Casino City's iGaming Pocket Directory - 2016 Edition

8 Sponsored by Casino City’s iGaming Pocket Directory BINGO The global online bingo market is growing, with H2 Gambling Capital estimating that it will reach approximately €1.2 billion by 2018 in the EU alone. The reason bingo has stood the test of time — despite facing the same challenges as the rest of the iGaming industry — is that people enjoy the social aspect of the game. When people talk about player liquidity in online gaming, they’re usually referring to online poker. What tends to be forgotten is that the same regulatory issues that affect online poker also impact bingo. Laws and regulations that ring-fence poker players also ring-fence bingo players. So as online poker players in Spain and Italy lose access to a global pool of players, so do online bingo players. Like poker rooms, bingo rooms are heavily reliant on the liquidity they are able to generate. The larger the player pool, the larger the prize pool. But bingo operators have been able to weather economic downturns and new regulatory frameworks much better than their online poker counterparts. BINGO INDUSTRY OVERVIEW