Blogs and Forums. Additional Features in Online Casinos

[Mr. Magkaisa]

    -      here are other gamblers who actually have a community because they are bloggers who have a lot of followers and they use their status as influencers in a casino gambling to benefit them.

And it is not unknown to others that many influencers or streamers do this style most of the time as far as I know.

[iv4n]

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

I personally don't consider if the casino has its own blog/forum, I read the news and related articles elsewhere, as for interacting with the community there are other ways to do it, much better in my opinion.

The only reason these forums are good is that they have some interesting promotions, but even those promotions are shared in other places like Telegram, social networks, and other places (like this forum). So I don't see anything special in casino forums, except that I don't visit them, it doesn't matter to me if the casino has them or not.

[joeperry]

Actually no, but it's better if they have that as it could be use to gather or create community within the site. Also if there's concern or anything related, people can open up a thread there and help each other along with their moderators.

Also if they announce competitions or any events, they can target their audience in the website itself instead of using other forum like Bitcointalk. Though it's much transparent here and more audience, but to answer your question, I don't care whether there's a blog or forum within the site or no as long as the site is safe and they have the games or leagues that I want.

[Cantsay]

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?

Nah!! I don’t include this as a criteria for choosing the right casino for me - if you take a look at those casinos communities you’ll see that there’s a less usage for it, most gamblers prefer using chat box rather than going to the casino forum to create a post there.

Bcgame has a forum and I don’t think people use it the way they do with chat box - with forum it will take some time before you get response but for the chatbox you instantly get a response because of the activeness of the chat. Most forum are only used to announce promotions like that of bcgame it’s not suited for chat.

[Reid]

I don't consider them. But when I found out about Stake's forum, that's when I told myself it's also a good idea to check if the other gambling sites have their own forums. That way, they can answer questions that cannot be answered in this forum or in the chat place because of the multiple chats incoming. It helps resolve problems because it's not just the support that can answer but also the community of the forum who may have experienced the same problem. The raffles and other promos are also a great way to boosts the incoming customers.

[Baofeng]

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?

Good question, but personally? No, I've known casinos that have their own forums and most of them don't. But it doesn't matter, as long as you or us gamblers can trust that casinos, I think it's fair enough to say that this is the least criteria that we look for a casino before we can play.

It's more on the reputation that they have built through out the years or if they are just starting out, at least there are no scam accusations or if there are, it is being solved by the casino themselves and they try to be transparent.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

I do agree with most of the posters here, it's not a must for us gamblers to play on casinos that does/doesn't have blogs at all. And for those who are playing at Stake, one of the first casino, have their own forum and maybe majority here didn't know that but still they played at Stake because of it's reputation.

So this is not a must have for crypto based casinos, and there are a lot of casinos that born during the pandemic that up to this day don't have their own forum. But the question is how they can reach to their customers?  Well there are many ways and one of them is thru their official social media account, or even in their ANN thread here.

[Forsyth Jones]

Normally, I'd just go towards a forum such as bitcointalk when I want to learn more about gambling strategies, news, updates, and just to hang out. If the platform has a trollbox, that's more than enough for my consumption and I can get answers from the people or to the community moderators themselves directly in a fast and more efficient manner compared to forums. Blogs are okay too, but that's something I rarely read because if I want to get updates on a crypto casino, I'll just go here on this forum and get my questions answered if I have further questions on whatever update they may have for users.

You can't be more right, it's a good strategy for crypto casinos to invest their time in posting here on the forum and interacting with the folks. However, the casino investing in its own blog or community on the platform can be good for SEO.
Mainly for me as I'm a beginner and have never bet in online casinos before, I think it'd help, there may be lots of cool tips here on the forum too, if you could give me some threads it'd be interesting and I'll appreciate a lot.

[Sunderland]

These features are actually an advanced marketing technique for casinos that have been operating for a long time, have a good reputation and have many customers.
New casinos that dont have many players do not need features like that, instead they need to be active in public forums and try to get their platforms reviewed by famous bloggers.

[retreat]

I think that the blog feature on the casino website is to increase traffic from search engines through SEO, because there are many articles that are usually deliberately published by the casino to attract potential customers to read on the website and later register there too. And for the forum, it was developed to be a place for users to interact and discuss various things at the casino. Usually it is developed to accommodate users who want to chat or share things about gambling or casino services.

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

For blogs, I'm not really interested in that, but for forums it's quite important for me. Because the existence of this forum allows me to discuss with other gamblers or ask questions that I think need to be asked. Just imagine if the casino didn't have a forum feature, meaning there were lots of questions or various things that users wanted to talk about or discuss but the casino couldn't accommodate them. It would be a drawback for a casino if it did not provide this feature.

[adultcrypto]

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?

Many casino that I know have some kind of communities where their users interact and receive assistance from the support in real time. They might all use the same thing, some might forum kind of platform while other use discord and or Telegram. The type of platform is really that much of importance, as long as it is doing the job of bringing the users together to interact directly with the support and there is proper dissemination of information, I think the job is done. I actually watch out for this community when choosing a casino to use because I wouldn't want to use a casino that are not in touch with their users. This can be dangerous especially when help is needed.

[danherbias07]

I avoid this kind of thing. I know those blogs can be useful when there's a need for an explanation of something but somehow you will learn everything while you are playing.
Forums on the other hand, I tried entering the forums of one gambling site and I can say I love how active the moderators are when they are answering queries from forum members and then making a contest. I even got tipped by one of the members there just voting for the anniversary picture contest of the gambling site.
It's okay but I don't use a lot of my time reading there. I mean, I'd rather be in this forum where everything about gambling and cryptocurrencies is here and it's fun to read all the analysis of other members who uses different gambling sites or sports bookies.

[panjul07]

Some gamblers do like to communicate or interact with other players on the casino, blog/forum where they can talk like what we do in this forum, it can be one thing to consider by these gamblers.
However I believe that this thing is not that important to gamblers, even if there is no blog/forum, gamblers will still choose the casino they like based on their own preferences (games, offers such as promo or tournament, rewards, etc).
Basically blog/forum by online casino is created by the casino to build their own community, to make the players interact to each others while at the same time the casino may provide some promotions on the forum.

[Porfirii]

Some gamblers do like to communicate or interact with other players on the casino, blog/forum where they can talk like what we do in this forum, it can be one thing to consider by these gamblers.
However I believe that this thing is not that important to gamblers, even if there is no blog/forum, gamblers will still choose the casino they like based on their own preferences (games, offers such as promo or tournament, rewards, etc).
Basically blog/forum by online casino is created by the casino to build their own community, to make the players interact to each others while at the same time the casino may provide some promotions on the forum.

Apart from the blog and/or forum the OP mentioned, I think that for those user who like to engage in a conversation with others, a chat is also a very interesting feature, so they can talk in real time. I have seen it in other sites too, like exchanges.

I don't know either the impact that having a chat or not having it would have in the election of one casino over the rest, though.

[Bitcoin Smith]

These additional features are added by the casinos to keep the user engagement even at the time they don't want to make any bet because they know that longer you stay the chances of coming back to make a bet is higher.

Myself not really interested on those because I feel these things can be manipulative if we have shown what they wanted us to see but interacting with community is good thing cause we can see what are the things going around in the gambling related field.

[bittraffic]

If the casino forum allows signature advertising, I think crypto casinos will be good to advertise there as well  Maybe not BBcode though not all forums are using simple machines but having a link in the signature will already be enough.

Forums for the casinos aren't necessary but it could really generate engagement from users and experiences from its users will make it interesting for the newcomers in crypto. Forums could be a good support for each other if someone has some issues inside the casino.

[Solosanz]

Are users read the casino blogs before or while they gamble? personally I'm not interested to read blogs.

Forums only work if the casino is big and have a lot gamblers who stick with the casino, while most of new casino which have forums is like in graveyard. It's better for them to communicate in this forum if they have something important to discussed.

[coin-investor]

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?

No its not my consideration I prefer on the reputation and trustworthiness of the platform, the games and the giveaways they can offer, when I'm in a  gambling platform my priority is to play I am already active here in Bitcointalk so why do I need to join in a forum inside the casino platform and besides there's diversity of discussion here and since the casino own the forum they can restrict you if you complain about their platform.

Having their own forum is good for a casino so new players will see how active their community but its the least on what will I look for a casino when looking for one.

[sokani]

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.

[qwertyup23]

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?

Yup they are a factor if there is at least a live community that have discussions about the gambling website.

The existence and presence of forums, social platforms, and discussions are factors that strengthen the legitimacy of a gambling website. The fact that an online gambling platform created a designated thread/community in order to discuss any kind of improvement or at least have a community for socialization are green flags. It also implies that the casino values having discussions that can strengthen the community as a whole.

A gambling platform is nothing without a community. This is also the reason on why this forum, sometimes, serves as the community of these online gambling websites due to the presence of several ANN threads of gambling websites here.

Though this may be the case, this really depends on the online gambling platform if they have this kind of service or not. I do think that having an active ANN thread in this forum satisfies that requirement of having a community, without a need of implementing a separate community on their website.