Industry Insights on the Future of Mobile Gaming Industry Insights on the Future of Mobile Gaming
Key Takeaways
  • Due to the aggressive rollout, mobile was not included as part of the initial launch, and that was probably a mistake.
  • Reading between the lines, it is expect that PokerStars will be launching in mid to late November in New Jersey.
  • Richard Schuetz of the California Gambling Control Commission does not believe that igaming does not cannibalize land-based gaming in spite of the data presented by igaming proponents which he believes does not fully support their claims.

I attended the first Mobile and Tablet Gambling Summit held in the United States. The conference was organized by Bullet Business. While this was the first mobile conference organized by Bullet in the States, the Senior Director of Bullet, Jonny Clegg, told me they have had larger mobile specific conferences in Europe. That makes sense as Europe is ahead of the US in mobile gaming where it is more accepted.

Mobile is the Future

The first panel provided an overview of mobile gaming in the US and examined its potential. It should come as no surprise that the panel believes mobile is the future of igaming. This same viewpoint was expressed at earlier igaming conferences I attended throughout the year. Jeffrey Haas of Bwin.Party pointed out that nobody is buying desktops anymore for their children, it is all mobile and tablets.