{"id":5505,"date":"2020-03-26T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/?p=5505"},"modified":"2020-03-31T16:30:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T20:30:13","slug":"will-online-slots-surge-amid-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/will-online-slots-surge-amid-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Online Slots Surge Amid Coronavirus Pandemic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The coronavirus has caused many land-based casinos across the globe to shut down. Soon, only online slots will remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Internet slots have always been popular ever since they came about in the late-1990s. But could they be in for an even larger boom during this pandemic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/picking-an-online-slot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5070\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll answer this question by covering more on the casino closures and how online slots will fare as the only options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Land Based Casinos Have Closed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The coronavirus strain known as COVID-19 is a pandemic that&#8217;s gripping the world. It threatens to make people extremely sick and even cause death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/q-a-detail\/q-a-coronaviruses#:~:text=symptoms\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">symptoms here<\/a>. Let&#8217;s just say that you want to do everything possible to avoid catching this illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of this, casinos from Macau to Las Vegas have closed their doors. These casinos can&#8217;t feasibly stay open given that they&#8217;d be breeding grounds for the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Online Slots Are the Only Game in Town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Online slots have always served as an alternative to land-based machines. They&#8217;re perfect for when you don&#8217;t want to visit and play at a brick-and-mortar casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, however, they&#8217;re the sole option. Gamblers can no longer visit major destinations like Vegas or go to their local casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Internet slots currently have a monopoly on the slot machine industry. Those who love spinning the reels will be forced to play these games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Internet Slots Should Draw Record Numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Online slots numbers can be fleeting. Some gambling jurisdictions report these numbers while others (e.g. Costa Rica) don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, I won&#8217;t have all of the official data regarding internet slots&#8217; surge through this pandemic. I&#8217;m willing to bet, though, that they&#8217;ll do quite well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, land-based casinos can&#8217;t offer their slot machines for at least a month. They probably won&#8217;t be able to run slots for even longer as COVID-19 shows few signs of slowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, online casinos are sitting well and positioned to exceed expectations as gamblers look for indoor activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coronavirus has caused many land-based casinos across the globe to shut down. Soon, only online slots will remain. Internet slots have always been popular ever since they came about in the late-1990s. But could they be in for an even larger boom during this pandemic? I&#8217;ll answer this question by covering more on the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5505"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5507,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505\/revisions\/5507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}