Mobile gaming to be multi-billion dollar industry by 2010
The future looks bright indeed for mobile gaming, with a recent report projecting that the global industry will be worth as much as $12 billion a year by 2010.
The figures, released by the analyst firm Juniper Research, show that ever-improving technology has led the sector to grow from nothing to being one of the gambling industry’s biggest earners in just a few short years.
This strong growth has also been driven by the liberalisation of remote gambling rules and regulations in a number of regions across the world, most notably with the recent Gambling Act which came into effect across the UK at the start of September.
Research carried out by the firm also revealed that global gross winnings from mobile gambling services are likely to rise from the current level of $106 million to $3.2 billion within the next five years as operators share their success with players.
Just recently, card legend Gus Hansen put his name to a new ‘Million Dollar Poker’ game for mobile gamers only.