{"id":37345,"date":"2021-11-01T21:57:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=37345"},"modified":"2021-11-01T22:12:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:42:43","slug":"how-volatility-became-the-key-trend-in-the-online-casino-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-volatility-became-the-key-trend-in-the-online-casino-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"How Volatility Became the Key Trend in the Online Casino Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blackjack, as most are aware, is one of the world\u2019s most popular casino games, and it has been that way for several decades. But the game\u2019s nature, in terms of strategy, is one of attrition. We say \u201cattrition\u201d in the sense that the goal is not to win one game, but to accumulate small wins over a session. The main ambition of a blackjack player is to win more games than the dealer. If they win six out of ten, then that session has been succession.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because of this, and due to its low house edge, blackjack could be considered a game of low volatility. This concept has become increasingly important in the modern online casino industry, and it is arguably changing the way players play today. It is a certainty, however, that is changing the way software developers create and market games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you look at one of the sites featuring a selection of the world\u2019s top casino software developers, Mr Green. A visit to its Irish casino platform at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrgreen.com\/ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.mrgreen.com\/ie\/<\/a> will show you games from, among many others, NetEnt, Pragmatic Play and High 5 Games. These are three of the developers who have put a strong emphasis on volatility over the last couple of years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Games now come in \u201cExtreme\u201d versions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To explain what we mean, we can look at two games from High 5 Games currently appearing at Mr Green \u2013 Secrets of the Forest and Secrets of the Forest Extreme. Both games are hugely popular and they are almost identical. The main difference is that Secrets of the Forest Extreme is, as you might guess by the title, more volatile than the standard game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A volatile game \u2013 they sometimes call it high variance \u2013 is a game that delivers higher rewards, but it comes with the caveat of higher rewards. We used the example of blackjack earlier, but if you want to look at a real-world example: Predicting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/pti-stories\/guessing-heads-or-tails-isn-t-really-a-50-50-game-study-112120300282_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a coin toss<\/a> is a low variance\/involatile game, whereas playing the lottery is high variance\/volatile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While NetEnt and High 5 Games have leaned towards branding some games as \u201cExtreme\u201d to convey their volatility, Pragmatic Play has gone down a different tour. The creators of the hugely popular Dog House slot decided to give games a rating out of five, with five being the highest level of volatility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Table and card games are also changing <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, why is this important? Well, for a start, it gives players a choice. To play games with lower risk and lower potential rewards and vice versa. And, it\u2019s not just limited to slots either \u2013 games like Quantum Blackjack and Lightning Roulette also provide high variance options for players should they wish to play. The emergence of new technology means that some of these games can even be played on live casino platforms.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37346 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/casino.png\" alt=\"casino\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/casino.png 800w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/casino-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/casino-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/casino-74x55.png 74w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/casino-111x83.png 111w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/casino-215x161.png 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As we keep stressing, this is about giving players choice. But it is also important that players work out their own parameters, i.e., budget accordingly. Volatile games are exactly what the name suggests \u2013 wild, unpredictable, risky. But remember that you do not have to \u2013 should not \u2013 spend any more than you would usually budget.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/theuijunkie.com\/bill-morgan-lottery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the lottery<\/a> earlier, and that\u2019s a good way to think about it. People (at least most rational people) don\u2019t go out and buy 100s of lottery tickets; they buy one, or maybe a couple. All casino games carry some risk, but appreciating that the outcome of volatile games is a little more unpredictable should stand you in good stead. If you play, treat it like a lottery ticket and convince yourself that you are unlikely to win big, and always stick to your budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackjack, as most are aware, is one of the world\u2019s most popular casino games, and it has been that way for several decades. But the game\u2019s nature, in terms of strategy, is one of attrition. We say \u201cattrition\u201d in the sense that the goal is not to win one game, but to accumulate small wins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87328],"tags":[96995,99477,99475,99478,99476,99481,99482,99473,88154,87553,99487,87945,99488,87552,99486,99485,99484,99479,99483,99472,99480,89982,96980,99474],"class_list":["post-37345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casino","tag-casino-industry-analysis","tag-casino-industry-growth-trends","tag-future-of-gambling","tag-future-of-the-gambling-industry","tag-gambling-industry-analysis","tag-gambling-industry-statistics-2020","tag-gambling-industry-trends","tag-increase-in-online-gambling","tag-live-casino-online","tag-online-casino-goa","tag-online-casino-in-indian-rupees","tag-online-casino-india","tag-online-casino-india-legal","tag-online-casino-india-real-money","tag-online-casino-malaysia","tag-online-gambling-industry-in-india","tag-online-gambling-industry-statistics","tag-online-gambling-marketing","tag-online-gambling-statistics-2021","tag-online-gambling-trends-2020","tag-online-gambling-trends-2021","tag-real-money-online-casino","tag-trends-in-casino-industry-2020","tag-u-s-online-gambling-growth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37348,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37345\/revisions\/37348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}