Even in light of all the issues that have encountered by the online casino gaming industry and will continue to be in future years which is inevitable I would say the industry is still innovating. I think that one of the biggest innovations to come about in years that I quite enjoy and as I see from the board and throughout the site that many other players also must enjoy as well are online casino tournaments. They have really helped to reshape the way things are in the industry and more importantly how we play at casinos. Having the ability to play against other players IMHO is one of the greatest things that they could have introduced. The fact that there is a more social element here although you can't chat with other players the perception is there. The idea also that you're competing against other players as opposed to the casino is another great factor involved in the view on the whole experience and what it represents tot he online gaming industry. I think that we're really however at the bring of what's to come with respect to tournaments and other gambling type MMOG's (Massively Multi-player Online Games). For the most part these games are limited to slots and blackjack but I would imagine that they will open them up eventually to other types of games as well within the casino and perhaps introduce new games with a gambling element that are more designed to be suitable for multi-player gaming and more importantly tournament play. I beleive that we've just scratched the service of what can be done here and really hope to see some new concepts come about that I can play as I really do enjoy playing in online casino tournaments but do think that there can be better games more built around the concept of tournaments that they can do.

Cheers,
Les

Also forgot to mention that if there are any online casino gaming companies out there that would be interested in hearing some of my ideas please PM me as I would be more then happy to discuss them.

Most players who indulge in playing tournaments would agree with you as do I. Tournaments do still have a lot of maturing to do as they're still very new as a concept online. I think that there's several models that could be monetized on as well in terms of doing more with tournaments and the whole idea behind MMOG's. All this stuff is always going to be based on volume and I think that these kinds of systems that have an easier time attracting players will in the long run prevail as you can work off smaller margins but have the volume to make up for it. It's good concept for the gaming industry as a whole to really adopt.

If they're able to take the Club Penguin (obviously a more adult version of it as Club Penguin) is more designed for kids and apply somehow a monetary tournaments within games like this I beleive they'd be a huge success. I think that players would be be willing to take advantage of these and play in such games. I think that the biggest thing is that if you can make it a small cost to players but fun and engaging to the point where they'd be able to win a decent amount of money would be great.

MMOG and MMORPG's have become super popular online I visit a lot of different game sites throughout the day and if there's one thing that's definitely prominent it's Avalon and games like that which you see are now dominating the web. It would be really cool if they could integrate a gambling element to games like this. I would definitely play them myself I know that.

I'm not surprised at the popularity of MMO and MMORPG's it's one of those things that become trends and when they really pick up they can gain some serious ground.

I beleive that we'll see these become more and more popular. I just don't see it though myself working for the online gambling sector as the players that play in these games are generally different types of people who are looking and more interested in playing games of skill that involve strategy vs. games of chance.

Agreed I really don't see the parallels between the two. Gambling is so much different then these kinds of games that players spend countless hours on. Although often times we do as casino players end up spending a lot of time playing at online casinos or other gambling type sites these other sites like I saw Avalon mentioned are just so much different.

I beleive that well see some cool stuff in the area of multi-player games to come about in the next few years. When some of the bigger land based gaming companies start getting more involved in the online gaming sector we'll see a lot more new and interesting ideas come about if you ask me.

In order to widespread its influence to the gamblers and the other players, software providers still updating their product this past few years and also came up for the tournaments that will surely anticipated by online gamblers worldwide.