Gambling II – type: Mobile gambling
The concept of gambling uses the very old human trait of a wish to win something combined with the element of the unexpected and mystery of chance and luck. While casino games and non-casino games are already being offered in plenty with the additional option of playing online or Internet gambling, another avenue has lately opened to the ever-popular and ever-burgeoning gambling industry to allure the compulsive gamblers and also the rookies in the form of mobile gambling. This kind of gambling takes place thorough a remote device having wireless connection such as tablet PCs and mobile phones. Seeing the popularity of mobile gambling, some online gaming sites offer this facility for their patrons.
To play mobile gambling games, the prerequisite is the telecom provider offering data connection system using technologies like GPRS, GSM Data, UMTS, and I-MODE. In some instances, SMS interface can also help interested players to hook on to mobile gambling services. Although the mobile gambling industry has much ground to cover and its legality also is under some clouds with online gambling a controversial legal issue, telecom analysts have already predicted a rapid growth with a projected market share of $20 billion by 2010. According to them, Asia-pacific seems to be heading towards becoming the biggest contributor to the mobile gambling market followed by Europe and the United States.
Mobile gambling is seen to generate astronomical revenue earning through three categories of play – sports betting, lotteries and casino gaming, with lotteries being anticipated to be the biggest money-spinner for the upcoming industry. With great handset support being offered by the mobile phone makers, this form of gambling is set to challenge casinos and online casinos in terms of popularity and accessibility. However, sports betting seem to be relatively safe although bookmakers are keen to take their activity in a large scale to the mobile level at the earliest.
