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| The worldwide explosion in gambling, both | | | | withdrawn using an eWallet payment system, |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