Mobile games: fast-growing sector of online gambling industry

1. 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 are already displacing land-based casinos, and mobile casinos are the next era in gambling. There are around 2 billion smartphone’s 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

2. 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;

3. - 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 player’s account registered for the game. Types of provided bonuses are typical for the gambling industry, for instance: - Sign-up bonus for new players; - No deposit bonus – free money that does not require a deposit;

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