In a few articles on this blog (past and future), you may spot sentences such as “[Casino Name] is definitely award-worthy”, or “[Casino Name] absolutely deserves any awards it gets”. Notice how this is different from a casino that is simply praise-worthy – no, here we’re talking about something more, something better. Many things can be praise-worthy. My office chair is praise-worthy – it’s soft, it’s comfortable, it does wonders for my back and I would recommend it to a friend who is in need of an office chair. Would I stamp it with an award, though? No, I would not. Online casinos operate on pretty much the same principle – the very best of the very best go home with an award, and the rest do not. But what would an online casino need to do in order to be truly award-worthy? Well, it needs to have three very simple things:
1. A Whole Ton of Quality Games
First and foremost, an online casino is only as good as its games. A casino that tries to convince you of the opposite is not a casino worth your time! At the end of the day, you go there to play games, not to hang around and gawk at the background! You need a good variety of games, at least 150 of them, and a good variety of genres, too. Everyone has slots, blackjack and roulette, but not many have fruit machines, lotto tickets, baccarat and more! It goes without saying that the games should also be good – I’m not going to be naming any names here, but I’ve been to online casinos where there are hundreds of games, but only a handful are actually worth playing. And last, but not least, you need a high-quality live casino with HD feeds, friendly dealers and, again, a large variety of games!
2. A User-Friendly Experience
Einstein once said “If you can’t explain it simply, then you don’t understand it well enough”. I’m going to put my own spin on that saying – “If it’s not simple enough, then it’s not good enough”. Watch out for overly complicated casinos where you need to read the entirety of the terms of service just to know what’s going on! As a general rule of thumb, the more user-friendly the website is, the better the online casino is. This includes not only the user interface and the general ease of use, but also the registration process. If it takes longer than 10 minutes to set up an account, that online casino is not award-worthy!
3. Something Unique
Depending on where you live, online casinos are a dime a dozen these days. Most people really only sign up for one, so casinos need to try extra hard in order to impress customers, and if you ask me that includes a bit of a personal touch. What that touch is, I don’t know, because it’s obviously going to be different for each casino – that’s what the word “unique” means, after all. I guarantee you, though – if the only casino you’re checking out is award-worthy, then you’re definitely going to spot the unique feature!