Online casinos are on the upward trend.

There have been several reports recently about gambling companies or bookmakers suffering from reduced profits  in these difficult times but the interesting thing is that invariably the online divisions of these companies are either not suffering as badly or indeed they are still making progress with more turnover and more profits. Most companies do not split out their online casino operations from online sports betting or online bingo but what is clear is that people are generally increasing use of the internet for gambling purposes. The question which needs to be answered is whether this a general increased use of the internet  or whether it is gambling specific. We at onlinecasino.ie have suggested on a number of occasions that people are shunning the traditional land based casinos for the comfort of their own homes and who can blame them with such things as the smoking ban and the minimum stake size in many casinos. Even sports betting has become more popular as an online activity as you can see or follow many of the sports activities on your own computer and any reputable sports bookmaker such as Ladbrokes, Paddy Power or William Hill have great statistics to help you which you don’t have in the bookies shop. In the casino world, online casinos have a much greater choice of games, especially slots, than is possible at a land based casino and do you really need all the pushing and shoving around a roulette table and having to watch that nobody walks off with your chips? We think not and we can only see online casinos gaining more and more in popularity especially now that there is live online casino for those that like a little chat along the way.