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Online casinos just like this one, burst onto the scene little more than two decades ago, and since then the rate of progress and impact it?s had has been truly stupendous. It really is difficult to put its effect on the whole casino market into words ? it is genuinely monolithic. For context, casinos used to be a rough split between traditional table games and the slots. But now the vast majority of casinos will have only 20% of space occupied by games such as Blackjack, Poker or Roulette, with a massive 80% reserved for the good old slot machines. Whilst online casino isn?t the only factor driving this shift, it certainly had a huge part to play.  Another major impact of online slots on land-based casinos is the major advancements made in software, graphics and overall gameplay. Land-based slots had, for years, gained a reputation for being fairly clunky and archaic. They were easy to cheat at and their solid-state mechanisms looked increasingly out-dated in the face of modern computer technology. Online slots helped to change all of this when they burst onto the scene, as the same technology they used could be incorporated into the physical units. As you can tell, the impact of online slots on land-based casinos is monumental. Let?s take a closer look at why. 
Technology
As aforementioned, the technological impact that online slots have had on traditional cas...