Mobile Casino Gaming
Date Added: February 18, 2009
Mobile gambling refers to real money wagering through mobile phones or other portable devices. The mobile phones connect to the mobile gambling service provider through a WAP or Internet connection. Mobile gambling was first used for betting during the World Cup Football Finals in 2002. Thereafter it began to include mobile casino gambling.
Over the last two years every online casino has started offering mobile casino services. Mobile casinos have greatly increased the sphere of wireless gambling. Players can play while commuting, while waiting for meetings and during coffee breaks. They need not use office computers or Internet cafes because they have casino games on their hand sets. Today the number of games offered through mobile casinos is very limited when compared to online casinos. But a representative range of games is available including progressive jackpot slots. Mobile gambling is on the threshold of an explosive growth. In 2007, 100 million casino plays were made through mobile phones generating revenue of $3 billion. According to a study by Juniper Research the number of casino plays is expected to reach 750 million by 2009 and the revenue is expected to exceed $16 billion by 2011.
Spin3, which is a division of Spiral Solutions Ltd., is the leader in the mobile casino industry. It has partnered with Microgaming, the leading online gaming software provider, to offer turnkey solutions for mobile gaming. The package offers the best of Microgaming casino games along with mobile casino administration systems and marketing services. The games offered by Spin3 include blackjack, roulette, video poker, and slots. The slots include Thunderstruck, Tomb Raider and the progressive jackpot Major Millions. Spin3 offers different solutions for different needs. These include GameWire, SpinLite, SpinFone and Flash Casino. Spin3 games are compatible with the hand sets of the leading brands that include LG, Motorola, Nokia, O2, Orange, Panasonic, Samsung, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Vodafone. One of the recent success stories of Spin3 is its mobile casino package for Apple’s iPhone. Prior to this iPhone did offer games but those were stand alone games and not linked to any network. Now through Spin3 iPhone users can enjoy quality casino games.
Spin3 is not the only mobile casino gaming service provider. Playtech, the popular online gaming software provider, has its own in-house mobile casino services. It has been providing these services since 2007. Like Spin3, Playtech offers the major table games, video poker and slots. Another supplier of mobile casino games is Probability plc. Probability does not offer online casino gambling. It also offers a similar range of casino games.
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