Brick and mortar casinos have been very concerned in recent years that online casinos will be replacing them in a not too distant future.  However it is becoming clear that online casinos and brick and mortar casinos are likely to be joined in some weird combination that will make both industries more popular.

It is becoming more apparent to me that brick and mortar casinos are not the industry that need to be afraid, it is the television and cable industry that might need to be on guard.  This fact was illuminated to me by study of statistics that compared the number of online casino users and interactive television users.

At one point in time the television was the very center of home entertainment.  So it followed that companies began finding ways of making televisions more interactive.  Interactive television gambling was born and there was a lot of excitement.  However over the year the computer has developed into the ultimate interactive experience venue.  On the gambling front online casinos are far more successful than interactive television gambling.

It is not uncommon now to go to a person’s home and discover that they do not have a television set.  Many people would rather purchase a good sized monitor and use their computer for all of their entertainment needs.  Flat monitors came out before the flat screen television.  It may be a sign that televisions are starting to look and behave more like oversized computer monitors. 

As long as the television industry makes the proper adjustments, they may not go the way of the dinosaur.