on-chain casinos phenomenon

[Hispo]

There has to be more entertaining games being developed and not boring games as gamblers checking out the casinos also want to have fun too as they try to make some money.

Well, one of the biggest challenges decentralized and Web3 casinos have it is the fact most gamblers have grown already accustomed to have very graphically rich games at their disposal on centralized off-chain casinos.
One can program a smart contract in order to play dices, or even blackjack against the house. But it would be completely different to have a smart contract running a slot like Sweet Bonanza or Dead or a wild. Which is something which has not been achieved.

That is why it is very difficult for Web3 casinos to compete against normal crypto casinos.

[TypoTonic]

I wouldn't trust OP and his website at all. Go to their About page and scroll down, you'll find a fake "team of professionals" which came from this web template. Their reviews and articles also scream as AI-generated.
It's a shady, low-effort casino review/affiliate site. He didn't even bother changing the names or replacing the stock photos.

[Alex077]

There has to be more entertaining games being developed and not boring games as gamblers checking out the casinos also want to have fun too as they try to make some money.

Well, one of the biggest challenges decentralized and Web3 casinos have it is the fact most gamblers have grown already accustomed to have very graphically rich games at their disposal on centralized off-chain casinos.
One can program a smart contract in order to play dices, or even blackjack against the house. But it would be completely different to have a smart contract running a slot like Sweet Bonanza or Dead or a wild. Which is something which has not been achieved.

Yeah, I think this is one of the main problems with Web3 casinos. Technically, it’s relatively easy to create a fully transparent game using a smart contract if the mechanics are simple - for example, dice, coin flip, or some card games.
Today, popular slots aren’t just random result generators.  They have high-quality graphics, animations, music, bonus rounds, multipliers, cascades, and many other mechanics.
At the same time, I don’t think absolutely all of the game logic necessarily has to be handled by a smart contract.

And this is where regular crypto casinos still have a huge advantage.  Web3 casinos have to solve the technical problem of decentralization while also trying to provide a comparable entertainment experience.

[Filicius]

I wouldn't trust OP and his website at all. Go to their About page and scroll down, you'll find a fake "team of professionals" which came from this web template. Their reviews and articles also scream as AI-generated.
It's a shady, low-effort casino review/affiliate site. He didn't even bother changing the names or replacing the stock photos.

You're right! and not replacing the stock photos could be understandable if they didn't have much time to customise the template or they liked the sample ones, but not changing the name is a red flag for me since it borders impersonation.

Although I was already forewarned since the OP stated that he runs one of the most reputable casino review websites, but it's not among those I know. Who knows, when in doubt I will give them a vote of confidence, but with caution.

[Ever-young]

To get a reputable casino you will need to carry out the research by yourself because there are lots of casinos out there operating differently, some which are still reputable but it image has been tarnished by some negligence gamblers who does not pay attention to details nor read casinos terms and policies till they want to withdraw their money but faces a reality they bypassed before because of ignoring policies, you know if any gambler faces issues like this they will blame it on the casino for being inauthentic and fails to admit that the warning signs where clearly stated but they never cared to read it, people like this will not give you a good review of such casino regardless of the geniuses of that casino, so it will be best you do your research too before you buying others reviews.

Yeah that’s right. Reviews can sometimes be misleading, both in the positive sense and also in the negative sense. Considering the fact that casinos now pay users to give positive reviews to their casinos, so just the fact that a casino has loads of good reviews and ratings doesn’t necessarily imply they’re that good. Same with some negative reviews, some gamblers tend to blame the casinos without actually admitting that they’ve also failed to adhere to the terms of Service of the casinos but choose to ignore them completely. Which is why conducting proper research is very advisable for everyone before choosing a casino and not solely relying of ratings and reviews.

[Hispo]

There has to be more entertaining games being developed and not boring games as gamblers checking out the casinos also want to have fun too as they try to make some money.

Well, one of the biggest challenges decentralized and Web3 casinos have it is the fact most gamblers have grown already accustomed to have very graphically rich games at their disposal on centralized off-chain casinos.
One can program a smart contract in order to play dices, or even blackjack against the house. But it would be completely different to have a smart contract running a slot like Sweet Bonanza or Dead or a wild. Which is something which has not been achieved.

Yeah, I think this is one of the main problems with Web3 casinos. Technically, it’s relatively easy to create a fully transparent game using a smart contract if the mechanics are simple - for example, dice, coin flip, or some card games.
Today, popular slots aren’t just random result generators.  They have high-quality graphics, animations, music, bonus rounds, multipliers, cascades, and many other mechanics.
At the same time, I don’t think absolutely all of the game logic necessarily has to be handled by a smart contract.

And this is where regular crypto casinos still have a huge advantage.  Web3 casinos have to solve the technical problem of decentralization while also trying to provide a comparable entertainment experience.

Well, it would not be impossible to build an attractive slot experience on a smart contract. The contract could just deal with the numbers, logic, bonuses and multipliers of the game (the math itself), the graphic design, sound and animation could just be sourced from the server of the casino itself, making the game 100 percent provably fair de decentralized and still attractive. The problem comes with the cost of implementing something like it for a small and unknown casino.

This idea would be something a casino would much money to risk may implement, and only to please a niche of the market... On paper, it does not sound too profitable.

[sompitonov]

Yeah that’s right. Reviews can sometimes be misleading, both in the positive sense and also in the negative sense. Considering the fact that casinos now pay users to give positive reviews to their casinos, so just the fact that a casino has loads of good reviews and ratings doesn’t necessarily imply they’re that good. Same with some negative reviews, some gamblers tend to blame the casinos without actually admitting that they’ve also failed to adhere to the terms of Service of the casinos but choose to ignore them completely. Which is why conducting proper research is very advisable for everyone before choosing a casino and not solely relying of ratings and reviews.

I would still recommend reading reviews, but very carefully and, of course, understanding that they're written for money by those who consider this their job. Naturally, bookmakers with a lot of money can afford this, but I think most reviews on our forum are genuine and honest, especially from reputable users who have a strong reputation and deserve respect and consideration. At least, I always pay attention to this, and not a single casino or bookmaker has let me down yet, even though I very rarely register on new platforms.

[o48o]

I am not seeing at least one on-chain casino nowadays. Because, it would be too slower to get results. And in my opinion, casinos opted for 'provably fair' instead of being on-chain for avoiding delays. Using cryptos for payment got nothing to do to call a casino 'on-chain', and you are right naive gamblers do mistake crypto casino with on-chain casino.

When on-chain casinos were being hyped, they were mainly concepts funded by people like me who didn't yet know how blockchains worked. Whole hype was basically build on same theme as icos were, which was that you can fix anything by "building it on blockchain" which didn't mean anything.

People like me weren't technically savvy enough to understand what blockchain was suitable for and hype blinded me, so i thought that everything needs to be on-chain, including casinos. Lesson learned.

[Orpichukwu]

I would still recommend reading reviews, but very carefully and, of course, understanding that they're written for money by those who consider this their job. Naturally, bookmakers with a lot of money can afford this, but I think most reviews on our forum are genuine and honest, especially from reputable users who have a strong reputation and deserve respect and consideration. At least, I always pay attention to this, and not a single casino or bookmaker has let me down yet, even though I very rarely register on new platforms.

One thing about forum reviews is that it's not just about the member who drops it being reputable or not; the reputation can add extra to the review, but the other thing that makes it more unique is the fact that other members can also support or counter that review since they also use the service and can testify if it’s true or false.

[free-bit.co.in]

Yeah, I think this is one of the main problems with Web3 casinos. Technically, it’s relatively easy to create a fully transparent game using a smart contract if the mechanics are simple - for example, dice, coin flip, or some card games.
Today, popular slots aren’t just random result generators.  They have high-quality graphics, animations, music, bonus rounds, multipliers, cascades, and many other mechanics.
At the same time, I don’t think absolutely all of the game logic necessarily has to be handled by a smart contract.
And this is where regular crypto casinos still have a huge advantage.  Web3 casinos have to solve the technical problem of decentralization while also trying to provide a comparable entertainment experience.

Well, it would not be impossible to build an attractive slot experience on a smart contract. The contract could just deal with the numbers, logic, bonuses and multipliers of the game (the math itself), the graphic design, sound and animation could just be sourced from the server of the casino itself, making the game 100 percent provably fair de decentralized and still attractive. The problem comes with the cost of implementing something like it for a small and unknown casino.
This idea would be something a casino would much money to risk may implement, and only to please a niche of the market... On paper, it does not sound too profitable.

I also think that putting entire slot game on-chain is often unnecessary. My understanding is the main benefit of transparency is achieved when the outcome-critical part like- RNG, game logic, payout calculation, and settlement etc are on-chain or independently verifiable. And graphics, animation and sound can be kept off-chain. This will make player experience much smoother and will not put unnecessary computation on the blockchain. Rather, actual challenge is not just cost. Creating an architecture where users can verify the outcome themselve and operator cannot change result later. To me, this hybrid model seems more practical for Web3 casino.

[AVE5]

Having a review may be good, but this community itself know many gambling sites in a way the reviews can not be of any help to them. If you go to the gambling main board, you will see many active gambling announcements thread there.

The gambling sites active presence on this forum and having good reputation and trustworthiness have been what people in this community have been using as their review.

That's very correct if must say but to an extent, if the review is being carried on by this community user's, the review contents can also be a means to determine the sites reputations according to the user's experience, only that reviews on the sites isn't convinced able enough to trust the gambling site.
For people to also trust a casino or gambling sites, it has to be considered from how long the site has been existing and same time keeping to their terms.
Reputable gambling sites will also focus on the comfort service with their user's while transparency is regarded very important.