Tech Trends That are Shaping the iGaming Industry
The UK’s remote gambling sector grew to achieve a market value of £6.9 billion in the year ending November 2024. Unsurprisingly, online casinos dominate this sector, generating £4.4 billion and accounting for 64% of the total haul.
Of course, technology remains a significant driver of growth in this industry. From third-generation blockchains to biometric verification, we’re also seeing new technological trends shape the marketplace and create an improved gameplay experience.
Below, we’re going to address the key trends to follow in the coming months, while asking how they’re likely to influence iGaming brands and players alike.
The Growing Influence of Blockchain Technology
As of July 2025, there are more than 37 million unique cryptocurrencies live and listed on exchanges. Incredibly, this number could peak above 100 million by the end of 2026, with this exponential growth being driven in part by higher levels of blockchain integration.
The iGaming market has certainly been impacted by blockchain and cryptocurrencies. For example, the decentralised nature of blockchain allows for immutable and anonymous transactions. Crypto transactions also leverage public and private key cryptography, which, in the iGaming realm, allows deposits and withdrawals to be encrypted and securely decrypted, respectively.
By effectively eliminating the role of third-party management or control, crypto transactions cannot be manipulated. They’re also synonymous with lower fees and quicker transaction times, which facilitate a far superior experience when withdrawing winnings.
Blockchain technology and its consensus mechanisms also underpin so-called Crash-style games. Available at reputable online casino brands like Karamba, these games feature a random multiplier that rises and falls during gameplay. Your objective is to wager and cash out before the multiplier crashes and disappears from the screen.
By using a provably fair verification system, the game ensures that each round’s crash point is determined at random and before you place your bet. This verification process is also transparent and completely immutable.
Introducing Biometric Verification at Online Casinos
Cybercrime is a growing problem, with the estimated cost of data breaches set to reach $10.5 trillion by the end of 2025.
Certainly, the most common business scams are likely to rely heavily on virtual interactions and communication channels. The lucrative nature of industries such as iGaming and blockchain is also highly attractive to fraudsters, so it’s little wonder that online casinos are investing heavily in more robust and varied security measures.
Such measures are particularly prevalent when you wager via a mobile app or browser. Some brands have integrated multi-factor authentication (MFA) into their login processes, for example. So, when you sign in to your account, you’ll have to use an authenticator app and additional devices to be granted secure access.
In other instances, casino brands are using biometric verification (most commonly fingerprints) to provide secure account access. Once again, such measures are most likely to be made available to mobile gamblers, but they create additional layers of security that minimise the risk of cyber fraud and identity theft.
Developing AI Integration Across a Range of Activities
Artificial intelligence has already begun to impact the iGaming industry. AI chatbots are now used to power live chat tools at online casinos, enabling players to resolve their queries without having to interact with a human representative. AI-powered live chats typically respond to queries in a matter of minutes and are incredibly easy to access.
As AI and its machine learning capabilities continue to expand, casinos are looking to find additional applications for the technology. Recently, brands have begun to use sophisticated AI algorithms to identify specific patterns in user behaviour. This enables them to detect unusual or suspicious betting patterns, which may indicate match-fixing syndicates or potential security threats.
On a more fundamental level, certain betting patterns may simply highlight fraud or instances where a player has opened multiple accounts with the brand. Such behaviour is against the terms and conditions at all online casinos and sportsbooks.
By analysing the individual betting patterns of individual players, casinos can also take further steps to safeguard at-risk gamblers. These are individuals who may have begun to wager outside of their means or have recently spent an excessive amount of time logged into their accounts. Casino staff can quickly identify at-risk players and provide them with the necessary support.
