The Bloomberg business news service carried an interesting report by Joe Saumarez-Smith on the 5th Annual Mobile Gambling Summit in London this week. Saumarez-Smith is chief executive officer of Sports Gaming, a U.K. management consulting firm to the gaming industry, and the owner of European online bingo companies and odds comparison Web sites. Continue Reading »

Shock news from Canada is that the at one time prolific wireless mobile technology provider Phantom Fiber has closed it’s doors, terminating all employees and leaving founder and CEO Jeff Halloran to turn out the lights. Continue Reading »

After extensive evaluation and operational tesing Cantor Gaming’s on-premises mobile gaming technology has been given the green light by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, clearing it for use in all Nevada land casinos. Continue Reading »

The Swedish specialist mobile gambling technology provider Mobenga has announced the achievement of an exclusive deal with new AAMS-licensed Italian mobile operator Atlantisbet.it.

A bespoke mobile gambling site has been set up in conjunction with Italy’s “3″ network that includes betting and sports content backed by a full administration service.

Christian Rajter, Mobenga CEO, says that the partnership with “3″ will enable Atlantisbet to access a potential market of 14 million mobile users.

“This is a very exciting project and we are very happy to provide mobile services to Atlantisbet. It has been a very positive experience integrating and working with 3 and we have gotten the opportunity to create some very exciting functions for Atlantisbet such as that all Italian 3 subscribers surf for free when using the application!” he said.

Founded in 2006, the company is associated with Atlantis World Giocolegale Ltd, and is working with leading companies like Betplus.

Research and Markets has announced the release of the latest market data in its “Mobile Gambling: Casinos, Lotteries and Betting 2008 – 2013″ report.

This in-depth look at the mobile gambling sector provides a comprehensive analysis of the mobile gambling environment to date, segmenting the market by casinos, lotteries and betting and providing analysis of national and international regulations and legislation pertaining to mobile gambling services.

Featuring extensive one to one interviews with senior executives within the mobile gambling industry and profiles of the leading application and service providers, the report investigates key hurdles such as payment processing, network coverage and age verification, and projects the market for 8 key regions and the UK through to 2013.

Data is presented in easy to understand forecast tables and charts and provides mobile gambling adoption level forecasts, average wager per user, total wager and gross win for both the current market for 2007 and future market up to 2013.

Key questions that the report answers:

- Who are the leading players in the mobile gambling market today?

- What is the current value of the mobile gambling market?

- In which markets are mobile gambling services currently legal?

- What are the prospects for the mobile gambling services in the US?

- How have operator attitudes towards mobile gambling services changed?

- Which gambling services will generate the highest level of wager, and which the highest level of gross win?

- What are the remaining hurdles to mass adoption of mobile gambling services?

- Which regions will see the highest adoption levels of mobile gambling services?

The report notes that online gambling services are now a well established sector of the global gambling market. The first online gambling offering was launched in 1995, and there are now several thousand such sites worldwide. This success has led to attempts to transfer the concept of online gambling into the mobile environment, where the social, cultural, regulatory and technological hurdles faced by mobile gambling are more significant that with any other form of mobile entertainment.

Thus far, 2008 has been an encouraging year for a number of mobile gambling service providers, with many seeing total wager increasing by more than 100 percent y-o-y. However, growth continues to be hampered by the complex national and state legislation which impacts all forms of remote gambling.

The Ongame-powered online poker website Red Kings Poker.com has launched new 3G mobile poker services, widening the offerings for players. Continue Reading »

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A sea-change in operator attitudes towards mobile gambling services, improvements to handset user interfaces and the gradual introduction of legislation permitting remote gambling in selected markets are among the key factors which are expected to push total annual wagers via mobile phones to more than $27.5 billion by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Continue Reading »

San Diego-based Mahjong Time, which provides software for the ancient Chinese game, will soon be delivering the tile action by mobile technology following a deal with specialist wireless technology firm Phantom Fiber. Under the terms of the deal, Phantom Fiber will receive an integration fee and will then share in the ongoing revenue generated from the mobile subscribers. Continue Reading »