The original 2012 report
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There are many types of casino games, but it would seem that poker and blackjack are dominating the industry scene. The Global Gaming Expo which is a platform for inventors and gaming software companies, casinos and other gambling enterprises to showcase new casino games, mostly featured poker game variations and blackjack variations.
Gaming analysts are of the opinion that the public is much in favor of these two games and are likely to accept variations on them rather than new games.
According to Gaming Analyst Elliot Frome from Gaming Today, “If you look at all the proprietary games that have had any success, you have to conclude the answer would be NO. Look at the most successful titles in the industry – Let It Ride, Three Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Hold’em, Crazy 4 Poker, Four Card Poker and Spanish 21. These are all based on poker or blackjack.
If you’re out to invent a game, are you going to base it on poker and blackjack or start using a combination of dice, cards and flashing lights? I’m all for thinking out of the box, but at the end of the day you also have to give the customers what they want.”
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