From PR Newswire – The latest figures provided by MobileCasinos.co show that the mobile gaming market is set to grow at a rate of 19% per year up until 2016. The huge growth of the mobile gambling market in 2012 and 2013 is expected to continue over the new few years, with more companies such as W3i investing in native iOS and Android operating systems. According to the latest statistics provided by the owners of MobileCasinos.co, mobile gaming is set to grow at an average rate of 19% for smartphones and just under 50% for tablets. Smartphones games will hit $13.9…

Mobile gambling – be it betting on sports, using online casinos or playing online poker or bingo – has been “the next big thing” for a long time now but there are signs that it may be beginning to deliver on its early promise. Ever since phones were able to access the internet with any speed and reliability the potential was obvious, but for many years relatively little money was wagered via mobile devices. However, as the technology has improved and more and more people own smartphones (penetration in the UK market is now over 60%) there has been a…

It is inevitable that new types of mobile gambling games will become legal across the European Union, according to Intralot’s head of information security, Dr Christos Dimitriadis. Intralot creates lottery systems and terminals and provides additional services to lottery companies. It currently does not have dealings with UK National Lottery operator Camelot, but it has a presence in 55 other countries across the world. Speaking to Computing at ISACA Insights World Congress 2013 in Berlin, Dimitriadis explained that the company would be able to explore new business opportunities if mobile gaming became legal across the EU. “The business model of…

from iGaming Business Online casino software and turnkey solutions developer BetOnSoft has followed up last month’s launch of a high-definition Punto Banco table game by premiering eleven new titles in addition to an upgrade to its HTML5 mobile client. Malta-based BetOnSoft stated that its new Mobile Web Client 1.3 ‘further enhances the game user interface’ for Android, iOS and Windows Phone users while additionally supporting a wider range of mobile devices, providing ‘a more immersive online gaming experience’ and introducing fresh menu features and improvements. BetOnSoft revealed that the addition of eleven new video poker games brings to 30 the…

From iGaming Business Specialist mobile gambling software provider Probability has signed a regulated markets mobile games content licensing and development agreement with Spin Games LLC. The deal will see Spin Games dip into its library of video poker and slot games in order to provide the London-based firm with interactive gaming concepts and designs from before the pair collaborate in deploying HTML 5 mobile versions of these titles for use over Probability’s platform and network. “The team at Spin Games has an amazing pedigree in video poker and slots for the land-based casino market particularly in the United States and…

Researchers warn a new wave of simulated gambling applications are aiming to hit the jackpot with a new generation of younger gamers. Gambling researchers say some games are deliberately designed to appeal to kids as young as 12 and they are seeing more young people trying gambling because of the ease of access brought about by the internet. In 1999, research from Southern Cross University found among adults online gaming was only 0.6 per cent of the market, compared to 8.6 per cent now. Former gambling addict Dylan Gee was just 17 when he became hooked. “A pop up came…