Casino City's iGaming Pocket Directory - 2017 Edition

69 Sponsored by Visit iGamingPocketDirectory.com for more information. Sports Betting Sports betting is fundamentally different from other forms of online gaming. Casino games, poker and bingo are played online. When a punter bets on a sporting event, he is wagering on a real-life event. Whether it’s betting on the NFL, Premier League, golf or cricket, the actual gameplay happens in real life, as does the entertainment experience. Only the wager is done online. Due to varying regulation rules throughout the world, estimating the total value of the global sports betting market is difficult. However, the online sector continues to mature, thanks to the increased popularity of mobile wagering, in-play betting and the proliferation of betting on eSports. Gambling operator William Hill announced an overall revenue increase of 6% in Q3 2016, including an online net revenue increase of 4%. The company attributed the improvement to the enhancements it added to its mobile sports betting business and noted that it has continued improving its content with the start of the year’s second half by adding more streamed sports events and increasing the football markets covered. Similar numbers from 2016 were reported by Paddy Power Betfair. After the two companies merged earlier in the year, it was announced that online sports betting SPORTS BETTING INDUSTRY OVERVIEW