Convenience of mobile gambling

The days of having to shower, dress, drive andon-the-go anywhere, anytime.
park at a casino were over when online casinosWith the increase in mobile phone / PDA related
burst onto the internet in the late 1990s and earlytechnology, industry experts expect mobile
2000. Technology continues to progress withgaming revenue to increase by 900% in the next
more and more sophisticated mobile phonethree 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 availablehave 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 abilityaccount, 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The worldwide explosion in gambling, both onlinedeposited or withdrawn using an eWallet payment
and offline, is set to see a further surge as thesystem, accessible from the mobile device, after
number of people gambling via their mobile phoneswhich the user is ready to start playing mobile
looks ready to increase dramatically over thecasino games.
next five years.Almost everyone has a mobile phone - and there
The popularity of internet sports betting hasare more mobiles than PC's in the world, making
grown prolifically over the past five years and thethe opportunity to play casino games like
recent boom in online casino gaming has addedBlackjack or Roulette on the train or bus to work
further fervour to the global gamblinga reality.
phenomenon.Juniper Research expects bets placed over mobile
As consumers grow accustomed to being able tophone applications to rise from just under $2bn
gamble any time, any place, any where, thecurrently to in excess of $23bn by 2011,
mobile casino is soon to be common place amongaccording to a more recent forecast. Part of the
those wishing to gamble.predicated growth in mobile gambling is a large
Convenience of mobile gamblingincrease in mobile casinos.
Gambling has now gone fully mobile withThe growth in 3G subscriptions as well as the
technology that allows online casino players tointroduction of increasingly sophisticated handsets
play their favourite games from their cellularwith greater rich media capabilities will also make
phones or PDAs, allowing access to thosecasino games a more attractive handheld offering.