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Virtual reality gaming was a concept trialled by Nintendo back in 1995 when it launched the Virtual Boy. It had many problems though, and critics gave it universally bad reviews. It had terrible, wireframe, vector graphics which were displayed in a strange monochrome red colour. 

Even compared to the basic graphics of the SNES and the Nintendo 64, the Virtual Boy looked primitive and strange. Its virtual reality is even more primitive. The headset had to be placed on a desk and the video didn’t track with the movement of your eyes or head.

Casino and the places where they can be located have risen significantly over the last 20 years. Whereas there were only a few locations on the planet where one could go and take part in legal gambling activities at one time, today casinos are relatively common enterprises.

Because of so many people being in lockdown and quarantine, online casino gaming simply exploded in popularity over the last few weeks. Millions of people, especially those used to sports betting, transferred to both classical and new digital games.

With the new rise in online gambling, especially for digital and novel games, multiple national and regional authorities have moved their focus onto these activities to ensure good practice and fair terms for players. Dutch gambling authority, the Kansspelautoriteit, will enforce new rules starting with January 1^st, 2021 that aim to form a list of trustworthy Dutch online casinos both for domestic and international players.

2020 began with a series of unfortunate news and has now peaked with the Coronavirus pandemic. In addition to affecting lives, it has also hampered various livelihoods. Offices and businesses have shut their doors to the public for safety reasons, and gaming houses are not left unscathed. Across Canada and the USA, governments have ordered the closure of land-based casinos, including popular gambling destinations like Las Vegas, Montreal, and Ontario.

For a very long time, Europe has been the world leader in online casino gaming, online sports betting, and all other forms of iGaming. Now, while the competition across Europe is already tremendous, new regions are opening up to online gambling, creating new battlegrounds for major brands that have already established themselves in Europe.

Over the past few years, gambling has grown in popularity. More and more people are adopting it as a pastime activity or a way of earning a few extra dollars on the side. With the current CoronaVirus (COVID-19) crisis, online gambling is currently one of the most indulged in online activities.

Technological advancements have also revolutionized all sectors of our economy, and the gambling industry has not been spared. Some significant changes have taken place in the past few years, and these trends have continued into 2020.

With the recent lock down of land-based casinos all over the world, the search for alternative revenue streams intensified. People and businesses as well mostly like to stick to what they know or what they think they know, so they search for these revenue sources in gaming alternatives such as

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