Casino City's iGaming Pocket Directory - 2018 Edition

43 Visit iGamingPocketDirectory.com for more information. Mobile GAMING Sponsored by MOBILE GAMING INDUSTRY OVERVIEW Internet users all over the world are spending increasing amounts of time attached to their mobile devices. Case in point: Statista predicts that the total amount of time per day Americans spend on mobile, non-voice content will grow to an estimated 203 minutes in 2018, a dramatic rise from an average of 88 minutes in 2012. Online casino and sportsbook operators are standing up and taking notice. On the global level, the mobile gaming industry generated $40.6 billion in revenue in 2017, up from $17.3 billion in 2013, according to Statista. The total figure is expected to grow to more than $44.2 billion in 2018. For most online gaming operators, wagering on mobile devices represents a majority of their revenue, especially in the sports betting market. Online wagering accounts for nearly two-thirds of Australia’s sports betting market in the six months ending 31 December 2016, according to a report from UBS Financial Services. That is a 23% increase from the same period last year, while retail wagering fell 6% over the same span. Meanwhile, sportsbook giant bet365 reported that 61% of the action it booked between March 2016 and March 2017 originated from mobile devices. As a generation of players who grew up using mobile devices comes of age, that number is only going to increase.