Over the next five years, Juniper reported Tuesday, the number of mobile and/or tablet owners using their devices to gamble will increase by 100 million.
According to a briefling provided by Juniper to mGamingWatch today, 164 million people will either place a bet, visit a mobile casino or buy a lottery ticket on their device in 2018.
These findings are contained in Juniper Research’s latest report on mobile gambling, which highlighted that the strongest growth would come from the North American market.
The report – Mobile Gambling: Casinos, Lotteries and Betting 2013-2018 – explains that although growth has been slow in the US since the DoJ ruling in 2011, the number of users in the region is expected to pick up sharply from 2014 onwards.
This will occur as states which have not yet fully legislated on remote gambling make progress following successful services launching in Nevada and New Jersey. In addition, inter-state poker, where two players in separate, regulated markets play against each other, is likely to become a reality in the medium term, further driving mobile/tablet gambling usage.
To learn more, the full report is available for download now from Juniper.
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