Betting on Mobile Gambling
Posted on: March 5, 2007 – Filed under: Helsinki
The expectations for all kinds of mobile gambling are very high. Juniper Research predicts that the global market for all forms of mobile gambling (casinos, lotteries and sports betting) will grow from EUR 1 billion in 2006 to EUR 12.7 billion by 2011 in terms of gross value of bets placed.
Veikkaus will introduce new mobile products (just in time for Eurovision competition?). This is the department of Helsinki MobileMonday’s excellent MC André Chaker.
Fintoto has experience on mobile betting. In fact, Fintoto gave a presentation on this subject in a January 2004 MobileMonday. The mobile growth has not kept pace with Internet betting. Betting manager Pertti Koskenniemi will discuss the problems related to mobile interfaces. Fintoto and Veikkaus have also promised to treat the participants to some refreshments.
WinOne is a mobile gaming technology company. Martin Prantner, CEO and president, will explain what works in both online money gaming and mobile technologies.
Air Dice Games, too, believes in money and entertainment. Sami Mäkinen, CEO, says that by giving players more game interaction at all stages of the game, without removing the basic element of chance associated with money gaming, a whole new breed of money games evolves.