Is It The End of Download Casinos?

The online casino industry emerged in the late 1990’s and offered players from all over the world the chance to play their favorite casino games from the comfort of their home. In order to be able to play, players had to opt for one type of casino out of the two that were offered: Download Casino and No-Download Casino (also known as Instant-Play Casino).

The Download Casino was casino software that had to be downloaded to your computer and offered you all the games the casino had to offer, with great graphics, sound effects and secure games. The No-Download Casino used to be a slimmed down version of the casino, offering fewer games and poorer graphics and sound effects.

The reason the download version was the preferred casino by most players is that the no-download casino had slow games and was open to many manipulations due to slow speed of updating images and results of games.

Many players felt more secure downloading casino software that was verified by an independent testing company, that offered hundreds of different games, and that did not get stuck due to slow internet connection.

Things started changing over the last decade as internet connections became quicker and more stable. Also game quality in terms of graphics and audio on the no-download casino has matched the quality offered on the download casino.

These changes have made no-download casinos more favorable to players as they could now play their favorite games from any computer by logging in to their account and playing the instant-play casino without the need to download any software and without any delays. The last two years have seen some of the biggest casinos reversing the trend towards preferring players to opt for the download casino, instead promoting more vigorously their no-download casino.