Mobile Gambling is Conquering the World

According to recent studies, the number of players using mobile devices for the first time exceeded the number of desktop users. After two years, online gambling market turnover of $ 44 billion.

Until a few years ago, experts predicted that the market for mobile gambling (including poker) should outperform traditional PCs. Actually, it happened in the second half of this year.

Although there is necessary to make an important note.

The number of mobile players doubled:

In a study by Kantar Media, you can find some very interesting results. Number of users who prefer to put through PCs and mobile devices, up 51 %. A year ago the figure was 33%.

Of course, fans of online poker and casino playing exclusively via smartphones or tablets, much less:

15% prefer to just smartphones;

5 % choose only the plates;

10 % play on PC, smartphones and tablets.

If these numbers do not impress you, here's another fact: a year ago they were halved.

Moreover, a year ago, only 1% of players chose smartphones and tablets to play online. Now there are 3%.

By the end of the year will be sold about 1 billion smartphones:

The market for mobile devices is growing every week, the world's leading corporations are fighting for a place under the sun.

By the end of December 2013 will be sold around 2 billion mobile devices worldwide. Just over half of this amount - smartphones. Occupy a large share of tablet computers.

Such a sharp bias toward portable devices strongly affects the gambling industry, including online poker.

In China, many replace old mobile phones to smartphones and tablets, so that the market will grow at the same pace for several years.

Will mobile devices replace a PC?

Players - people are picky, and professional gamblers in particular. Operators working in all markets of gambling - sports betting, casino, and poker - really seen an explosion in the mobile sector. But this explosion, rather, has a bias towards bookmakers and casinos.

Fortunately or not at all, online poker is not so dependent on all the news, although a significant increase in mobile users in recent years and apparently no doubts.

As practice shows, the number of players using only a personal computer to play in the network will rapidly decline. In the near future people will play mainly through smartphones, tablets, or by all three devices.

So the answer to the question - yes, mobile devices partially replace PCs. Although for many, they will be an important complement to, not a full replacement.

What will happen to online poker?

If the mobile industry is on the rise , traditional online sector do not feel any enthusiasm for future change . To be more explicit , in the second quarter of this year, the profit of all online gambling has declined by about 25% compared with the first quarter last year.

Poker in this case is not an exception. Although it should soon become much better. In late November, New Jersey officially legalize online poker . This fact is very pleasant and helpful , but not able to change the situation.

Affect the negative situation can other states of America , which also will soon open their doors to online players.

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