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Mobile Gambling: Apps and Flash
It’s becoming harder and harder to consider the growth of online gambling as a “recent” trend. Although newcomers arrive at online casinos every day, the technology and platforms have existed for quite some time and continue to mature.
However, mobile gambling - or, gambling ‘apps’ – could easily represent the next growth explosion for the broader industry and consumer expectations. As wireless connectivity and smartphones become increasingly ubiquitous, so too does our access to instant and real-time casino gambling experiences.
For those who may not be familiar with the increasing number of mobile gambling options, we’ve broken down some of the most popular formats and possibilities below. Selecting what may be best for you, however, depends not just on your tastes, but also on your jurisdiction and, of course, your mobile device. Fortunately, as mobile software continues to get better, there’s generally an option suited to just about any device.[view:fakegadds]
Flash Games
Although many readers will be more familiar with these as staples of web-based, or no-download, online casinos, flash games have a lot of growth potential in the mobile space.
As Macromedia Flash plugins become more and more common on many high-end smartphones – and as this technology trickles down – cell/mobile users across the globe should increasingly have access to online casinos literally in the palms of their hands.
Often as simple as entering the appropriate URL into your smartphone or netbook’s web browser, flash games can feature real money play (using your existing player account(s)) and, as mobile screen resolutions improve, impressive graphics.
If you’re a recent owner of a new high-end smartphone supporting flash - such as some of the new Nokia and Android models – try signing-in onto your favorite web-based site or dedicated mobile site and give it a whirl.
Online gambling apps
iPhone owners already have well over a hundred casino game apps from which to choose in Apple’s App store, and many of these feature some pretty impressive graphics and quick gameplay. That said, accessing secure, real money mobile gambling apps can be a bit more difficult, but certainly not impossible.
Indeed, many popular online casinos are making available mobile app versions of their software directly on their site(s). Gambling City favorite Casino Tropez, for instance, has a terrific mobile software version/app which users can download directly or via a SMS.
Sportsbooks are getting in on the action too, with mobile software developer Mfuse recently announcing a rollout the availability of mobile sportsbetting software for several sportsbooks and compatible with the iPhone.
The popularity and accessibility of mobile gambling and casino gaming has not pleased everyone, however.
An Australian Senator recently went on record calling for the Australian government to ban even those mobile games which only mimic real-money transactions and popular casino games. In addition, legal restrictions and tight operator control of data traffic in many jurisdictions will continue to represent obstacles for further growth.
Such hurdles will likely prove less significant soon enough, as mobile devices become more and more like mobile computers and as wireless tablets like the iPad become commonplace.
Gambling operators have already been tasking developers with designing new software for as many mobile platforms as possible. With 4G rollouts expected in the next 2 years, high-bandwidth flash games will also become increasingly accessible and compatible with many mobile phones.
All in all, while mobile gambling may no longer be (nor perhaps ever was) a novel concept, we could just be entering into a period of explosive growth for the industry that should run in parallel, but could even outpace, the development of smartphones and mobile internet devices.
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