Casino City's iGaming Pocket Directory - 2019 Edition

55 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 reports that in 2018, 52.2% of all website traffic worldwide was generated through mobile phones, up from 50.3% in 2017. Mobile now accounts for half of all global web pages served. in addition, by 2019 mobile internet usage in the U.s. is expected to grow from an average of 155 daily minutes to 190 per day, an increase of 22.5% since 2016. as for online gambling, mobile gaming became the fastest-growing platform in the industry, making up nearly 45% of the global gaming market by the end of 2017 — an increase of a staggering 20% from the previous year. for most online gaming operators, wagering on mobile devices represents a majority of their revenue, especially in the sports betting market. the number of adults who used a mobile phone or tablet to bet increased to 51% in 2017, according to the U.K. Gambling commission. during the period from october 2016 to november 2017, remote gambling — the term the regulator uses for gambling that takes place over the internet via computers, smartphones and other mobile devices — retained its status as the largest sector within the U.K. gambling industry, representing 35.2% of the overall market with a gross gambling yield of £4.9 billion. as a generation of players who grew up using mobile devices comes of age, that number is only going to increase. Mobile gaming cuts across every gaming vertical: Poker rooms offer mobile apps; casino and bingo games are available in mobile versions; sportsbooks also take wagers