Mobile games: fast-growing sector of online gambling industry

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Mobile games fast-growing sector of online
gambling industry
With the advent of mobile devices such as tablet
PCs, smartphones, mobile phones with Wi-Fi
connection, online casinos, focusing on the new
needs of their players, began to develop in
this direction and started providing mobile
platforms for popular online games. Mobile
casinos offer the user the same games as
conventional online casinos. The main aim of
mobile casinos is to allow the user playing game
anytime and anywhere. Statistics and
trends Mobile casino is a fast- growing
trend in the gambling industry. Online
casinos displacing casinos,
are
already land-based
and mobile
casinos are the next era in gambling. There are ar
ound 2 billion smartphones users (as of 2015)
and 83 of them use the mobile internet. 20
of users who utilize mobile internet use
mobile applications for gambling. The share of
mobile casinos was approximately 35 of the
total volume of online casinos in 2015 (3
in 2012). In the future, these indicators
will continue to rise.
The growing popularity of mobile
gambling is attractive to software
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developers, casino operators, investors. The
revenue in the global gambling market by 2019 is
expected to increase at an average of 43.08 in
comparing to 2015. The global market will have
increased at an average of 18.36 for the same
period. Types of mobile gambling Operators
of online casinos work on optimizing the
familiar to players online games for mobile
devices. Players can gamble both in a browser for
mobile devices and with the help of
applications based on operating systems such
as Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, and others.

• There are various types of mobile gambling
• Bets on sporting events team sports, racing,
  etc.
• Online poker
• Casino games such as slots, blackjack, baccarat,
  roulette, poker, keno and others. Slots,
  blackjack, roulette have traditionally the
  especial popularity. Mobile slots offer a
  high-quality graphics, bright sound
  effects, and jackpots

- Online bingo
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- Online lotteries. Commonly, having a valid
account in the online casino, the player can log
with the same login and password via a mobile
device too. Bonuses and advantages of
mobile casinos The advantage of a mobile casino,
of course, is its availability at any place
convenient to the player and where there is an
access to the Internet. Like conventional
online casinos, the mobile casinos offer an
extensive bonus program both for the regular
players and newcomers, permanent promotional
offers, and large jackpots. Bonuses are free
casino money provided by a mobile casino operator
on the players account registered for the game.
Types of provided bonuses are typical
instance - Sign-up bonus for new players
for the gambling industry, for
- No deposit bonus free money that does not
require a deposit
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• Free trial bonus
• Deposit bonus
• Loyalty bonus weekly, monthly bonuses for
  permanent users, etc.
• The mobile casinos offer a wide variety of
  deposit methods, including directly from the
  phone, and a possibility of currency selecting.
• Legal issues of operation of mobile casinos
• Not in all countries online casinos are
  legalized, however, this restriction applies
  mostly to their operations within the

territory of a country. State of the
particular regulation gambling
operations is also given special attention
in such countries as the USA, Australia,
Russian Federation, Canada, France, Israel,
Turkey, and others. Thats why upon selecting a
mobile casino you should pay attention to the
legality of its work.