Blogs and Forums. Additional Features in Online Casinos

[Yatsan]

Well a community will always matter along with a platform's reputation given how many gambling sites are a fraud. This will be a huge help for those players who are seeking legitimate gambling sites they can entrust their money with. Personally I don't trust reviews alone posted in the gambling site itself simply because it can easily be created for the purpose of promoting the platform's credibility. It would be much better to hear directly from other gamblers about their experience to certain platforms just like with different discussions in this forum. So yes, it could be a gret feature especially for the new ones or those which are still seeking to establish their gambling site in this industry. There are already telegram channels on most gambling sites but it would be a lot better if there will also be in other platforms.

[taufik123]

Blogs have become a common feature and indeed needed by all casinos so that every user who logs in can read any announcements related to the casino.

But for forums that discuss about the casino or all kinds of anything that casino users complain about, I think this forum is quite adequate.
If you have to use the casino's internal forum, it will only put an excessive load on the casino website and not a good place.

Bitcointalk forums are already a good place to brainstorm ideas about any casino and just create a dedicated casino thread which one to discuss.

[coolcoinz]

I don't take them into account at all. I honestly don't care if there's a way to communicate with other gamblers and most if not all of the casinos that I used over the years did not have that feature.

In my case it helps that I've been here for a few years and played on early versions of crypto casinos and nobody had built in forums back then. A chatbox was rare at the time and I've never even used it because mostly people were saying high or spamming.

[LUCKMCFLY]

There are online casinos that have a blog where their clients or potential clients can turn, to read gambling related articles without leaving the website. There are also online casino websites that have its own forum for their clients like a community interaction.

In addition, there are the ones that do not have any of these features. While  some of us may just want to sign up and start playing immediately, it is not so for others. Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

After reading the articles or being part of the community, will it increase my chances of winning? I don't think anyone cares about any of that and they're never yardsticks in choosing a casinos. IMO, the idea of having a community on Telegram, reddit, discord etc, is to advertise and introduce news features, promos and competitions to the gamblers. I don't know about others but I kind of find it difficult browsing through the casino, looking for new events, competitions etc. So bringing such events to the group is the essence of the having a community.

Well, sometimes casinos have their blogs to inform their customers, there is a casino like bitcasino.io that basically publishes high quality articles to educate, and the truth is they are very good, I have learned a lot from there, in fact I know more about each game because the articles are very detailed and give you what one as a player seeks to have, then in view of these things we can Generate more knowledge, the more knowledge does not mean that we win more, but it does mean that we will have a better understanding of the games that we play We are playing and that is good, information for me is gold, but everyone has their own perception, but that is how I see it.

[uneng]

In addition, there are the ones that do not have any of these features. While  some of us may just want to sign up and start playing immediately, it is not so for others. Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

No, this feature isn't important for me when choosing a casino where to play, because it doesn't really influence anything on the dynamics of the website, neither says anything about the its reputation. It's just an extra feature for sharing news and hints related to the gambling universe, although we can already access this same content on Google with a much larger range of informations disponible to us in real time. So, always I want to read something about gambling I go to Google for a general research, despite casinos having their own blogs and articles. If something written by those casinos is relevant, it will show highlighted on Google, anyway.

[darkangel11]

I don't care if they have forums or blogs. I honestly never read blogs run by any business. I'd have to be heavily invested in something to read a blog. For instance if I bought an apartment in a building that's under construction, I'd maybe follow the blog to see how they're building it and if there are no holdups. In case of casinos I'm rarely there so I don't have time to read blogs when I find an hour in my busy schedule to gamble. The only positive thing about casinos that do these things is that you can read all the complaints, but that's only as long as they don't moderate these, so you can never be sure.

[sunsilk]

Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

I'd say more of their community than of the blogs and forums. But a forum that is built through other means especially here, that's already an established one is better.

While the others that are starting to build their own reputation and community to start with, they're having a hard time but those that are able to gain trust from the community really differ on how they're going to market themselves.

Why market? It's normal to market still those features that they have for their users to know the existence of features that they have.

[goaldigger]

There’s a lot of blog site already, though if the blog talks about general infos about gambling then it’s ok and as long as there’s no bias and no conflict of interest.

Having a forum on your own site can cause trust issues especially if that forum is being controlled by the casinos site itself since they can filter out the topics and might prevent any topic that is against the site, though this is ok but for me this should not only the basis in choosing a casino site to gamble with.

[DaNNy001]

There are online casinos that have a blog where their clients or potential clients can turn, to read gambling related articles without leaving the website. There are also online casino websites that have its own forum for their clients like a community interaction.

In addition, there are the ones that do not have any of these features. While  some of us may just want to sign up and start playing immediately, it is not so for others. Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

Well now that you have pointed this out I think I have actually played in some casino having these extra features although it has never being of any interest to me but am sure that some gamblers do enjoy it, where I do enjoy is when am using crypto exchange and one that I like that has something like this is binance exchange but for gambling or casino site, I don't think I actually look out for such features before using the casino.

[electronicash]

it's a good feature to connect to fellow gamblers and maybe find tips just like the tips in the stake chat. gambling forums are worth spamming though. i think there are lots of casino that will hire you to insert links  

i saw that stake forum but never really read more than 30 minutes of the posts in there. wizard of vegas forums i think was one of the casino forums that is popular. i remember posting there before.

[Stepstowealth]

There are online casinos that have a blog where their clients or potential clients can turn, to read gambling related articles without leaving the website. There are also online casino websites that have its own forum for their clients like a community interaction.

In addition, there are the ones that do not have any of these features. While  some of us may just want to sign up and start playing immediately, it is not so for others. Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

After reading the articles or being part of the community, will it increase my chances of winning? I don't think anyone cares about any of that and they're never yardsticks in choosing a casinos. IMO, the idea of having a community on Telegram, reddit, discord etc, is to advertise and introduce news features, promos and competitions to the gamblers. I don't know about others but I kind of find it difficult browsing through the casino, looking for new events, competitions etc. So bringing such events to the group is the essence of the having a community.

The essence why people would even join such casino community is to perhaps learn more or try to earn by being active and productive towards issues that may be the future prospects design.
There's no big deal about it and anyone can decide to join or not and it would be fine same way.
Even crypto exchanges have such forums and community and it is not a yardstick why they perform any better, except for the fact that the exchange fees or in this case, gambling rewards remain same and is a decision by the management of the online platform.

[Rockstarguy]

Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

Unless you are a gambler who cares about community involvement, most gamblers are interested in just coming online and playing their favorite games. They are not too concerned with being in a forum with other gamblers on the same platform or reading news from the casino blogs.
These additional features added by some casinos are mainly to make a casino more customer friendly, and to make gamblers spend longer time on their platform, and always see reasons to come back.

That's it, many gamblers don't even have time to even read the terms and conditions that is on casino site talk much of going through community of casino.  What most gamblers just have to do with casino is to play games and nothing more. A casino that has community for customers is a good one , and it won't be bad if customers go through it. With a feature like this you will get to know if a casino is a good one to play gambling or not, because if it a casino that is not good to customers, the people in the casino group or community would lay some complain and you will see for yourself if it is a good casino for you to continue with.

[Casdinyard]

There are online casinos that have a blog where their clients or potential clients can turn, to read gambling related articles without leaving the website. There are also online casino websites that have its own forum for their clients like a community interaction.

In addition, there are the ones that do not have any of these features. While  some of us may just want to sign up and start playing immediately, it is not so for others. Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

Pretty sure a lot of the A-list online casinos like stake either has customer service support, blogs, and forums to help their users find company and support for all things gambling, some even go so far as to create announcement and discussion threads in this very forum to promote further discussion and information sharing amongst their users and potential customers. And while I don't particularly look for these features per se (except customer service, I always make sure the casino I play in's got a comprehensive customer service system that is created to fully assist me with all the things I would need help with), these are amazing additions I wouldn't mind the casino I would entrust my money on having. Plus it's way fun talking to people and discussing ideas within and outside the gambling world, so forums and discussion boards generally help.

Of course not every site who has these can be considered "reputable" or "honest" from these alone, they still have shit to show for before they can really garner the trust of the people, but generally speaking, a casino created to run the pockets of their users wouldn't go so far as to include features meant to hear from their customers to make their site better if the intent is to fool them out of their hard-earned money anyway.

[Natsuu]

Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

For me not in any cases. I would rather chose the casino that is generous of giving rewards than one who have the blogsite. For me it's just their marketing gimmick to lead people and tell that the casino is more verified than the rest because it has blog. Yes that would be a good help to provide interaction between gamblers but it's unnecessary since it won't make you money either.

[Miles2006]

Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

Unless you are a gambler who cares about community involvement, most gamblers are interested in just coming online and playing their favorite games. They are not too concerned with being in a forum with other gamblers on the same platform or reading news from the casino blogs.
These additional features added by some casinos are mainly to make a casino more customer friendly, and to make gamblers spend longer time on their platform, and always see reasons to come back.

Try reading your what you have said again, does it make any sense to you? Who else will visit a casino site if the person is not a gambler or you want to tell me that some persons just mistakenly jump into a casino website by mistake.

Let me put it this way, the world is changing and most online platforms in the different areas like gambling, health, luxury to mention a few are not just concerned about providing their service to people only. They now understand the power of community building. I don't want to say it's the new trend because it has been going on for some time now. The idea of the community is to keep the user active in the platform even after they are done with what they came for.

This is obvious and I believe the least reason why casino provide such service is just being special and different from other casino service cause the service is not common that's why most people still insist playing their game and nothing else. For example, if I get to enjoy such service I will prefer using the casino but I can't go around searching for a casino rendering this feature and I think that's what the op is asking. Most people can't do without this special service meanwhile some gamblers can gamble comfortable without this special service so I understand when gamblers can do comfortable without the features

[Mahanton]

There are online casinos that have a blog where their clients or potential clients can turn, to read gambling related articles without leaving the website. There are also online casino websites that have its own forum for their clients like a community interaction.

In addition, there are the ones that do not have any of these features. While  some of us may just want to sign up and start playing immediately, it is not so for others. Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

Not that much when it comes to these forums or any other websites that they do have about community interaction and other feedbacks but it is really that something that will really be not bad on having.
If you are someone whose really that loving on making some research before making deposits on sites then it would really be something useful with your research because you could be able to read up those different feedbacks and other insights with the community but for me then this forum itself would really be enough for you to search for feedbacks but not all would really be that be able to search up this forum
and ends up on getting into those dedicated forum.

For me then it wont really be something that necessary or something that will really be needed for you to choose up a site. You could always look for feedbacks
on which this is something that should really be enough.

[Agbe]

There are online casinos that have a blog where their clients or potential clients can turn, to read gambling related articles without leaving the website. There are also online casino websites that have its own forum for their clients like a community interaction.

In addition, there are the ones that do not have any of these features. While  some of us may just want to sign up and start playing immediately, it is not so for others. Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

Most of us do not consider them before signing up and playing in the casino but they are very good features to have in casino companies because it will bring gamblers together in one place to discuss how things work out in the casino and the particular game. So if those casinos that do not have those features can add them up, it is not a bad idea. Because it will make interaction much more easier. And it will also make easier way to interact with the support chat team without delay again because they would be in the chat group.

[robelneo]

Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

I haven't checked or included that for my consideration it is the least of the priorities I'm looking for in a casino to play like all gamblers reputation ranks high on gamblers' criteria, reputation is everything in a casino if they include all the best features, and added a forum and a blog, they will just ignore all of these if they see the casino not addressing the most important concern and that is bad reports.

Casinos are notorious for restriction when it comes to their territory if you are posting bad about the platform they will ban you in their forum, it's better to be active in an open forum where you can post all your concerns and opinions.

[Psynthax]

would be great if they also have AI to help us get the latest information in summarized manner not reading some really long article just to get information.
i always find AI summarization to help a lot turning few paragraphs long article into just few line of texts.
I think some companies aren't really seeing potentail of the AI into their product but I believe that its the way of the future.
i mean they are willing to write an article might as well implement the capability of AI to it so that we won't waste too much time analyzing and making researches.

Do you by chance consider these features when assessing and selecting which casinos to join and play on?

For me not in any cases. I would rather chose the casino that is generous of giving rewards than one who have the blogsite. For me it's just their marketing gimmick to lead people and tell that the casino is more verified than the rest because it has blog. Yes that would be a good help to provide interaction between gamblers but it's unnecessary since it won't make you money either.

why not both, i mean there's no reason why a platform can only have one, you can have both and the customers will be happy, you get the gist of it.

[Kemarit]

I agree with what most posters said, it's not a priority for us, although good addition, but not a must for casinos. And I think 90% of crypto based casinos have at one time have signature campaigns here or have created a Ann thread.

But forum has advantage and disadvantage though, separate from this community. Gamblers can talk freely although they could also be moderated by the casino. And if we are going to rank which features we wanted to see in a casinos, sad to say but this could be in last in our list.