The Australian – Mobile online gambling is growing as smartphones and tablets become more popular and affordable, process more information and present higher quality images and sounds. Juniper Research, a British mobile commerce analysis firm, said the deregulation of online gambling in the US and Europe and the development of the Chinese market would push annual wagers on mobile gambling platforms to more than $US100 billion in 2017. The most rapid growth in mobile gambling is expected to come from casino games – roulette, blackjack, poker and virtual slot games. Aristocrat chief executive Jamie Odell said consumers had a growing…