| The days of having to shower, dress, drive and | | | | on-the-go anywhere, anytime. |
| park at a casino were over when online casinos | | | | With the increase in mobile phone / PDA related |
| burst onto the internet in the late 1990s and early | | | | technology, industry experts expect mobile |
| 2000. Technology continues to progress with | | | | gaming revenue to increase by 900% in the next |
| more and more sophisticated mobile phone | | | | three years, as players take advantage of the |
| devices. | | | | convenience of mobile gambling. |
| The move to online gambling made online casinos, | | | | Players who wish to gamble when mobile simply |
| poker, sportsbooks and spread betting available | | | | have to download the mobile software application |
| from home. Now there are mobile poker rooms, | | | | to their mobile device. The player registers an |
| WAP casinos, mobile spread betting and the ability | | | | account, with account information stored in the |
| to place via a mobile or PDA while at a live sports | | | | 'backend' for user protection should the user's |
| event. | | | | mobile device be lost or stolen. Funds can be |
| The worldwide explosion in gambling, both online | | | | deposited or withdrawn using an eWallet payment |
| and offline, is set to see a further surge as the | | | | system, accessible from the mobile device, after |
| number of people gambling via their mobile phones | | | | which the user is ready to start playing mobile |
| looks ready to increase dramatically over the | | | | casino games. |
| next five years. | | | | Almost everyone has a mobile phone - and there |
| The popularity of internet sports betting has | | | | are more mobiles than PC's in the world, making |
| grown prolifically over the past five years and the | | | | the opportunity to play casino games like |
| recent boom in online casino gaming has added | | | | Blackjack or Roulette on the train or bus to work |
| further fervour to the global gambling | | | | a reality. |
| phenomenon. | | | | Juniper Research expects bets placed over mobile |
| As consumers grow accustomed to being able to | | | | phone applications to rise from just under $2bn |
| gamble any time, any place, any where, the | | | | currently to in excess of $23bn by 2011, |
| mobile casino is soon to be common place among | | | | according to a more recent forecast. Part of the |
| those wishing to gamble. | | | | predicated growth in mobile gambling is a large |
| Convenience of mobile gambling | | | | increase in mobile casinos. |
| Gambling has now gone fully mobile with | | | | The growth in 3G subscriptions as well as the |
| technology that allows online casino players to | | | | introduction of increasingly sophisticated handsets |
| play their favourite games from their cellular | | | | with greater rich media capabilities will also make |
| phones or PDAs, allowing access to those | | | | casino games a more attractive handheld offering. |