surely counts.Its really one of the things that do hook up people on playing or staying on a gambling site because who would be the one who do like to play on a site which isnt beautifully designed?

Being competitive in all factors should always be prioritized by the developers, house owners needs to check everything before taking their steps into this business,

It should taking to the list that first impressions last, if you want to attract more active gamblers you should consider all those important part of part of this venture, everything have their respective reasons why it's needed to make sure that things are being look upon.

Everything needs to work accordingly and appropriately.

The UI/UX experience may be important at the start, but after that, you will look for other perks on the site, like rewards or bonuses. Because enjoying the site by its design will last not very long. If you will stay on the site, you will look for more features that will encourage you to spend more. Like contests, race or whatever activity they can think of to make their players active and engaging to the community.

Maybe people got hooked on the bonuses and good prizes on that casino despite the basic graphics and design.

Most gamblers care for that more than the design. And if the site is always reachable, that's a good characteristic.

Gambling business owners do knows on what are the things should be next in line because design alone wont be enough on having a successful business and they surely should be mindful about giving out perks and bonuses because this is mostly people do get interested about specially on whales and also if they do find out about fairness is there then its one of the most important factor.

I agree that design is important but overall if you do expect to have a good result then you should collaborate all of those things needed to have a good and much better website or platform that others.

It all depends on the purpose of one playing. See, in video games, it's easier because there's only one purpose - people play for fun. In gambling, on the contrary, some play for the money and others for fun. To the first ones, I believe, the RTP is the most important criterion, they don't care about the graphics and how entertaining the game is, such people can put the game on the auto mode and go away, so they don't even see the whole thing.

To the others (and I consider myself being in the second group rather than in the first) the whole atmosphere is important, and, of course, a lot depends on the type of the game itself. In dice, I guess, most games look the same, even on different websites, there's not much to change there, so nothing matters. In poker - the graphics, how realistic the table and the cards look, also how many players can be placed on your table, how often do they change. In slots - I personally look for something interestingly themed, and not only the picture, but the music and sounds also matter.

If you mean the process of the emergence of gambling addiction, then most likely the game should constantly tease the player. The winnings should always be close and there should be a feeling that a little more and you will win the jackpot so the player will try more and more until he is out of money. And even after that, he will try to find money and return to the game in order to feel that feeling of a big win soon.

^ You have a point, in fact, there is totally irrelevant between the gamblers and the online gamers. Online gamers like this high graphics and high grading of the game but gamblers are the same, they look after the money and the chase on it even though they experience losses. So you can't compare these two things, the gamer, and the gambler because the truth is they are totally different. But for me, still, I prefer the user interface, I am sometimes lured with the color and design.

Some games site didn’t even promote their site but still players are coming it, and I have to agree that maybe they offer good amount of money in return of playing on that site, gamblers will always go for the money but if you’re just a gamer I’m sure you’ll not play on a site with a poor graphics. So this will always depend on the target market of that game, they can hook many if they are good enough.

First impression do really last this is why when you do launch a website then make sure that everything is set out and arranged accordingly and not just making out some launching even there are some parts
which are still buggy or not yet finished in terms of design because once the public do have that kind of bad experience or not so good in the start then that would most likely their interest would be gone
and would find on other much better this is why you should really take consideration on ensuring that everything is already finished and not half-baked.

You are very right.When a gambler wins a small amount of money,he feels and thinks that there is chance for him to win big,and therefore he continues playing,and they sweep him off his money,and as you said,he will still go a lenght of either borrowing  or stealing,to make up for his loss.He becomes an addict through having that mentality that soon,he will win big.

That depends on how I could get the fun out of that game, because if I don't get any benefit for whatsoever type betting game is that then I won't consider it as entertainment. Maybe I would rather choose the higher graphics one instead of basic graphics.

It is the satisfaction that people get when playing a particular game. Just like being a gamer that plays video games often, gamblers keep going back to casino or gambling website because that is the only place they satisfy them. They know that they lose money from gambling but can't stop it because of the pleasure they get. You feel like you can do it all day without getting bored. You have a goal that you want to achieve that you won't stop playing until you get it.

A video game and a casino gambling game I think are two different games, although both are played online but everyone has a different purpose as well. Therefore, even though in casino games only use basic graphics and design but it can hook a lot of people, and vice versa about video games I think it is no longer about graphics and design but about the purpose that makes them attracted to certain types of games. But indeed, when you want to run videogames, graphics and design are the main factors, because with a more attractive display, you will certainly be able to hook a lot of people. It's different if you want to run a casino, then at least any promotions and bonuses are an important factor to hook a lot of people, they already have their own market to be able to hook more people.

For me, the immersion and the experience is going to be the biggest reason why people get hooked in a game, in the case of gambling, the game gets people hooked by making sure that they are left wanting more out of the game.

Good user experience in terms of games offered and the perks been offered.This is one of the main things or reasons on why people do stick out on a certain gambling site.

Each of us does have its own preference when it comes to places on where we do like to play.When our experience is good and the bonuses do really interest you out.

Gambling site owners would really be doing all sorts of things just to make people do stick out into their site.So this would vary and outcome would be entirely differ.

Yes, that includes giving them more bonuses to make their member stay for more and spend more money.
Gamblers know about that but they tend to continue playing and even they will deposit more money because they do not have a bad experience before.
They will stay in that casino because they get comfortable playing gambling.
Once we get that feeling, that will benefit the casino because they will see which of the members will use more money to gamble.

Yeah specially if you are given some chances to make a Big wins , i myself when i was new in online casino? i come to win multiple times with huge outcome.
But in the end?i always lose lol.

The developer of the gambling site does not need to offer great design to attract players, because players opted to play for bonuses and perks and of course reputation, it's different from a gaming site, which needs to attract gamers from the design because these gamers are playing for fun and not for profit, casinos gamers always check the potential profit that they are going to get.

According to marketing theory, the success or failure of a product is determined mostly by its ability to satisfy customers' preferences, needs, and expectations.

The game needs to be enticing to players. It has to be fun, engaging, and obviously entertaining. It is not uncommon for a game to be "perfectly average," but the mechanics are so fun, and the story so compelling, that we keep playing it. There should be elements to a game that make it interesting to play more than once. Multiplayer games are particularly appealing for this reason. In a game, players seek challenge, mystery, and reward all wrapped up in engaging and motivating gameplay.

In my view, the same applies to casino games, except that the focus is much more on the reward rather than on the gameplay.

I think the "hook" for Slots come with the small win intervals, because people do not want to grind for hours on end, without getting some kind of a reward for their time and efforts. Slots should be developed in a way, where there are regular small wins (features and Free spins) that will hook people in playing for longer periods.

There should also be a big carrot or some goal that can unlock huge bonuses, after a long period of play. (Some Slots have mastered this strategy, by creating small short quests or tasks that enables bonus features)  :P

I like the Slots where you unlock FREE SPINS and every Free spin round, unlocks better bonuses for the next round.  (Wilds / Multipliers / Feature symbols etc.)

the gambling game is a game of chance, so the main factor needed in gambling apart from tactics is luck in my opinion, I am also a person who likes to play slots and for some reason it seems like luck is reluctant to come to me,  so I don't know how much I have lost in the slot game :'(,  every time I lose I always think about stopping playing but it seems the temptation to gamble always comes when I'm holding money.

Strategy games such as chess checkers and can be used to develop important intellectual skills. Robroly games in which players play robots that have to find their way out of a moving maze teach players logical thinking and programming skills based on how to move their cards which is also easier if you have the skills there is a possibility of not losing heart. Teaches similar skills using cards to represent the player's air cycle and to simulate combat.

I could not agree more with you. Needless to say, casino games are far different from video games whereas design and graphics are primarily checked on. In casino games, the consideration that must be prioritized to make gamblers be hooked with it, are the profit and bonuses that one can obtain.

the difference between these things besides the things you've already mentioned is the "money" factor.

The main object in gambling is to make money, most people are not in gambling because they liked the game designer, they are there to make money they concentrate on mastering the game to make money

in the case of videogames people aim to have fun so they are more selective in games and video game companies strive to create more realistic games so that people have good fun

I think that games get hooked or young people who have a lot of free time, or people who want to get away from the problems in real life and relax. Virtual worlds are a kind of trap which lures by its attractiveness storyline freedom of choice, but takes a lot of time which unfortunately can not be returned back.

Unlike computer games gambling lure players financial component, which in my opinion is even more addictive. After all, when you have a free $1000 in your pocket in your head immediately appears hundreds of ideas where you can spend these funds.

By the way, the question of how to evaluate such a strategy from the side of the casino is quite interesting - many people will call it a fraud or at least an immoral act. But if you look from the other side, it turns out that for some amount of money the player buys the hope that he will get rich, plus for some time (during the game) he reaches a certain pleasant mental state. From this point of view, it turns out that this is an honest exchange and everyone gets what they wanted.

Graphics isn't something I give great importance to because I would rather play a game that is not that pleasant on the eyes, but fulfills some other essential requirements. A catchy game needs a high payout potential combined with a low house edge. It should be equally attractive for small-time gamblers who prefer to play with just a few cents as well as highrollers who stake 100s of dollars worth of coins. I like a good soundtrack and quality sound animations, because the game is supposed to arouse all my senses. I find it repulsive when the game sounds like I am playing Pac-Man.       

In the case of my country, it is very easy to hook people, you just have to have the required publicity, in social networks most people do not have much contact except the young people, but the great players, or those of the old school They only trust traditional advertising, such as Radio, TV, in fact I have told the best platforms to take risks with this style of advertising, but I think they would spend much less on that style of advertising than paying any influencer.

It should be noted that traditional casinos are totally prohibited in my country, and those players from 20 years ago are currently older, but they have the same taste for the game, what happens is that they do not trust digital advertising, but in reality they are people of a lot of money that with enough publicity that generates confidence they can enter these casino platforms.

They don't get hooked to the games. They get hooked to gambling. They will get more hooked when they see that they are able to win a lot. This means, you need to have good payouts and odds for keeping people interested in your casino. Maybe lower the house edge will want people to keep on playing on your casino. Good music, design and animation might also get people hooked in those games.

Well, as we can see most of the answers are the same as this, --so it means that gambling game is only the purpose of creating money right? Even though the graphics are not so good as long as it requires a high payout then it is okay. Unlike video games that it is all about fun because you will not choose a simple design if you are a video games gamer. This proves that gambling is not all about gamble to have fun, it is all about gamble because of high payout. For me, the most important when I am in gambling is to know how provably fair works and the reputation, graphics design is the second option.

I also admit that playing gambling is not just for fun, because I prefer gambling sites that can provide high payouts and have a good reputation.
For gambling games, graphic design is not too important, unlike the video games we usually play. I often play video games on my PC, and graphic
design is one of my top choices. So to be able to hook someone up in a gambling game, just give people a chance to get high payouts. In fact it can
not only hook someone, but can make people become addicted too. In the end, without realizing it, most people play gambling with the aim of
making money. Although I am not obsessed with winning when playing gambling, but if I find a gambling site that provides the opportunity to get
high payouts, I will always come back to play at the gambling site.

Design and animation may be attract and appeal to some people, but I myself am often looking for something that can double the multiplier. gamble option, but if you talk about the gamble broadly, you'll definitely choose the one that's happening,  like this month there are many major tournaments in e-sports. so I think it depends on the season and what's popular.

One of common thing on why people do stick out? Aside with those things you do mentioned is on when people do make out some first bets and turns out to be a win
then would automatically creates some positive impression on where they do believe that this site might be lucky for them to play and in result this would really make
the user to go back and would try the same bets again until they do experience out different outcomes and leaving out on the platform will really just
vary because some do turn back and some would be deciding to stay on.

It's because in gambling-type of games, what matters most is the site's approach to its users as we are talking about their "money" here. The site layout is a must but it doesn't need to be fully applied with a hardcore layout but if considered, it's another +.

If I remember it right, there's a thread here before asking the community what they looked at the casinos.

Only a few answers about the design and layout. Mostly, how the site is keeping in touch with their users.

Gaming sites are for people to have some fun while casinos are created for people to make money while having fun, I don't care about the design as long as I have a chance to make a profit and I have no problem withdrawing my earnings, now if I am going just going to play I will look for great design and gaming with good server.

In case of gambling games what hook me is the low house edge, because it makes winnings happen more often, what gives an impression of progression similar to good video games where you evolve your character along the game's story. If winnings happen often, automatically the game will become more sympathetic and attractive in different ways, doesn't matter how elaborated are the graphics and mechanisms.
On the other hand, the gambling game can be the prettiest of the industry, but if the gambler only loses playing it, he won't be hooked by the game in anyways.

As long as you are not becoming addicted and knows where to limit your self then i think there are no issue at all.
Either for fun or for making money it doesnt matter , just make sure not to get hooked and make trouble for your life.

If a gamer is playing he will look at the design and not on income that they are going to get if a gambler is playing he will look at the profit and the house edge and provably fair, these are two different people and it depends on what kind of players they are catering gambling casinos do not need a stunning design, they just give them provably fair games and gamblers will play.

Many people love to play roguelike games. Usually these are games with graphics reminiscent of the 90s. And there is another type of games - incremental ones, some of which have no graphics at all, but at the same time they are very addictive to the players. Thus, it is obvious that even if we do not consider gambling, there is no direct correlation between beautiful graphics and the degree of player involvement.
This means that most likely the most important element in the game is the gameplay, and beauty is in third place (convenient design is in second place).

Yes agree might be like this . Gamers on gambling more like in RPG games they have fun with the game and gambling inside the game . but pure gamble are more consent about his money. its doesn't matter about the design of the game, like dice its only high and low game. or crash . just watching simulator plane to go moon  ;D

I think you have a point, that money is the biggest aspect but most sites seem to get it wrong by thinking it is "safety and security" of those funds,,, which anyway is almost difficult for any centralized platform to prove.

But people want their withdrawals asap, and without issues and problems. You do that and people will keep coming back. It is quite simple for a casino in the end:)

Greed hooks the audience to be honest, the urge to make money or atleast how our luck has been while doing this makes the curiosity and keep the people to keep gambling there and this ks literally for new gamblers.

Once people familiar with the gambling with try to explore the games because casino games are innumerable and always keep us more excited compared to other field like video games or social network.

In general, almost all game can bind people to continue playing without any coercion because of the challenges of the game, visualization and curiosity to win the game. Game creator seem to understand very well how people will always play game because there are real challenge in them as well as attractive displays. In the context of gambling, the visualization and challenge of winning bets from the game will make the players addicted. These two thing seem to be the basics of a game.

Once, I was so addicted to the soccer video game that I spent a lot of time and money just enjoying the game. Definitely not because of the money, but there is entertainment and other stuff contained within the game itself.

I was hooked on many video games, from commodore and Nintendo... all Sony consoles, PC games... the list is long! We can make a difference between games where we can earn money and just have fun, but what is common is that we like to win in any game we play! Of course, winning all the time is not possible, and we can make another difference here, some people like more challenging games, some like easy and simple games! Game creators must satisfy all gamer's needs, and therefore we have so many games around!

When it comes to gambling games only, many things can attract me... starting from interface and animation to promotion and bonuses, there are many things that can attract my attention, and I will simply give it a try! If a game is good I will play it, but after some time for sure I will change a game and I will look for other things, or I will simply go back to some games I played before! Taking a break from games and changing them from time to time is a good thing to do!

So sports betting attracts you because e-sports is part of sports betting. I guess the topic is regarding what kind of casino games attract gamblers.

As a gambler myself I often look for games with minimalistic features. I don't like games with hundreds of things to understand and part of this is why I only play selective slots since I am not among the gamblers who like feature crowded slots or games in general.

Dice is often times my most played game on the day and that's because I understand the concept, I know it's provably fair and it has no complicated results. Just bet under or over and roll it, simple as that.

Of course gameplay is the main criterion for player engagement. If we talk about old games such as games of the 2000s such as Heroes 3, Counter Strike, Need for Speed Porsche or Diablo II, the graphics was not very good there but players could spend all their free time for these games. Also a good confirmation of these words is a standard Windows game - Minesweeper, which has a huge number of fans.

I can tell you my experience - initially it is done for fun, but then you get used to the game and try to achieve top results. I've played various games like Endless Frontier, Days byGone and usually it ended up with my smartphone playing these games at night (I used an autoclicker) to make the fastest progress.

There is one answer for this question: excitement
The strong feeling of passion to win more money that you have now, without hard work and spending a lot of time. The passion for easy life.
People always trying to cheat reality and always choose the easiest way (even if it totally wrong). So because of that people play, played and will play such games, like poker, dice, slots and other.

3000 years of history of gambling confirm my thoughts.

What it boils down to is fun.  If a service is providing entertainment then users will pay for it.  Too many services focus on having the most features or advanced graphics and fall flat because of the lack of attention to the user experience.  I know developers that are capable of creating great things, but they focus entirely on things that end users probably don't notice and definitely don't care about.  I don't care if a game is in black in white and in 8-bit...  If it's fun and I enjoy using it, it will be worth paying for.  On the other hand, a game could have the best graphics I've ever seen in my life, but if it doesn't leave me with a fun experience I won't pay for it. 

Excitement + Aiming for money.
Gambling industry wont last out for ages if these aims and motives in mind is absent.Gamblers do have these main qualities and that what makes these businesses profitable.

Hooking up players into your site or make them stay would really be a big challenge as a gambling site owner.Yes, the games offered are typical one but retaining players is something
your main or primary concern and this is where design and good user experience in the site would set in and those are one of the common factors that do commonly seen.

Entertainment this is not the most incentive for gambling. Read my post above. There a lot of things with a lot of entertainment, like biking, but they're not so popular as gambling. Maybe because when you riding a bike you know that you can't hit x15 and make 150 from 10 dollars (even that probability of such outcome is decreasing too fast)  


Exactly

This is something that I haven't seen implemented in a casino/gambling website, but it most certainly works elsewhere. Gamification is often implemented in places of study, so as you progress through the course, you earn badges, and achievements. We already know how addicting it can be to collect achievements, because Xbox, and Playstation has been doing it for a long time now. I don't know why more gambling places don't implement a similar system. You could effectively convince the player to think they are winning, by rewarding them achievements, while they are losing money potentially causing them to keep that feel good factor, and gamble more than they would normally. It might not be entirely ethical, and I'm not saying that they should implement it, I'm just surprised there isn't more utilizing this.

I do agree on this, there will folks that will say that it's just for fun but hidden inside the aim to make money from it. That's not a secret anymore because every gambler aims to win such amounts as they gamble.
There are even those fantasies that we have in our mind, betting with small amount and hitting the jackpot.

Don't say that to those gambling for fun people. They actually don't really aim to win as they always saying. They have the thing on their mind that it's always ok to lose since they afford it without realizing how much they are losing now in total because of affording to lose and gambling was just for fun mindset. ;D


Actually, this is totally me, especially when playing slots.

That's why I always love those slots with lots of free spins. I've already managed to win over $200 with just a $0.2 bet several times thru free spins. Not a jackpot but a good reward out from a minimum bet.

I think that what makes someone get hooked in gambling is probably the rush that the game gives to a person, for example, the game is a pseudo 50/50 kind of game and the rush of having a really close call is going to keep people from playing thinking that the next game is going to be a win.

Since we are talking about what would it take for a game to hook or attract people, then we talk about gambling games here, as mentioned by the "perfectionists" on another thread. Casino's as far as my experience goes, cater to the monied people. The casino joints in my area tend to look luxurious, and "elite" that alone is already what hooks people, the idea that they belong to the elite. The games should equal that luxury also. Good tables, handsome and beautiful dealers, even the cards and the tokens and the chips are luxurious looking. So that is my two cents.

What kind of rush does a casino need to have so that they can make people hook to them? Many create a casino but they failed and close down there business.



Gaming experience and ambiance what make people impress at the first glance but they will provably leave if they can't see an improvement,proper marketing,monthly contest,giveaways and etc. If a casino can have all of that for  sure their whales will be more excited especially if they can increase their user base daily the whales will stay since they want to enjoy their game time by playing various people online.

Although lower house edge is always better but I don't exactly get hooked by a low house edge game as much as I am hooked by huge multiplier possibilities. I play games like money train and I know they have a much higher house edge than the original games but because the chances of big wins are there, I still play those games.

Having a good server is very important. Recently stake was lagging and I saw members complaining so much in the chat and even the support team was busy answering the same questions so yeah having a good server and allowing quick bets is a must have for any casino.

You are right, personally I do not take too much time to think about the design of the website but that is maybe because I have been using computers for a very long time and I remember the days in which you were just happy to get the information that you wanted, but things change and people from the younger generations that never had to deal with this want to have a website that looks great and that is the first thing they are going to notice at any casino.

That's a great mindset, if they can afford to lose but deep inside they aim to win since it's all about money. But if ever they lose, they'll only think that it's okay because they gamble for fun.  :D
As long as it's a free spin and you only bet small amount that you really afford to lose, that's okay to gamble with that amount but there's no need to hide the feeling of it that you only enjoy it.

For me some of the things would be :
1. High profits
2. Good Animations
3. The game should be simple/ easy to understand
4. It should be fair
5. The whole site itself should provide low transfer fee
6. For me I get hooked up on games , the games in which I made huge profits in once. Maybe beginners luck idk.

Other than that biologically as the person said *Adrenaline* is actually something that hooks up not just gambling addicts but all the addicts. The brain is a complex organ which will hook you up with anything that makes it easy for you to avoid some negative emotions/situations.

There is an element of gamification on certain websites, where frequent players are rewarded with more bonuses, a certain amount of wagered money gives you tickets to different tournaments and giveaways, which otherwise would've cost a lot of money.

From what I know, Roobet has advanced pretty well in that field, they have different levels for users, and with more wagering, a player can progress to a new level, which opens up new opportunities.

That is a good client approach (for the casino, of course), not only this makes customers happy once they lose, but also retains them and prevents from playing on other websites.

High profitability is the major factor that makes me and other gamblers get hooked to specific games. In reality every user have different reason for playing different games and the hope of winning keeps them hooked than those strategies and regular moves.

I guess the most important is the marketing, a good design are just a basic requirement to offer the gamblers with good experience, but they will not know if the gambling site is not aggressive with their marketing, every promotion should be given to attract gamblers as in order for a gambling site to be successful, marketing and reputation should be good.

Then how does high profitability could be spot on? People would normally stick out on gambling sites on where they do hit big and that kind of believe that it is a good site with better chances of winning

but doesnt mind off that it is really just the same and its just coincidence that he had able to win out a particular game on that particular time and doesnt mean that he would repeat the whole process

on the next day.Its a common gambler behavior and it isnt surprising that when they do won on other new place then they would just simply skip out.

Interesting question, I think there are certain requirements that usually attract or hook the gambler to the casino.

Game Design & Layout

A simple, easy to understand, and non-complicated game with clean and precise graphics

Bonuses

I believe small occasional bonuses attract more gamblers than a large sum of bonus sent once in a while. Most of the casinos you see with loyal gamblers are those that offer the players something every now and then.

Other than these things, obviously quick deposits, easy to reach support and some other basic features should do.

I've seen this kind of mentality more often at land based casinos. People were used to play at machines which were giving more prizes in small time periods. So they would wait the currently player go away to play on that machine, even though there were so many others disponible. It's a common belief to think some machines give more prizes at certain hours of the day, but at online gambling there isn't such thing.

Maybe with high profitability he was referring to low house edge games. This way it's more likely you will win against the house.

Most commonly that people hook and become gambler is that the bonuses and or a free test on a site, just like having a faucet or a free bet. Marketing strategies like this will always catch the interest of anyone that will join.

And next, it will be followed by the design and the kind of games that there is a chance of winning. For example, the Lottery sometimes would not exist because the chances of winning are very small.

A tough one to maintain, right. That's why the competition in the gambling industry is really tough especially for those new sites built. Since there are lots of reputable and big gambling sites now, a new one will need to give its all best to market their site.

Because of that, a good and stunning design and layout are quite necessary to attract new users as they won't stand a chance against popular ones even these sites are built with just a simple layout.

And if we saw a site that is putting so much work into the design, I'm expecting that they will also do the same to their other service.

Compensation is one thing but OP is asking for what elements does the game have that makes people hooked in that website. Design isn't that important, I mean yes the right colors and stuff do attract attention but I think it's more than just design, probably the entertainment value.

Most probably that will depend on how the game works and based on the standard of the gamer, if you appreciate that kind of game then you'll play but if not, even if it has a good graphic design then you'll still not play. It's hard to attract players, the team must do everything one big help is their promotions, if there's a good bonuses then chances are, players will come.

Indeed. Giving a bonus or free bet can attract them back to the casino and play more gambling games. Some casinos still giving that as a bonus for active gamblers or gamblers who already deposit with some amount. If that is about promotion, the casino will always send many offers to people who subscribe to their site to know what events will happen.

If the casino can update with the latest info or have many new gambling games, that can also attract gamblers attention to come back and play on that game.

Gambling games become even more interesting if given a bonus, this does look simple but has proven to be effective. Will make gamblers continue
to play in the gambling game, because gamblers want to be able to get the bonus given. Another thing gambling sites have to do to be able to attract
the attention of gamblers, of course by means of regular promotions. The promotion must be done in a unique way too, in order to make gamblers
curious, and finally interested in playing gambling in the games offered.

This is something I agree with. At first, we say that the graphics and design matter the most, but in the long run, the gamer will not be hooked to the game because it will be boring. Bonuses and freebies, such as free skins and free stuff, or some sort of lottery with it, are some of the main reasons why gamers are hooked in the game. However, the play to earn game is becoming increasingly popular, and people are drawn to it not because of the graphics or gameplay, but because you can earn money while playing it.

That's not really a game though, it's more like an application that forces its players to say since it has free money involved. Even play-to-earn games have fun mechanics and the like. I myself started playing to earn, but then I learned more about its mechanics, card combos, rules, and damn I was hooked. If I had more money I would've bought a ton of teams to build around and start trying to practice combos and whatnot. Yes, play to earn has attraction to it, but without its core of enjoyment, honestly, people would leave it in the long run. Companies whose goal is to earn money would never last imo.

Although the design is a factor, I agree that it's not that what makes the gamblers hook within the game. There's more than the design and it really includes the compensation. Accept it or not but that's the reality in gambling, people won't gamble if there's no high and quick profit on it but the risk is also high and it could lose you as much as you can within a split second. And as for having fun, that's an understatement because most gamblers are hiding with that reason to justify themselves whenever they lose. There's a reason to say that whenever they lose, they'll say that it's just all about having fun. But the fact that they've lost such amounts, means that they're prepared for the consequence and they know that the higher bankroll they'll have, the higher possible profit/wins they might get.

But the freebies isn't part of the game which is the focus of this thread, yes you are right but it's for the wrong question. For me, the thing that hooks the people is probably the entertainment factor that a game has. I mean if you are entertained, you will keep coming back right although I feel like entertainment is a generalized factor.

Maybe the casino will make an event every week or bi-week to give more chances to gamblers to get more than usual. The casino really knows how to make a gambler satisfy and come back to them and make sure to serve them better. Yes, once a gambler attracts and feels satisfied, they will come back and use more money to play gambling. If they do that, the casino will treat them and maybe give more bonuses for their deposit.

People get hooked to games if there is a high chance of them winning or if they win regularly, sometimes games that have a catch like riffle tickets ,loyalty points or contests get people playing more on these platforms.

With all reasons we might give here I think it all aligns with a sense of achievement like winning something.

Well, the main attraction is possible massive profits, unproportional to your bet size. You risk 10 cents, and you can win $3,000, or even more, how about that?  But design also plays its part, even in such games, and slot producers are aware about that. There always will be people who prefer old school design, but most of gamblers love the cool animation, although in slots it's not that necessary as in videogames.

It is now a big trend have you heard or read Axie infinity, people now can make money playing and breeding their online pets and it's not few bucks there are people who are making thousands of dollars playing this game, the design is not that great but people are attracted to this kind of game because of people posting their payout proof, in this time of pandemic people will look to make money and if they can make money while enjoying that's hitting two birds with one stone.

Well this is a rare opportunity mate to Win regularly ? i don't think there is such a thing or many have experience this yet People got hooked on gambling , wondering how?

It is not mate, instead the desire and greediness that make us more becoming hooked , sometimes we are not accepting this but that is true.

If you playing your games and not winning regularly or at the least not being profitable then you are losing

and if you are losing regularly then you are either chasing your loses or becoming a gambling addict....so which one do we go with in this scenario??

I agree with this.

A good user interface design is the primary thing to attract players, next would be how fast your gambling site is (I mean it should have laggy features) or else players would be annoyed and leave. Next is your customer support and how "fair" your gambling is, because it is important that you have an active customer support to assist your players whenever they are having problems.

It's also good because at the same time you know what to enhance in your gambling site, to fix bugs, and other common problems in gambling sites.

Personally, I purely look at whether the odds I get are good or not.

However, I know that for a lot of other people, the graphics and hype around a particular game can be a more significant determinant of whether they play in it or not compared to the expected value they get out of each round.

For instance, the fact that games like fruit party and sweet bonanza were huge hits were not due to the fact that they paid out handsomely. They had quite high volatility, and youtubers on sponsored money would roll until they hit a jackpot and upload the footage, which definitely hooked a lot of people into playing that game.

It depends on what the player wants, if he is a gamer he'll definitely go for design and highly graphical interface, if he on for money he will not mind those designs and if there's no graphic interface, all they are looking for is how to make money, and make it a passive source of income, we seldom see a casino with great graphical interface and a way to make money.

Dude.. please...
Game shows and slots offer incredible graphics/animation, sounds, gameplay, etc. especially with game shows, you can also play with a hot chick if you are lucky.
The "not engaging game" would fall into the "high RTP/low HE games" thus people play because of higher winning chance (and they think they can win some money because of it).

This is also true.

As long as people are earning money, graphic design won't matter, no matter how simple it is. However, a gambling site with a package (good UI design and games) is a good deal for a gambler, he's enjoying because of both, but since graphic design is a bit pricey and not that important when you're playing gambling, they usually don't bother on making it as good as video games.

In fact, the theme of every gambling sites are the ones that matter for gamblers, because the more you feel the vibe or the theme, the more you enjoy it and you'll feel not that bad when you lose.

Yes, compared to other games, the design and layout of Axie Infinity are not that great and I doubt it will get the interest of other people if it has no play-to-earn feature. But because of its gameplay especially the feature to earn real money, it hooked those people even with no knowledge at all to crypto and those who aren't interested in playing an online game.

Only gamers will be hooked on those usual games, as they should be. But for other people to get involved, they need a big reason why should they play a certain game, and mostly, they want a profitable game on which these blockchain games made possible.

Dont know on why axie infinity is been in talks on here because this isnt gambling but rather a play to earn thing but of course there are some investment needed for those managers and breeders.

I wont say that its design and gameplay is shit because it is way more better than on other games out there and of course the earning opportunity is there which is the main thing.

Hooking up people neither on gambling or any games out there would always be looking on the design and good user experience for them to stay.

Some casinos are already doing what you say, by holding regular events, then give a bonus to gamblers who make a deposit with a certain
amount. Therefore there are several casinos that can still run for a long time, even though there are a lot of competitors emerging. That's because
the casino already understands how to satisfy gamblers, because gamblers will continue to play at the casino if they are satisfied with what
the casino provides. If gamblers are comfortable with the casino, usually gamblers don't mind spending a lot of money at the casino.

Players satisfaction on where these kind of businesses do really focus on and despite on having lots of competitors then you can really those casinos who do able to handle out the business
those perks and bonuses are just typical to be found and its impossible for a gambling site on not to offer, it would just matter in the difference on how generous or good it would be
for the gamblers because people do usually get hooked if they do saw some good deal into other places compared into the current place they are playing on.
So its a matter of peoples choice and only the best one would really be able to sustain for that long.

That casino will not have a problem with the competitor because they know that if they can give satisfaction to their members, they will not lose their members, even they will get more members because they are generous and always think about them. That is the key to every business that wants to have many members or customers and will not let their customers or members be disappointed even for just a little mistake. That can be a reason for a gambler to be hooked at the casino and not want to move to the other casino even if the other casino can give more than that because the member feels comfortable staying at that casino.

In blockchain games can make good money only players who joined the game among the very first players by buying game items and characters for small money that eventually rose in price due to increased demand and the rest just spend their money trying to catch up with them in development that is very difficult to do.

Even if we have our own unique preferences, it's not like the gambling site is going to do what you want, they will probably choose what's best and the players will just have to make do with what's on the table. UX is important because as you have said it's what makes people stay, but some sites forget or are bad at this part. I think that it's a commendable effort that they are doing anything unless it's bad to make it good for the business.

Yes it will be hard to attract players but that doesn't mean that they can't attract players. Also, it's not like the players have a choice when it comes to this because if they are loyal to the site, they will probably eat up all the games that the site will serve to them.

I think that online casinos primarily attract people to win! If a person loses money all the time, no amount of graphics or fun pictures will keep them at such a casino!
So it seems to me that even if the site has primitive games and low quality graphics, but there are frequent winnings, that's what attracts people!

I have to admit that the competition in the online gambling industry is very tough,  to survive in the gambling industry it is necessary to make
gamblers satisfied. Because gamblers only play on the best platforms, because the best platforms can give them satisfaction when playing gambling.
Therefore, many gambling sites provide many attractive offers and gambling sites will always maintain their reputation. This is all done so that
gamblers are not interested in playing on other gambling sites.

Agreed, maybe it's about 0% house edge, so betting on sites that are low in graphics won't be a problem either if players are easy to win. But unfortunately, it's like a fantasy because we know every casino has a house edge which I think is also a fair game, because winning and losing in gambling is common. But indeed, by having the lowest possible house edge, then of course it will be able to hook a lot of people.

The thing is, there are losers even if gamblers play 0% HE games. The 0% HE only moves the gambling nature from negative-sum into zero-sum. Losers will get more pain because they lost the money playing shitty games. They will not come back if the game is really crap.

Naturally, the opportunity to win money pushes players, on the contrary, it's good that the design is simple and everything loads quickly, reacts. So as not to be distracted and it was immediately clear what happened on the slots

Taking into account that most gamblers are long term losers and they still gamble in the same casino I do not think this is as important as it may seem at first glance, to me a lower house edge and decent bonuses are a good measure to keep people playing in your casino as this shows that you appreciate your clients, however the most important factor that will not hook players but that will bring them to the casino in the first place is a good reputation.

I think that emotions are the thing that hook people for a game. The joy, excitement or even stress before winning are what people seek. In rare times when I gamble, I seek for "Aaahhhh!" moment in every game. For example in popular game such as mines music plays that "Aaahhh!" moment, when it makes a little pause before opening a new tile. Or on plinko, I like how I just got hypnotized when lots of balls fall down and I try to predict where each ball will go.

I get you... that happened to me recently! I was playing "San Quentin Xways", NoLimit provider... when you get some big payout in the bonus round a big guy starts throwing money and yelling "Show me the money, show me the money"! It's a moment worth waiting for!
I guess if a game is good it will provide many emotions, it's not a game if we always win, sometimes trying to be better, pushing, problems solving, leveling up... and the rewards that come after are what we searching far!

Plinko is probably one of the craziest gambling games ever! I like to play with many balls and to wait for some big hit... and that big hit comes sometimes! :)

There are different ways that casinos could hook us. User Interface or the design is one of them since it is the first thing we will see when we open that casino, Sometimes we also tend to judge the casino's reliability depending on how it looks. Ugly casinos tend to be sketchy since it is obvious that not a lot of effort or budget has been put into the design itself. A new type of game could personally hook me, not just the remodeled kind of game. Also, the back job support is important as well as the technical features of the casino such as the house edge, The way how they choose to be fair, and other factors.

I like the design and the same being hooked on that game are the gamblers being hooked on the games that they play. Because of the scheme of play to earn, that makes the game became more popular as there's a chance to make money. And that's the same in gambling, once a person starts to earn as he gambles, he will never forget that and will always sink on his mind that he's going to earn if he keeps trying and doing it again until he reaches the quota that he sets for his daily plays.

Yes, you are right - the main goal in gambling is emotions. Many people think that if a gambler wins a lot of money (in theory, this is his goal) then he will stop playing, but in fact this almost never happens because winning is not the main goal of a gambler who is dependent on the emotions that the game gives him.

There are many variables included in this, I'll explain some.
- In slots people see the Jackpot, FreeSpins, Number of Rewards, etc.

In slots, most people also look at the graphics of the slot game of which they're playing, however, that's the initial point while selecting the slot game after they look at the points I've stated above.

For me its a must that the game is not boring, easy to play and of course there's a chance to win. The fact that you can double your money in snap is attractive because its effortless though not easy (we all know most games are based on luck). Crypto casinos became popular especially during lockdown as an alternative to satisfy ourselves. I think the good thing about playing online is the convenience that even we're lying in the bed, we can still access the game as long as we have a gadget.

The game that caught my attention are the games that of course proved to be fair, and had a good multiplier range, eg up to 1 million times. An attractive design but not necessarily with heavy graphics. And one more thing, roll speed that doesn't disappoint (fast and smooth).

Game with excitement often time hook people and the best part of it all is when it adventurous it keeps players in the suspense that make them want more, so developing a game requires lots of predetermined thought of an unending adventure that can keep player hooked up to it.

If we are talking about what's hooking people to this or that kind of gambling game, then yes, very low house edge can be one of the attractions. But if you play for fun, and you are not planning to constantly make money on gambling, the difference between 1% and 0.5% shouldn't bother you at all, because you will hardly notice it unless you play millions of games. And yes you can lose everything even with 0% HE, why not? Nobody's guaranteed to win a coin flip, after all.

I'm one of those people who gamble for entertainment, so the very low house edge doesn't really interest me. Except for people who are obsessed
with making money when playing gambling, the very low house edge will attract attention to them. Despite the fact that there is no effective strategy
in gambling, whatever strategy we use can make us lose a lot of money if we gamble excessively. So gamblers playing 0% house edge can lose
a lot of money too, as long as gamblers can't limit themselves when playing gambling.

The roll speed is one thing that can hook a gambler to stay and enjoy the game because they do not get any delay and if they feel that can satisfy them, it will drag them to play longer.
I think the multiplier range in gambling sites is almost the same, so that can still make us not think about that, but maybe you like that.
The bonus can hook a gambler back again in the next few days because sometimes, the casino can surprise them by sending an invitation email to them.

Gamblers hate to lose. It doesn't matter if you are playing for fun or for money, in the end, everybody wants to win. Yeah if the question is "hooking" which means only attract existing gamblers to try, then yes, low HE can work, especially for "making money" dudes. But there is nothing to keep them engage when losing, so they can easily leave the game (FYI there are more losers than winners).

If hooking people also includes "repeat order" then there have to be methods to entertain losers. It can be via graphic/animation, gameplay, intermediate wins, etc.

Addiction would be mold up if you arent really that good on controlling up yourself towards gambling and its true that several factors would really be mainly affecting things mainly on financial status.
Reward system is a common or typical thing for casinos to look upon since this is the main tool on hooking up people to stay up into their site or place where it might really look to be some advantage
but if you do really mind of with the terms then you would surely realize that its really impossible on beating up the house in long term unless if you are really extremely
lucky then there would be some exclusions in some point or situations.

I think it is all about the overall experience as a whole. Of course, the experience varies between an online casino vs a physical one but it all boils down on one's preference.

Personally, what got me 'hooked' into gambling was the nature of the gambling from the very start. The game that I played involved in-game skins (Dota 2) where you can bet them and from there, my inner addiction to gambling awoken. In addition to what you have mentioned, the interface of the gambling website plays a vital role into hooking people especially if it is easier to navigate in the website.

And out from continuous and regular losing, a casino player wants to have a shortcut on how to chase losses.

They will now found a casino that offers the best of the best promotions compare to usual and will try their best there hoping for a comeback.

For me to get hooked up to  a game that game has to offer a lot otherwise it will not engage for me a lot of time.The game that hooks me the most is Swords and the Holy Grail slot machine from Play n Go provider and the reasons I am listing below:

1.Good medieval music
2.Good medieval theme/graphics
3.Really good hit frequency
4.Progressive bonus round
5.Awesome bonus round frequency,once every 137 Spin in average (it can go up to 350 spins without falling though)

The sixth point is what many of us love but is not part of this game.
6.Progressive jackpot

It really based on what most people like about video games. Some may think that FPS videogames are good even if the graphics are jot that good as long as the story line is very good or very convincing to know the next event that will happen. Some wantes a videogames that provides good graphics, good storyline, many people like/love the game. Some people wanted a game that made you think a strategy you want to use to defeat the enemy.

You are not wrong however if the reason we like to gamble is that adrenaline rush that we feel when we win or the letdown we feel when we lose then that is a dangerous path as this could lead to a gambling pattern in which you begin to bet more and more in order to achieve this effect, which as we know it could lead to losing more money than what you wanted, which leads you to chase your losses and suddenly you find yourself trapped in a pattern from which it is difficult to escape.

For me I got hook on gambling games when it is fun, thrilling and exciting.
Come on it isn't just the profit sometimes it is also the feeling of those excitement and fun when gambling.
And also there are times that the environment would also affect it for example lively community where gamblers enjoy to have a little chat with other gamblers.
Those are the ones some of us consider when searching for a site to gamble.

I read up some of factors which its not likely been mentioned  on this thread.

Uncertainty as its own reward in the brain
Lights and sounds egg you on
Feeling like a winner while you’re losing
Almost: Near-miss effect and chasing your losses
Gambling and its games

Source:  https://theconversation.com/designed-to-deceive-how-gambling-distorts-reality-and-hooks-your-brain-91052

Majority of this is on offline casinos.

A visitor is much more likely to be mesmerized by gambling in an offline casino. There really is always a great holiday and adventure atmosphere and the staff competently maintains this atmosphere. I think a lot of casino players are more likely to nostalgic the thrill of adventure than gambling itself.

I believe games are already out there so I do not know if there could be a correct answer aside from "many people do play it" and nothing more. Surely you pick your own poison but they are out there, there is nothing new, you give it a try for each of them and play them a bit and then you find the one you like so much and continue to gamble with that.

Video games also do not require a great design or anything like that, I have seen a ton of text based games that got a ton of attention as well, as long as it is "good" people will be hooked, it is not just about one aspect of it being good it is about all of it feeling fun for people. Look at stardew valley it has 8bit graphics that is probably 20+ years old by now and it sold insane amount of copies because it is a great and fun game.

There isn't anything that is so challenging for it neither, it is quite simple, probably the simplest game I have seen while having very old design, and yet it is still fun. Same goes for gambling, as long as it is fun nobody cares about anything else.

Actually paxmao already talked about video games in OP and we are trying to discuss the casino games like slots, dice,etc instead of multiplayer games.

I personally feel that different games attract different gamblers and that's why you would see someone playing a particular game more than other games, that's because not everyone has the same liking and feeling about the game.

Since we have touched the multiplayer gaming thing, some players will like an assault rifle while some like AWP in Counter-Strike so it all depends on the gambler similarly what they like and suits them.

I like any casino game or slots that doesn't has too many flashy themes and all that, a simple game is better for me.

People who play in physical casinos and people who gamble on online casinos are not different type of people, it is just that not many of us have legal casinos around us, if I want to gamble in a casino I have to move to a whole another nation, spend about 2-3 hours for both going to airport, then fly to other nation, then drive to casino from that airport, that is just reaching there, it is usually a multi day vacation type of thing.

So, should I not even gamble at all right now just because I am not close to a casino? Should I stop gambling all together and not look at online places that I can gamble at home? I do love the physical casinos, but that doesn't change the fact that I have to gamble online if I want to when I am at home, the best I can do is once a year for physical one whereas I can gamble at home every single day, it is just a whole another beast.

Of course, offline casinos have a very different feel, casinos offer a lot of perks just so you can stay longer in their casinos, they offer free drinks, free foods, free lounge, and free entertainment, you have heard and read stories of people who stay in casinos for days because they enjoy the atmosphere, every day you have a new experience.

When you have a hard time leaving the casinos and always want to get back there, that's the start of gambling addiction.

I agree.

But of course it's not literally "free" you have to pay a certain amount of price before you could enter or play in a certain casino, if I'm not mistaken, you need to be a member for you to have those kind of perks that you mentioned. The only thing I don't like about offline casinos is that they don't care if players would smoke and drink at the same time, no healthy precautions at all, so unfair to those players that are not smoking.

And if you keep thinking of it, that's one of the signs that you're actually into gambling and you're becoming addicted to it. They all add up to the cause of your addiction and becoming addicted to it.

How about when you're winning with most of your bets? there's money and that adds to the fun.

Instead of getting us same sub-titles, you would have better shared your own opinion about the topic and at the end shared the link. The article you linked by the way, is about how gambling creates its place in our brain and how we start getting hooked by gambling in general while this topic is about what games hook players and why.

That's right and also the reason why despite online casinos evolving so much but still have to operate at a much lower house edge and still doesn't attract the same number of players as an online casino does. The real experience of gambling actually lies in offline casinos but because of the pandemic and all the recent problems, we are slowly watching the trend change from offline to online.

This is correct, when you are gambling online you are the one that is in perfect control as you have complete authority over your environment and the online casino only has a limited control over you, but in a physical casino this is different, every single thing is under their control, this is why people lose a lot more money in physical casinos than in online casinos as they lose control and everything is against them if they try to make any attempt to regain it.

Well, gambling with regards to the video games comes from two different worlds. For sure they are both engaging in a way and there factors to this but then, one has got everything to do with your finance and you apparently have a lot to loose while the other could just take only your time and perhaps if uour good at it, you might win something in the process.

One factor that always tends to hold individuals to a platform is the graphis about it. The first time i attempted playing baccarat on an online Casino platform, I was so amused at what the programmers had done. It was so real what the programmers had done. The card shuffling and casino attendants were just on point but then, I don't like being sucked in so, I just find a way not to be a regular or stay for so long.

Mean while, the video games are often about the story line and graphics about it. In a few, there might be prices but, mot so many persons are aware or even care so much about it.

At this time engaging time gaming works well for many pluses if it can be readily played within the phone or as an application for easy access. Some sort of games wherein there is still adventure as well levels or ranks that gambling will be exposed while playing thru in-app betting. Though the cons are some still prefer free games only those who are really into crypto and will show this stuffs will first be interested.

What control you do mean? When it comes to odds or winning chance then there  might be some difference since HE is almost the same so this simply implies that everything is just the same.

It is just different on total environment or how its been set-up but games offered is just the same or overall concept.

Hooking up people? For physical then those perks would really be in mind and on online then vip and other bonuses as well.

A hook requires an emotional response, hopefully enjoyment of the game and also risk reward which is a core emotion for human beings going many thousands of years.    Removing gambling will never rid humans of that need to take risks, compete and enjoy rewards and its all natural imo.    Hooked can mean good or bad gameplay though in terms of gambling I'm pretty sure you want to remain in control to achieve best results money wise.

I think For a game to hook people means that a game you bet on is on playing,and has already gotten to it climax of play,and the side you bet on to win is either loosing or having a draw,the tension created in the heart during that period is what is refered to as a game hook. And I think this is so much related to your mindset and your emotions towards the game.

The atmosphere of a physical casino contributes to the fact that a person has a good mood and a kind of euphoria, which means a passion for risk/additional spending. These are old and well-known marketing moves, and no matter how confident a person is that he can resist them, on average, many people succumb to such influence.

So what you're saying is that for a game to hook someone is to make them get excited then get blue balled in a sense because you destroy the climax but at the same time creating the need to chase that climax, that's basically drugs in my opinion although I hate to agree but you are right about how to hook people, you make them an addict.

The casinos closing isn't just the fact that they don't have any games that makes people get hooked but there's another problem which is the number of competition and the funds left in their bankroll.

Can't avoid to keep playing if you feel that adrenaline that you are almost on that kind of hypes,

Wanting to complete the win and take the money out from the house, this kind of climax really play well for the house,

once a gambler hooked up they'll going to keep coming back along the way the person will realized that he already addicted, bad for many who can't work it out in the early stages and suffer a lot.

Maybe that will make them become addicts slowly and once they become real addicts, they will come back and give their time to chase the win. Hmm, yes, that makes them passionate about coming back because they will have curiosity about how to win the games. If they lose control, that will become the time for the casino to play their balls and keep that player coming back again in the next few days.

That's exactly what I was talking about, the feeling of wanting more is what makes the players hooked in a game and to add an assurance that they will get in is that you let them win something considerable so they will play more and recklessly which ends up with them having to spend more thinking that they can get back on track.

I'm afraid I'm not getting your point. I know you are experienced gambler, and I can't believe you are saying that losing makes people leave the game. I mean, it would be great if it were so, and good-tempered and responsible gamblers are doing exactly that, but for many people it's practically the main attraction, they think "I can't be losing all the time, I should win big very soon!", and they keep playing, and the more they lose, the more they are hooked.

Sometimes during holiday, or special celebration, I invite friends/relatives to my place and we play for the lul (they are not gambler) as a side entertainment. If the sessions were average or good, some of them show some interest in gambling. However, if the sessions were bad, they seem turned off, and start bitching about gambling is bad, only eat your money, bla bla... And those were with 3rd party slots! Imagine if I played low budget games. That's how hard it is to make newbies to get involved into the game.

If you watch slots documentary, people keep playing because their brain is forced to love the game. The music, the near miss, the intermediate wins, etc., and not the money per se. But it needs users to play long enough for the dopamine mechanism to kick in. That's just my opinion that money can't be the only recipe to hook people. It's not enough.

I've lost some $$$ in dice, roulette, etc., but it is not enough to make me play every week.

All those perks are to be paid because that's their strategy to make their clients stay. They always make sure to give the best services so they could attract more players but that also benefits them at the same time. If offline casinos would know how to take care of their users as well, I'm sure that they could also make their clients stay by offering bonuses.

I think it also has a lot to do with you general mental setup. Everyone knows this friend that is always willing to take risks, jumping from a bridge 15 meter high into a river, skydiving etc. That's probably one thing. Others are extreme competitors, they might rather fall for poker. And some are just having a bad time in life and look for something that substitutes whatever they lack.

Have you considered people who gambled with all the had let say the had a budget and left their homes with let's say $400 and had in mind to gamble $100 and maybe the got lucky twice and doubled the money but instead of leaving dicided to gamble more and in the process lost everything until it's left with $100 he/she would want to get back at the market until such losses everything. Been greedy has left so many people hooked until the can't afford their way home.

they sure can attract lots of people with all those nice offers but they will go bankrup if they will provide it all for free but in reality the people that can avail it are either a vip or they have payed before they enter .
they can also loose a player if they will allow other players do what they want but there must be an area to smoke and to do things other than gambling .

It is true that a hook requires an emotional response and taking into account that people can get very emotional when they earn and lose money then it is easy to see that every single gambling game has the chance to hook up a player, which game people tend to prefer will depend on their personality, personally I prefer games in which I have to think so games in which I have to play against other players like poker or sport bets are the games that I prefer.

Those are just after effects or events that could be seen on a certain person on a gambling site.The question is, how you would be able to hook up those users or players in the first place?
Of course gambling businesses would really be that serious in terms of bonuses and perks which would spark out peoples  interest which is already a very common thing to see.
This is where this market is really fierce when it comes to competition.We had seen lots of types of gimmicks but all of those are just for the sake of hooking up people.
As an owner then you would do all sorts of things.

I agree. Absolutely. That's why providers keep improving their slots: playing just for the money is boring for many people, and I even suspect - for most gamblers. You are right, if the game wasn't interesting by itself, people would play only if they were winning money all the time, but, well, there are no such games in this Universe. :)

Yes. Sometimes it doesn't even matter how shitty the game will be.
If you like it, you just go for it and play it.
Horse racing for example as many gamblers are also into it. But for me, I don't even understand what the hell is happening there. I know it's a simple race but there are different kinds of bets like pairing who will be first and second or the last and second to the last. Still, I can't understand how they are analyzing it.

You gotta love it, I think that's one good reason to be hooked on a game.

Correct, it is easy to think that we can resist the influence that casinos are exerting, especially the physical ones as they have complete control of the environment, however this is really difficult to do, this is why you can see that some people that have no problems with their gambling can lose everything of value they have with them at the moment and be completely confused about how this came to happen as they simply lost control of their betting patterns and lost all the capital they brought with them.

That means, if people are back to play the same game repeatedly, they are hooked because of the game and have curiosity about winning if they have many times losses. Those feeling will make them come back in the other days just to fills their curiosity and if somehow, they are trying to play the other gambling games, they are curious about that game and will try or test their luck in that game. Who knows, they can also win some money from the other game and if that can happen, they will play many gambling games to win that games.

It is an unstoppable feeling of testing the game and trying luck every time a gambler feels good with the game that he started to bet on. We've got that feeling whenever we're already hooked to the game and it's hard to stop when you're enjoying and at the same time you see yourself winning those bets and the game itself. There's a feeling of self-satisfaction as you gamble and play and you'll never know when to stop even if you're starting to feel that there's something wrong. This is the true meaning of being hooked to a game.

I think the one that can really hook a player is if that particular game is exciting and the chances to win is not solely because of luck since there are games that requires knowledge and strategy just like poker and sports bet. Well this depends on every gamblers preference but certainly a game that can give us satisfaction when we gamble is what we're looking for.

You are right as there are cases that people gamble on a game where they don't really like but since luck hit them, they will continue to play on it as it's profitable to them. They will only stop here until several losing attempts.

Like in my case, I don't like to bet on online cockfighting, trending gambling here in our region, but since luck is hitting me and able to get a good profit already, I still continue to gamble there up to date. I'm affiliated with a premium group there so we have a tip on who will win.

Yes, I agree about self-satisfaction that will come to us when we feel we enjoy playing the game. The casino knows how to hook us better by serving so many gambling games that can make us stay for a long time and spend the money. We will not realize that even we will not think about stopping for a while and break after playing for some time. The feeling can become bigger if we are winning those bets much time. If that happens for some time, that can be the time to get addicted to the game.

Besides sports bet and poker, I guess many other gambling games hook a player to come back playing on those games. Even if that gambling games need the luck to win, they still return just to test their luck and see how good the result is to this day. I am sure we all have those experiences, especially when we can get satisfied playing the games.

So to attract people is basically about promotions and other bonuses and not about feelings, because the feeling will arise to continue playing when you are comfortable. So, even if there are no promotions and bonuses made in the game, they will continue to play in the game. It's different if there is a bonus offer in an existing game, at least with a bonus offer they will play the game even though they basically don't like the game. Alluring and feeling or comfort have differences and they are not the same.

But that is what we called beginners luck right ? and those are the reason why gamblers got hooked because in the beginning they are winning and even tastes the biggest win of their whole career.
Yeah Online Sabong as what they called right? cockfighting in which you can bet very cheap amount .

Gambling requires luck but it also requires skill if A level takes an hour with a 95% failure rate i think that a lot of users won't bother trying a couple of times after a failure. But if a game takes 30 seconds they're going to probably keep trying again until they're successful it's impossible to be attractive without skills.

The promotions can be the other way to hook people to come to that site because people will see that the site offers something that the other site does not do. They will try to get the promo by following the terms and conditions and if the offers are very interesting, more people will try to get it. When they already get the promo, they will feel if the site can make them comfortable to make them go back for the other days. Even if hook or comfort is different, they are still back to that site because they can enjoy their time playing the games.

Added factor to attract possible long term clients, promotions really bring gamblers attentions and
if the site maintain great relationship then they have a good business to run with those people.

Agree to that, if they are fully satisfied then expect that it will attached more gamblers to use the service.

no doubt, satisfied clients will keep coming back and chances that they'll also promote the site to their friends and relatives.

precisely, enjoyment will attached them and hook them to keep playing.

It is true that the more attractive the promotion provided by the gambling site, then it will attract many people to try to play on the gambling site.
But to make people keep coming back to play at the gambling site after the promotion ends, the gambling site must provide comfort for people who
play there. Among other things, by providing a large selection of gambling games, easy process of withdrawing funds, low transaction fees and also
an attractive website display. All of the things I have mentioned are general things that can make people comfortable and will come back again to
play at the gambling site, even without them knowing they will promote the gambling site to other people. Because if people have been
made comfortable, it is very effective to hook people on the gambling site.

If I were to choose a video game I enjoyed playing, I would choose to play video games that allows me to compete my gaming skills against other players on the game server as it would be more challenging to play against another human player rather than a bot in a video game.

For casino games, the house edge of the game is an important aspect for me as I will stand a higher chance to win some money from the casino if the house edge of the game is lower. And I think if a casino were to design a game to attract new players to play it, the game rule should be easy to understand and players should not face any difficulties to learn and play the game within a short period of time.

Personal choice or preference because not all would really be that mindful whether they do against on a player or against with a bot or house itself, as long you do able to enjoy on what you are currently
playing then that what matter most.

What does it take for a game to hook people? This is a matter of personal choice because there are things which might interest you but a big turn off to other people and there might be some things that
doesnt interest you much but totally opposite into others.

Game can be defined in many types or forms.

I am sure the gambling site is always trying to provide many things to make their members satisfied and comfortable with their services. That is why the gambling site tries to promote and give offers to their members by sending their emails about the event they want to start. It could attract the gamblers back to that gambling site and see what promotions can make their interest. The feeling of comfort from the members will make the gambling site work hard to give the best to them. Once their members can hook to their site, it could be the way for them to get the other members because they can suggest to their friends to try on that gambling site.

For well-known gambling sites it will always be like that, providing information and promotions and offers sent via email to members so they don't miss the latest news or promotions that are laughed at by the gambling site.
and the most important thing is the comfort and feeling of being close to the gambling site team so that we can communicate well and always answer what we ask well and clearly so that we can also promote to friends that the gambling site is very good and comfortable to use.

All of that thing is right. Yes, the well-known gambling sites know how they should treat their members and make them satisfied. That step has been duplicated to the other new gambling site that needs more members to their site and benefits from that. All of the gambling sites have raised their work seriously and give better services just to attract more gamblers to come to their site, which means more profit that the gambling site will get from the members.

Cockfighting isn't purely luck-based game. If you are winning constantly in it, that means you know something(and you said it yourself - you are getting tips on who will win), and it's not just luck that hits you.

Normally I would say "Keep it up!, but, to be honest, I don't like the situation you are currently in. They surely made you hooked, but be cautious: those guys don't give away money for nothing.

That's why gambling sites offer different games, so their players could use any game they want depending on their taste and time. Roulette and Dice is the most fastest game you could play if you want a fast phase game, while poker if you want to burn your braincells in able to outsmart other players to win the game.

But there are risks of course in both, fast phase game in my opinion are more addicting and there is a high chance of losing too much (depends on how much you bet per round) while skill based game takes more time but worth the money because you're doing your best to win.

The fact that someone is winning many times in a row all the time does not mean anything. This happens simply due to randomness, some gamblers guess 10 times in a row the color that will appear in the roulette wheel, but this does not mean that they could predict it   ;)

As for cockfighting and tips for them, I would stay away from that, in any case there is some unpleasant background and it is better to avoid meeting it.

Do not forget that the place should be a long standing website that has always done right by their customers as well. If you constantly have problems with the casino then you are not going to want that website at all, you will want to place your bets in another casino, because why keep gambling in a place that you constantly end up having problems with? This is why I have to say that it is going to take much more than just promotions to get people to your casino.

There are places with nearly no marketing on their promotions, don't get me wrong there are many places with promotions but rarely promote their promotions, such as freebitco.in giving lambo back to back, they have been doing that for 4th time now? Something like that, and they are not like writing it up EVERYWHERE like they should, it is huge. This is why I believe being a decent place + promoting promotions come together and make it a big place.

It depends on the preferences of the player, in my case that is what I prefer, games on which skill plays a part like poker, blackjack and sports bets are my favorites but just as there are people like me there are many other people that just prefer games in which there is no skill involved and they are relying 100% on their luck, they simply want to have some relaxation without having to think too much about what they are doing and by what I can see in physical casinos these are the most popular kind of games by far.

When it comes to physical places then games offered would really be on both luck based and strategic based like poker and related games on that.This is actually depending on users preference and some perks that

had been offered because some people would really stick out on places which would really be offering good user experience and those bonuses which would be the reason for them to stick on.

Hooking up people or getting users on this market isnt something easy as it sounds.Gambling market is fierce and broad and this is why it would really be needing something like this.

Bonuses do help but then, is it good for business? The bonuses to a large extent is a lose of income on the gambling platform and its even possible that once a gambler exhausts his or her registration bonus, they are most likely to abuse the system and switch to opening a fresh account. Hence, registration bonuses might not be the best of strategy to keep the gamblers but, the multiplier bonus is most likely to help. You know, haven't considered the reward on an odd and compared with some order platform, you would always prefer more money to just money. After all, money is why most persons gamble.

Yeah, there are.
I am personally not really good enough on luck, so only relying on luck as the main basis for winning gambling may be too risky.
Usually, we use Tacti more often and various considerations when playing gambling, in terms of some, and the rest is just a few who rely on luck. But it cannot be denied if there are indeed many people who might have a high fortune level so that they prefer to rely more on luck.

This may be one of the marketing strategies to attract many more users to signup and join the platform. however, there may be other T&C required to claim any welcome bonuses.
Sometimes, new or certain gambling sites use welcome bonuses in order to get more participants, for, we know that sometimes they cosndier that they can promote their platform by saying ".. has been more than ..... users trust registering in this site, and so many users have won the big bonuses and also jackpots.." and so on.
Yeah, it si no other, only one of the promotional strategies in which someday the bonus may be removed after reaching a certain amount.

Casinos have long learned how to deal with multi-registrations of bonus hunters and this does not pose any particular problem. In addition, the conditions under which you can cash out the bonus are very strict, in fact, until you fulfill all the requirements for receiving the bonus at your complete disposal, you will lose much more money.

Actually most of the bonuses offered by the casino right now are too good to be true, They required  shit tons of wagering requirements just to claim it that's why they can give big bonus. This is not very effective anymore since most user know how hard it s to claim and they just play directly on the game. Free bets and lottery giveaways are the best promotion in my opinion because every user has a chance to win it without any difficult requirements, They just need luck to win.

You're absolutely right mate, we as a gambler have a different preferences when it comes to the game that we would like to play. Some gambling games may sound boring to others but it is a full of entertainment to others. I really like to play card games like poker. But somehow answering the question of OP of what does it take for a game to "hook" people I guess the answer is simply provide the player a good service that would make them earning while playing, in gambling it is impossible to earn consecutively but at least a good service from the gambling business is such a good factor.

Right, but there are people still abusing giveaways and bonuses like No-Deposit bonuses and free spins because they just create accounts under special affiliates and get those perks.

Talking about the hook that attracts gamblers, it can vary based on the players but there are some common attributes that will help the casinos:

1- Fast deposits and Instant withdrawals with minimum fees or free withdrawals like sportsbet(.)io
2- Large number of promotions like stake
3- Fast support
4- Many coins supported maybe like wolf bet or bitsler

Yah, the way its designed and the atmosphere around are the ones hook players. As simple the game is, more try give a try. Here where emotionally one gets attached and pushes himself to try for an attempt. So the design and atmosphere around  plays a great role in hooking people. Other one would be, the bet amount. As much as the amount is very small, more would make a try. Here where more fall into.

Good selectios of those important factors that mostly hooked gamblers to continue playing.

Most of the time, those 4 are the reason why gamblers keep coming back and play, they feel the comfort and they enjoy the perks.


The quality of design commonly attracts gamers, plus the atmosphere where if comfort being felt around will surely hooked players to keep playing back and enjoy the platform.

Just take a look into those people who are really a fan of slots type of game which it turns out that these games are not really that attractive for most people just like me on where i dont really able to feel the thrill
or entertainment when we do play it but some people do really find it very interesting and entertaining and its true that we do really have our own preference when it comes to games being offered
and gambling businesses or sites would really be doing their best on hooking up people basing up into the games been offered and the bonuses which should really be that appealing
so that potential users would really be seeing it as a good one.

Yeah, winning 6 or any number of bets in a row is as common and random as losing that many in a row. Maybe in sports betting, one can claim that they know something others don't if they win more bets and maintain a good record.

I wasn't aware of cockfighting until now and seems like a pretty cruel game to me from what I have learned by googling the term because I am against any sport where you let two animals fight just for fun and even place bets on it. I would also stay away from betting on such events.

Yeah, but ... you know the case: he's definitely getting tips, and that's why he wins. As for the theory that among millions and millions of players there can be several winning all the time - I used to believe in the past that even in poker and sports betting this often the case, but then I changed my mind. In fact, it's very rare.


Exactly. I hope @goinmerry reads our posts.

There is such a widespread fraud (not only in gambling, but also in trading and in other areas where there is forecasting): a fraudster gives opposite clues to many players and continues to give them to those for whom they turned out to be winning, so out of 100 people (for example) there remain 3 who received 5 correct tips in a row. After that, the fraudster demands a payment for the next hint, or makes a hint that will somehow bring profit to the fraudster (for example, buying some shares if we are talking about trading).
Perhaps the OP is getting hints from such a scammer and I would advise him to be as careful as possible.

For me first of all is the gameplay, if you enjoy the gameplay of course there's no way you would be hooked for that particular game just like bomb sweeper like game, I don't know but I do like that game for unknown reason, probably because there's thrill and you are the one to choose your destiny? The next one of course is the prize, the higher the prize the more people will be hooked for that game and lastly promotion, this is the powerful one I think. Who doesn't like promotion? but of course with low wagering requirement.

I suppose that those bonuses are in fact good for the casino otherwise they will not give them, it is true that there are people that could try to abuse those bonuses especially in this market in which people do not want to identify themselves as they want to gamble in an anonymous way, but it is unlikely this is going to be a problem because many of those websites are going to use cookies and other technologies to keep track of who has used their services and if they see any suspicious activity then they are going to ban your account.

I remember well that gambling site may store different user IP on their site so that multiple account created by the same user will be tracked. This will prevent bonus hunter from abusing the bonus system by creating a new account every time the first bonus runs out although some of them will also use vpn to trick the site. Obviously it will cause all tracked account to be blocked and in my opinion the bonus system offered by gambling site be it registration bonuses or other bonuses is one of the thing that can attract enthusiast.

There will always be those who will try to take advantage of the system. Especially when it comes to free money. I'm sure casinos are well prepared for such situations and have well-developed methods of detecting abusers. It is very unlikely that cheaters will escape detection thanks to cookie tracking, IP logging, browser fingerprinting, and who knows what else.

The free trial or bonus given to beginners to play, are the other ones hooks people. Whom so ever it would be, would make a try for the first play unless and until he has heard of the websites faking or he is an experienced. So the new registered player is always given a chance to win on their first swing which in turn pulls them in mentally to try with case on the second swing or when the free amount gets over. Here one just has to decide if to move further or not after their free trial is over.

The bonuses that the casino gives are without a doubt one of the main attractions for many gamblers, however that only attracts the gambler to that specific casino but it doesn't tell us anything about why the person decided to gamble on the first place and why it keeps doing it, personally I think there are many reasons for this to happen, some people just like the excitement, some people want to get fun, some just want to make money while others are just curious about it and want to try it.

I suspected something like this from the very beginning. Only it's not OP, it's this guy, @goinmerry, who posted earlier in this thread:


and after that he never showed up here.

Since we are talking about "What does it take for a game to "hook" people", I think posting about his progress would be relevant here. Now he is definitely "hooked", but it would be interesting to know how those guys made him believe that they are just helping him to earn money.

The real reason in casino games that hook the people is the simpleness and the reward combination in game. For example, Dice is a very simple game, you just have to roll low or high but at the same time, within a second you get a chance to double your money, to get 100% profit in just a second. This is what hooks people, just see what kind of games are popular: Roulette, BlackJack, Dice, Bustabit, etc... All of them are easiest to play and all of them offer you the great rewards within a seconds.
But there also come games like Poker that hugely depend on your bluff skills and this bluff is what hooks people too (cheat, lies).

Enjoying the games will be one thing that can hook gamblers back to the casino more often than they can realize. It feels like when we play games or do something too often, and if we do not do that, something is gone from us. Yes, the thrill will be there inside the games and that makes us always curious about the games and finally, in the long run, that can make us addicted to that games. If the casino can update many times and always try to be the best casino, that will hook people to stay at that site since they find a new thing that they do not get from the other site.

Games offered and bonuses will be the primary things that will hook up players and make them stay to play on the site or gambling place.This is something which is hard to attain

considering that gambling industry does have fierce competition and it is something that gambling owners should really think off the best way for them to retain their players

and would able to make revenue on longer runs or duration. Games should be catchy and same goes with the design too.

I only return to a game if I like or feel like I understand it, part of the hook to any gameplay will be the winnings and nature of how the game delivers that performance back to you.    Its probably a really important of the game design and how successful it is with customers, I think alot of people like the mad streak multiplier effects where it can string together into a bigger win.   For me something as simple as the music and sound design could be why I like it, this doesn't relate to winnings at all just I don't like games that bug with their noise or if I have to mute it.   I quickly lose my affection for the game if I dont like the design sound and graphics tbh, I will likely look for another one.

As a gambler trying a new gambling site I'll check the reputation and their trust grade you are putting money and you want to get that money out if you win, you are playing to get entertain and at the same time win money if luck hits you, if you are just playing and don't care about winning money then design and good difficulty grading are worth looking, I've seen gambling site with bland design but still getting a lot of players because of bonus and easiness of cashing out.

Yes, noise will certainly disturb concentration but it is different from the sound of music, which of course makes players feel relaxed which makes them comfortable in the game. But for me it's not too important either because I prefer silent mode if I don't use headphones and yes, the main factor that can certainly hook many people is the easy game with eye-catching graphics and of course about the bonuses provided.

Maybe that gambling site needs to improve their game, interface, or bonuses, something like that, to attract more customers. I guess that will work to get more attention from them so the number of visitors on their site can grow. Yes, I admitted that every gambling site wants to get as many members as possible because that will make them make much profit and grow to be the top of gambling sites among the other sites. But that needs time and constantly update their site to gain that thing.

I think it is not just about being crowded, I rather have 10 whales gambling on my website than a million small fish. Obviously the more people you have on your casino that means there is a good chance that you could end up with a lot more chance to get whales as well.

However since we do not have any sort of method to only get whales, people (casino owners) usually focus on getting as many as possible with hopes that many whales will come that way as well. Once again, this is not because they want a million people, sure that is a good thing as well but if none of them are whales then it is not a good thing, only good if you are brand new casino.

A place like stake for example do not need a thousand new gamblers who will not gamble even 10k a month, they would rather have a guy who bets 10k per bet, this is a fact and I am sure of it (did marketing for 2 casinos in my life). So, the "hook" is basically stuff that attracts whale customers.

I actually think that simplicity is one of the key criteria when it comes to getting people hooked.

In general, people have pretty short attention spans, and they don't really like to have to learn a game inside out before being able to play it. That's why you see stuff like video poker dying out - because that actually requires skill and people just can't be screwed to have to learn the optimal strategy.

That's why simple games like dice, even though they are quite "boring" in the graphics sense, have made it big in the crypto world.

^ I don't think if that is all about simplicity, but the thing the comes up in my mind is that all about the promotions and events that have a free airdrop that could able the gambler play for a while. I noticed that here in bitcointalk forum if you are a gambling site owner that has a promotion, giveaways, or event such as tournaments will most likely people will hook and not just because purely on the game. Games like beating the house edge or those based on luck games are also considered as one people got hooked into that game.

Agree with you, simplicity is only good if the website is already established, but even the most popular websites, still run a lot of promotions as they continue to compete with a very competitive market, and this benefits the gamblers as they have a lot of option on where to gamble. Whether the site offers a lot of promotion or not, it still depends on the gamblers as there are gamblers who are easily hook and the sad truth is that some of them can easily get addicted as well.

Not all are like that but there's truth with what you've said that we look to the games and with less knowledge and research, we're wanting to play as soon as we're able to see it.
The graphical reason is also part of why people are being hooked so that's the graphics and as well as the simplicity yet there are those that who would still choose those skill required games.

I would call such games as dice and slots boring not only in term of graphic. They're boring in any kind of activity and entertainment.  But yeah, in mass people like them very much. In mass, people are not so clever to play something more complicated so they ignore it. Situation the same in any kind of gambling. In 19th century the most popular was 5 card poker, but now it's all about Hold'Em because the last one less complicated and people more stupid than they was 200 years ago.

Between that small fish, there will be the whales but the casino owner will not know who is the whales on his casino. When the casino owner can have thousands of members, that doesn't mean all members will be small fish. The percentage of the whales on that casino will not be too many but that is worth it if they still give them comfortable playing many games and give the best services to them.

The casino owner will likely have more members, no matter if they are small fish or whales because if the casino owner can give the best services, sooner or later, the whales will show up to them and play using the big money that was already before.

But what the casino wants is addicted people to gambling who will gamble on their site day by day and of course, they will use so much money to gamble. These members will enjoy on that site and playing many games and if there are new games, they will play longer than the other, especially if they like the games.

The reason gambling sites do promotions as attractive as possible and provide the best service, this is done to attract the attention of  many people.
So that many people come to play, gambling site owners sometimes spend quite a lot of money on promotion costs. It was done to attract
whales, because as you said from many people who join gambling sites, there must be some whales that will join in as well. The problem is  
that it is not easy to detect the presence of whales, unless the whales are comfortable playing on the gambling site and finally make a very large
deposit. It would be even better if eventually there were whales who were addicted and spent a lot of money on the gambling site.

This is why many gambling site owners do various ways to make their platforms popular, and provide the best service to its users. That is to
make gamblers comfortable and not think about moving to other gambling sites, especially if the gambling site manages to get whales on their
platform, it is a jackpot for gambling site owners.

There are a lot of different preferences regarding getting more customers if it's on the video games such as slot games of course if you want to get more players mostly they are using animations to make more fun the game, also their boost reward like the headstart offer so they can get already a multiplier and having a higher chance of winning lastly additional is the design depends on the game some slot games there's a lewd imaginations still depends on the theme of the game and the player's preferences.

It depends on what kind of players you are if you are playing for money, then reputation is very important, are you going to play on a gambling site with a bad reputation but with a well design graphic or on a gambling site or with minimal design but always pays their players on time I prefer the latter than the former, one example is 1XBIT it has a good design but there are so many complaints.

but the most important part of the game that people might be hooked up is the winning , in which most gambling sites or even games let us win for beginners , sometimes even huge wins and when we become greedy to seek always for wins , then that is the start they will cut your luck and let you lose more than wins.
so meaning we are being fooled most of the time , when we trust it was luck but the truth is we are being controlled .

Even if the casino owner uses a lot of money on promotion costs, that is still worth it to do as that will work to attract many gamblers to playing gambling on their site, especially if they can do the right promotion. Whether that promotion can attract the whales to join with them or it will need more time to get their attention, the casino will not think much about that because once they can get many new gamblers playing gambling, the whales can get inside on that. Still, they will not reveal themselves before the whales feel confident playing gambling on that site.

The gamblers search for the comfortable thing in the casino and the casino did really know about that and trying to give the best services to all of their members. Sooner or later, the casino will start to profit from that gamblers, and if somehow, the gamblers use a lot of money, the casino will take care of them and give them more services because they are the assets for the casino.

Daily, weekly and monthly lucky winners or the one who wagered more will receive the rewards is one of the most used strategy to promote the gambling sites in the recent times.

In general casinos doesn't need great designs and animations because casino with simple design is having the huge bankrolls so those customers are having different requirements which are trust factors, availability of games, withdrawal speed and promotional contests.

I think the statistics of these players will rather scare off most gamblers, since the amount of money that appears there is frightening for an ordinary player  ;D If such promotions work, then only for high rollers who spend a lot of money and want to receive a reasonable reward for their spending.

A hook in a game that is fair, the one that you can verify if it is fair or not, the reason is it can be used by all of the games. Dice game, roulette, card games and slots all of them can use provably fair system which I do like the most and some of the gambling sites add good graphic design to these games which it makes more interesting.

Not surprisingly, in this forum, many gambling companies dare to spend quite a large promotional budget by holding a signature campaign. Because
they believe that by promoting on this forum, they can bring many gamblers to their site. And online gambling site owners also expect promotions
in the current pandemic situation, is a good opportunity to bring more visitors to their site. Because some physical casinos are still closed and
internet visitors are much more nowadays. But it must also be accompanied by good service and make it easier for gamblers to register on gambling
sites. Because many gamblers will feel comfortable if they receive the best service and easy registration, if it is comfortable, the gambler will not
hesitate to make a large deposit. If that's the case, the promotion costs can be paid off.

we can loose often if the gambling place is not fair and loosing does not makes us comeback or hook in the game .
its an advantage if the casino has a provably fair system because we can check the results of our bets if the site is fair of not   .
graphics can lure gamblers  but too much quality graphics could cause issues or lags when you gamble depending on the device you use.

For me it's not an advantage as even if they have a provably fair system, we still cannot deny the truth that they have the house edge, hence, we gamblers have no chance of winning in the long run. The provably fair system would only ensure that games are not rig, it doesn't increase our chances.

never saw a casinos without an house edge but i think they always have it but there are casinos with lower house edge .
we can last longer in this casinos and that can make us hooked in their games.  there also gamblers that still complain and they call the casino rigged even if the casino has a provably fair system .
i guess they are only lying and it was only their expression because they got a badluck and lose .

Define "the long run", or maybe rather "we gamblers". :)

I mean, it is true that "we gamblers", all of us combined, will lose the house edge to a gambling site in the long run, or if there are millions of us, then it can happen within a day. But one particular gambler? No. It would take hundreds of years of daily betting to guarantee that one particular gambler would necessarily lose to the house, and even that guarantee wouldn't be 100%.

The graphic quality, legitimacy, and popularity with good reviews are the things that I always look for in gambling sites. As for me, a good reputation will also hook lots of players. Bonuses and promotions are also a good strategy for them to get more players.

I think you have a point there, taking into account that the most popular games in cryptocurrency casinos are games like dice, roulette and slot machines, and those are games that are extremely simple on their nature then it makes sense that a game that is simple and that is easy to learn will be more popular than a game that is more complex, obviously not everyone is going to be attracted to that simplicity but without a doubt it plays a factor.

That is really a question of preference. Some might prefer simple and easy to learn games, and some might prefer games during which you can develop a strategy and adjust according to specific circumstances. I think Poker is the perfect example here. Many believe it is easy to learn, which is true if you just gamble a bit here and there and want to understand what the two cards mean in conjunction with the board. But actually Poker is hard to learn if you take into account all the strategic considerations that are possible in different scenarios.

Gamblers have their own preference when it comes to their games. Some are hooked into sports betting because they feel they have higher chance of winning as compared to luck-based games, especially if you are very familiar with some sports. Whereas, others will stay with classic casino games because you don't have to apply a lot of thinking, unless, you want to apply strategies like martingale. But because they are based on luck, you can't do much about the outcome. So yeah, it really depends on the gambler himself, it depends also on their mood and bankroll.

I am sure the online gambling sites will give good services and do not use strict rules to people who want to play gambling because they know that at this pandemic, when many people stay at home but they want to continue playing gambling, the online casino can be a choice for them. If the online gambling sites can attract as many gamblers that they can, they will make a profit and it can make them be popular online gambling sites among the other sites. They also know that promoting their sites here can help them get more members but they also promote in the other forum websites. The gambling owners know that the promotion costs will not be a problem, so they decide to promote their site on many websites.

Why do you think video poker is dying?
If you mean poker in slot machines, then it hardly ever had a large share in games in general, but now their number is increasing and it is losing its share only because of this.
If you mean online poker with real people, then despite the fact that the hype went through it has a huge constant gaming audience. The only problem I know with this kind of poker is the software that collects statistics on the players, which allows professional players to have an edge.

I do think that more on the graphics, the overall interface where you could communicate with other people also matter. But the most important thing in managing a gambling website is the customer service communication. Without any proper customer service, all the queries or problems that are related to depositing/withdrawing funds would go unnoticed.

Like what you also mentioned, a good reputation is essential to a gambling website. To be honest, if the website is also advertised here in the forum, you can at least be comfortable with their legitimacy (exception would be 1-bit lmao).

First, the martingale strategy is complete BS and a fallacy that many seemingly stick to for some reason. There is a topic here that very well explains why the strategy sucks.

Second, I think that some players also stick to sports because they just love to watch sports and have a little bit at stake just for fun without big analyses. I do that from to time, just put a bet on a game you are going to watch with friends and have some beer. Sure you don't bet blindly, although I sometimes go for some spectacular ones like over 6 goals or so. I did that when Dortmund beat Munich 5 - 2 in the coppa final years and years ago! :P Everyone was screaming at me when the 7th goal was scored. :D

The atmosphere around would really makes the one exited. The welcoming behavior of other play with us, would certainly encourage us to mingle with and continue the relationship by playing with them on a regular basis. Few dont mind about cash but just a fun and lovely environment. The ambiances where we play, makes one feel fall into play the games. Like wise, we have so many reasons to get hooked up so. It varies from each individual.

I feel bored by spending a lot of time at home, and I admit online gambling is one solution to kill this boredom. Online casino owners know this,
so there is no doubt for gambling site owners to carry out promotions that require large costs. It is true that some gambling sites are not only
promos on this forum, some gambling sites are even promoted on many other websites. So it's not surprising that some online casino owners
have increased their income in a pandemic situation, because serious promotions will bring in many gamblers. I think the gambling industry is
becoming profitable now, because it can make a lot of money, the key can make many gamblers come and gamble comfortably.

With those alluring promotions coming from all sides of the internet, people who are bored inside their house will start to have some interest with gambling, from that point if they feel that comfort expect them to keep coming back.

It's indeed that casinos make lots of money during this pandemic, it's very likely that people will be attached to this activities since it kills some time.

Very timely for casino house to bring more good promotions and make it very attracting when doing some adds.

It's mostly about the game. You are correct that they will fall into the game on their own. It should be one-of-a-kind and enjoyable. Most people or gamblers nowadays are not only interested in the price but also in the fun because most games have a prize but if you get excited, you'll be hooked on the game. As for me, if I became addicted to a game, it should have a high prize, a fast pace, and make you nervous. Those carnival games are examples of how children became addicted.

I think what most people like are the high percentage of winning where they might get back what they've lost in a high percentage way where you can find this kind of thing in the gambling games. I think this kind of platform only exists in crypto trading and some NFT games but when it comes to gambling the highest percentage you can get is 50/50 if you want to even your winning rewards. But if you unto the high risk, the chances are quite low. When it comes to how good the games are, only a few people cared for that cause they only want the profit, not the fancy things where they can get it from something else without spending their money.

If you feel bored at home and want to kill your free time, you need to think about other things instead of playing online gambling because you already knew that playing gambling too long can lead you to become addicted. And if you do not have control over that, I am afraid that you will spend your free time always playing gambling, which can make you become a heavy addicted person to gambling. Yes, the casino knows how to seduce the gamblers to playing gambling on their places and yes, they promoted their site on many websites. This pandemic gives them to profit as many gamblers can not go to the offline casino and move to online gambling. Online gambling will grow from this year and will get many gamblers comes to their site.

Without a doubt each gambler is going to have their own preferences about the things that they like, and in fact I like games in which you need to think a lot, so games like poker are perfect for someone like myself, however if you take the time to see how much space is allocated at regular casinos for each kind of game you are going to see that the games that are the most simple to understand and to play are by far the most popular, so it seems that is an important factor when it comes to hooking people up.

You are right in that sense, the pandemic has caused many people to turn to online jobs, and casinos are an option both for fun, making money and as an anti-stress. For many the situation changes, because some will get the casinos as the best option to have fun, but others are going through very difficult situations and when they seek to profit only from casinos is where addiction comes into action and if there is no self-control things can worsen.

It must be recognized that casinos enter into direct interaction with emotions and it is thanks to people's emotions that casinos will always win, because many people at the time of playing forget the value of money and only concentrate on winning.

Lol,so we know casinos will always win and yet we  still play to catch fun, but when we loose why does it affect us emotionally when we had in mind that casinos always win? It's addictive to be honest and it takes the mind of the strong ones to stop playing casinos games. I tried so many times on stake platform and I noticed it's a game of luck, no strategy puts you through.

Actually @Kyraishi is right regarding the fact that video poker is dying. This game can't compete with modern sophisticated slots, and it's hard to imagine how you can improve this particular game to make it attractive amidst those newly developed slots.

And of course(or should I say "I hope") he didn't mean poker with real people, because there is a clear definition for what video poker is, and it's very close to a slot game and very far from real poker.

Yes, that is not really a surprising observation. I have been a couple of times to Las Vegas and as you said, the slot machines are crowded all the time. Roulette also. It is just not for me I must admit. There is no challenge, there aren't really mistakes I could be angry about at myself. In Poker you can analyze and conclude, then strategize and practice, that's the fun part about it. But everyone should feel free to play whatever suits him or her best. Fine with me.

Well, if we are talking about poker in the form of playing on a slot machine, then I do not see any problem in this. This is a wretched game I hardly believe that it will be missed even if it completely disappears. I remember how I played such a game (about 20 years ago lol), the essence of the game was that the machine randomly gave you cards and you could either take the win (if you had any combination and profit was minimal) or try to double it (several times in a row). "Funny" gameplay.

The catchiness of the game revolves around the overall atmosphere the developers advertises it to be. For example, No Man's Sky was booming in release because it was advertised to be a game that will push the limits of ever engine it was in, but quickly fell into oblivion when people came to realize that apart from fairly good graphics, nothing of what the promised features were actually delivered. The same can be said for gambling games, doesn't matter if you have the best or worst features, long as the general public doesn't feel like they are being cheated playing your game, you are good to go. Gambler's fallacy basically. The human brain tends to obsess over control and would overestimate the amount of control it has over situations that are very probabilistic in nature. That's why people still play sweepstakes even though you have a higher chance of getting struck by lightning than winning the jackpot.

Very natural human behavior I guess ::) but seriously before we start playing we already have that mindset that casino do always win.
Strong will indeed! without that, it's too difficult to escape when you already attached yourself to this business.
No strategy aside from bankroll management, that's matter for sure.

Losing in gambling affects much of our emotion compare to winnings and that is normal. Casinos will always win and we can’t change that thing, their business is to keep on winning. A game can attract players thru their platform, many are attracted to graphics and many are attracted to play to earn set-up which is the best scenario now with the nft games.

The reason for this is that it is very different to understand something at an intellectual level than to understand something at an emotional level, anyone that has taken the time to read a little bit about gambling knows that over the long term the casino will win, we think we can accept the outcome and still gamble and have fun, but it is really difficult for you and your emotions to understand that losing that money is not a big deal, that is why you have those feelings of regret if you happen to lose, especially if the amount was significant.

There are simply too many variables to try and pin it down to a few that will hook players. Some people might be chasing a thrill that they got from their first win on the slots, others might be trying to recreate the memory they had in a bingo hall when they were younger, yet more may be fooled by the illusion of control that automated video poker gives them or thinking that they are able to predict the winner from virtually generated horse races - like the statistics made up to replicate live sports have any meaning beyond random generation. Most casinos are actually fairly basic when it comes to graphic design in comparison to the dynamic 3d worlds required to keep people hooked in entertaining video games.

It is because once you have done gambling, it will all come back on how much you have spend for gambling alone. Unless, you have a full control of your urge to gamble or having a very limited budget for gambling only. I was once before where I lose money and it made me think that if I didn't gambled my money I would still have my money right without worrying of losing it but it was physical but not a casinos and we just bet on everything we can bet. A site having a low minimum deposit, withdrawal fee, minimum withdrawal amount, use fiat currency to show the total amount of crypto you have in fiat will hook combined with the game that can also hook people.

The Casino always have a n hedge of gamblers with high probability of them having the fattest share. Luck is need to win games on Casino platforms especially when a player does not take high risk in betting. When playing such games the Casinos always have 70% of winning when gamblers have 30%  of winning especially for the lucky one. Whenever I'm playing I always try my best to take less risks cause I could calculate my tendency of winning.

There are indeed a couple of psychological tricks these casinos can use to get you hooked like you said. Low withdrawal fees does get you hooked even though the end result might be the same as if you were to pay higher withdrawal fees elsewhere. Sure it has an impact on the expected value, but someone who goes about gambling strict mathematically might also rather play a game where there is more influence over the game on the player's part.

Casinos do make gambling systems profitable for their owners, then there are many ways that casinos do for gamblers to last longer in gambling.
I, as a gambler, have realized from the start that the chances of beating the casino are very unlikely, so I have to limit myself when playing gambling,
so as not to overdo it and become addicted. With a higher percentage of casino wins than gamblers, we must be careful when playing gambling.
We must remember that playing gambling should only be for entertainment, so when we experience defeat in gambling, there is no need to chase
our defeat.

People are hooked with nft games today because of the feature of earning. And that's just the same in gambling, many are hooked because they've made money from it.
That cannot be removed from those people that have experienced earning from it because they're happy doing so and that's the same as the example you've mentioned.

Rewards and promotion of course, if the prize is really good and probably promotion which includes cash back or other incentives people will be interested in the game but I think it still depends on the player, some player prefer good graphics, some wants gameplay, some wants both and some just for reward so we really can't say unless we make a survey about it.

We still come back from playing gambling games because we tend to think that someday we can win a lot of money and not think how big we lose if we play gambling too often. If we always think like that, we will back to the casino and play different gambling games, hoping that we will win. If we do not want to get hook by the casino, we need to have a strong mind that always tells us to quit gambling after spending some time so we do not have to lose more money. But still, the casino can lure the gamblers by sending the tempting promotion to all of their members and that is one of many ways that the casino always did from a long time ago.

Do you mean games where NTF tokens are used? I think that if a person's main idea is to make money, then he doesn't even need to play something. As I know, various NTF tokens like cryptopunks sell well and are in great demand even without any use in games or anywhere else.

Yes, in the known game Axie Infinity. If you want to have another pet, it is the usage of it as it's quite expensive to do that. But with that rewards, you're just likely to sacrifice what you've earned and reinvest it back to make another Axie.
But if you don't want to use it, you can trade it to an exchange and take the money. The usage of those tokens in NTF made it in demand because either you spend it back and use it or sell and trade it.

What you have stated mate are one of the catchy features that gambling business or establishments or site need to impose to get people hook on the game. I think we shouldn't have to look to other aspect since we as a gambler were not just gambling for fun or to entertain ourselves but we are aiming also for a good return however this kind of good return on the money we risk to gamble is not easily earn in gambling so I think catchy services may be the key to hook people.

I heard about this game too, but decided to try it after Ethereum switches to POS, as now the prices of gaming there are absolutely unacceptable for me. In general, I am surprised that this game with such huge transaction costs has become popular, perhaps it will take off even more when the ETH network switches to POS, in which case investments in it now look attractive.

I think is about how the game works and how much they can earn. We can see that in NFT the games have good graphics and of course good game mechanics but and at the same time you have the chance to earn profit that's why right now NFT games are really popular, a lot of people got hooked to this kind of game.

The best casino games will offer a wide variety of casino games and casino bonus promotions, and in addition should offer attractive promotions to attract new players and retain player interest in the long term and that is the most popular technique.
easy to play and easy to understand as well as a good design that makes players feel at home playing and many ways to attract new and old people to feel at home and comfortable, depending on site feedback and responding to customer complaints and opinions.

We were all created differently and like different things, sometimes we like things or get hooked to things based on the feeling they create or give us whenever we engage in them. That's why most times, you see an individual claiming to like something for reasons unknown to them or for not reasons not too substantial.

Some like the simplest of things or games, while others like others that are more complex, it is all a matter of feeling created that makes the difference. Some choose video games, some others the most basic casino games, while others may prefer online games. We were all created in manner that there are always people to satisfy and fill in different options, this is the spice of life, variety.

There are a lot of casino games online. Not all games are created equal. A games may not have all the latest game technology, but does it have something else? Is it easy to play? Is it fun? Does it have great promotions?

If the answer to any of these is yes then the website will perform well.
To make sure that the player's experience is the best possible, providers will need to make sure that the websites are easy to navigate, easy to choose what you want to play, easy to sign up and easy to submit the deposit and fund your account.

User experience!

This is the main thing on why people do stick on certain gambling site or platform if they do really find out that it is interesting then this is the main reason on why they would  stay up.

Doesnt really matter if you are really that generous in terms of marketing and bonuses but the game itself isnt really that interesting at all then it would be still useless.

As a business then this is  the most challenging  part on where you do mind off on how you should gonna hook people.

I want those games that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye so I could play them without my eyes getting "irritated". Classic designs are fine, like 777 slots. Stories of the games are also bonus points to me as good plots most of the time hooks my interest. Slots that adapted movies as their theme aren't enjoyable to play for me, these slots are expensive to rent on a casino, most of the time they just deplete my balance.

This is a good point. I have noticed that many slot machine games have a monstrous mix of colors, plus a variety of flickering and unhealthy dynamics during the game. I do not understand how gamblers can play such games for a long time, and if we take, for example, a person who suffers from epilepsy, then what games will be dangerous for him.

Another reason people get hooked to those kind of games has to do with the feeling of being an innovator, after all we know that what they're doing is basically playing the lottery with their money when they are investing in those NFTs, so why they don't just play the lottery? Because the lottery is an old way of gambling, NFTs despite the fact that they are trying to make it seem as if it is an investment is just like the lottery, it is just that it is more modern and it makes people feel as if they are investing instead, and in those games that is what hooks people up.

NFT gaming and comparing it on Lottery is totally different literally but talking about risk then  it would really be just the same.Hooking up people or trying to get users isnt something that would be easy.

Doesnt matter on what industry they are focused into but they are sharing with the common goal which is to hook up people to play on the site or platform.It  doesnt  matter on what they are offering

thing here is that the could get revenue or sufficient demand and this is something that can be attained easily.

Demands that will sustain the business doesn't matter if what kind of offering but the aimed is to bring people to use their service and make them feel more comfortable to keep coming back.

I see your point with same risk and indeed, lottery is the old-fashioned ways but this NFT's games where more people are engaged right now.

It's the new way to hook the attentions and bring more money to this business.

The most popular NFT games is that they use "Play to Earn", the community of Gamers is very large worldwide, they are also a very jealous community and their dedication is incredible, in fact simply when it comes to games like Axie Among others, the players dedicate themselves day and night, the creator of Axie in the Philippines has been very successful because everything was focused on the countries of greatest need such as Venezuela, that is where the greatest demand for the game comes from.

NFT games are the ones that are most popular and seeing them with that success they will continue to come out with more options to win, since to enter you need an investment, large or small, but invest.

Yeah, I used to play this game too in the past, but I'd found it less interesting than most of the slots, and surely much less interesting, incomparably even, than real poker.

Maybe Video Poker used to be a good game at the time it was invented, in the mid-1970s, and couple of decades after that, but today, with so many competitors in the form of contemporary slots, there's nothing in the game to hook people to it.

Well, NFT games are the latest innovative way to earn money similar to gambling games but there's a bit difference. Before you can play NFT games you need to invest first on their tokens, we know choosing and investing on projects are not easy because there's a tendency that it might turn as scam.

One thing that can hook a gambler to stay on the game is the fact that you enjoy it and has a chance to earn while playing thats why these NFT games are the new trend. It might not a traditional gambling games that we know but its an interesting one and not purely rely on luck because skills are a must too.

It's only true for casinos to always win where a gambler is a long term investment and the house edge will have an edge but there are people who invest their money in gambling for a short term, gets profit, and get out of there without looking back, but they will always think about how quick profit they made gambling and most certainly try to do the same again and again until they fail and some lose all their money and cycles repeats.

Yeah, we can win good money in a short term, and that's what hooks all gamblers, regardless of the game type. It's not guaranteed, but it's possible, and we can see many examples. As of returning back, it's not always the case. Liv Boeree, for instance, quit professional poker in 2019 after winning more than $3,800,000 in live tournaments. I'm sure there are many examples of people winning and quitting right after that, but you are right, the majority do it again, because they hope to win even more next time.

It is a classic scenario of short term thinking vs long term thinking, when you gamble you have chances of winning during the short term and even obtain good profits, but the longer you play and your expected value keeps being negative then the greater the chances that you are going to eventually turn into a loser, however most people never think about this as it is their natural tendency to just care about the short term and disregard the long term consequences of what they do.

It all comes down to the user interface for me,if am going to place some bets on a sportsbook and its difficult to navigate around or find the markets I desire then I wouldn't force myself to play on such a platform.

Sometimes it's about the competitions such as wagering contests or jackpots, these are highly likely to keep players hooked till they find themselves in contention for a prize and btw these are extremely competitive if the house has a big community.

Mostly it used to be like that for me till I realized that many good ponies I donated to had visuals and which gave a good visual sensation for me to trust them, how wrong I was when I think of it.
But there are good Sportsbet companies that care about visuals in comparison to the system.
Mostly new people who are into gambling are always attracted by the visuals and think if the site is so beautifully created then why would it scam me.

To be honest, the graphic interfaces and in general the user control experience over the games are rarely as good as in other aspects of software. Productivity tools have become more simplified while retaining their original depth for users that require so, gaming has gone beyond anything imaginable just a few years ago in graphics, design and scripts, going into metaverse. However betting has not advanced much. It seems that the industry is reluctant to create something that is radically different.

From the concept offered and the existing business model between lottery and NFT, I think it's very different. one sells dreams. the other provides certainty.
the "hook" system in nft is in the certainty of the benefits. The financial ecosystem they have built makes it a plus point to attract new users.

On the other hand, sometimes one can get lucky with bonuses. As many might already know, with different bonuses from casinos comes a rollover requirement, initially aimed at gamblers losing what they won. But sometimes it turns out the other way around and players actually end up winning even more after rolling twice or triple the amount they were given. But that’s only luck.

Apart from that, remember that though you can’t beat the casino, you can beat other players in it with P2P and skill based games. But that, of course, requires experience.

In most cases the rollover requirements are a joke. In addition to that you can get your real money stuck because that is what you often play first for. Then when it is gone you are left with rollover requirements that make it impossible to gain anything. The one bonus I really liked was the one from bet365. I haven't played on their site for a long time, but I remember that it was quite fair. Do you know of any crypto accepting casino with decent rollover requirements?

The play-to-earn games are now getting the interest of gamers. Remember before, they are just playing for nothing, I mean, playing all day long but no income instead they are spending money just to play without getting any return. That's why these play-to-earn platforms are gaining interest because the players are hoping to get income afterwards, which a lot of us need during this crisis. So why not enjoy the game while potentially earn something. And that will really hook these players to this gaming platform.

It's not surprising me per-se to see these NFT games gain enough traction now because NFTs are all the rage these days and the market is constantly growing. If there's something I've learnt from the crypto space, it's the fact that people will always be chasing the trend. It happened with ICOs, other token sale mechanism and these game developers know and took advantage to it.

At the fundamental level, just build a game that is fun and interactive with a superb user experience and enterprise grade UI, you should be on your way to hosting thousands or even millions of gamers and gamblers.

No and I think one reason is that collectibles always have been a thing. Why would anyone buy Pokemon, or any other collectible. The only difference now that it is digital, but thinking about that I remember that people were trading items for example from World of Warcraft all the time. So if you look at it from that perspective, NFT, especiall those that also have in game use cases, are the perfect answer to the imperfect market that were present during the older times with World of Warcraft. Here is everything is all set, transfers are being made on blockchain and you don't even need to communicate back and forth if someone wants to sell an ingame item for instance.

That concept now is booming and succeed to get attention from people but we do not know if that will work for a long time. But the lottery is one popular gambling game that will always be available in gambling games. Many people become fans of that game and are willing to spend time and money to hit the jackpot. People buy the ticket with some money and they are not thinking too much about the price because the price itself is not too expensive. That is why many people like to buy many tickets, hold them, and wait for their number to come out. But the fact is their number will not always come out as the winner. So the easiness, a cheap price, and not having a complicated of playing gambling will hook people to stay at that casino.

It is the new and becoming common game today. Although there's no gamble on it but rather than risk because it is an investment. We cannot refuse that many have been hooked to this game.
We're investing money on it and although it's different from being hooked in gambling, the same sensations happens for both players, investors and gamblers.

So far, we can say that only a few of these p2e are good enough. We don't know what's with the future for these games and it's also like gambling as you take the risk.
But those who have been on it are already earning so if someone gets hook on it, still DYOR.

In the future, interest in poker will revive.

This will be associated with the development of virtual reality. People will play with each other not offline, but in virtual reality (through their avatars). At the same time, the game will not differ for the worse from offline poker.

Vice versa! It will be much more interesting!

Various locations can be selected.

The elven city of Rivendale from the Lord of the Rings universe ... Pirate tavern Spyglass from the novel by writer Robert Stevenson ... Living room of the French king Louis XIV ... Space station from the Star Wars universe ... Green meadow in Sherwood Forest during the time of Robin Hood and Richard  Lionheart ... Throne room of the legendary English King Arthur ...

If that can apply in gambling games, people will want to stay for a long time because they will see different views or interfaces when they play them. At the same time, offline poker can transform into online poker as we already knew and will grow from time to time. With the help of the technology, all interesting ideas from the developer will implement into the online poker game, which can give the gambler a new experience. They will feel that the transformation from offline poker to online poker is very good.

But to be honest offline poker has its advantages too. It is fun to be sitting at the table with real people and a real dealer in a nice location. Everything will be transforming essentially due to virtual reality, or augmented reality, but I doubt hot spots like Las Vegas will have any trouble getting their hotels rented out. It will always remain a particular experience to a certain degree.

Virtual Reality in gaming is already a thing. We have quite a few games that support virtual reality.
Things are still in the initial stage and with time these games will have improvised a lot so that users can get the real feel of themselves playing in the game while being at their own place.
I think even other gambling games would have virtual reality at some point so that users could get a real feel of gambling casino from their home.

With the unstoppable technology and the bright minds of those developers, this can be done with online gambling.

For most gamblers who love exploring this kind of setup will gain their interest. Imagine you can use those settings and enjoy playing pokers against other gamblers by virtual setup.

No doubts that once it's available and introduce there are interest that will keep playing using this idea.

Without a doubt the interface and how easy it is to use is a very important factor when it comes for people to be comfortable with a particular gambling website, but I will admit that I am willing to sacrifice some of that as long as I can get better odds, after all at the end of the day I want to get my entertainment and I want to get it with the cheapest investment possible and if for that I need to sacrifice an intuitive interface then I am willing to do it.