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Global mobile wagers are expected to approach $5 billion this year, fueled by acceleration in the deployment of on-portal mobile gambling services and higher-profile activity in the mobile channel from leading casinos and betting firms.
Juniper’s latest report on mobile gambling found that UI improvements had already led to a surge in the volume of gambling activity during 2008, and that — despite the global recession — the industry would see further substantive growth in 2009.
As part of its report, Juniper picked two companies two honor with their “Future Mobile Award for Mobile Gambling.” The gold medal went to Mfuse, which secured a series of key contracts last year — including William Hill and Sky Bet — and achieved remarkable levels of bet volumes over its proprietary software.
As for the silver medal, that one went to Spin3, the company behind the first commercially available play-for-real casino games for the iPhone and the first integrated mobile operator billing system for mobile casinos…
More information about Juniper’s report titled “Mobile Gambling: Casinos, Lotteries & Betting (5th edition)” is available from their website.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
