visiongain intelligence: Mobile gambling to hit mass-market in Q2 2006

U.K. firm visiongain intelligence predicts mobilegambling with take off in Q2 2006 "as gambling operators develop their remote operations." The firm estimates that "the mobile gambling market will generate revenues totalling $4.26 billion in 2008."

Jean-Pierre Aubertin at visiongain said, "As regulatory, technical and other challenges are gradually resolved, gambling operators are expected to begin actively marketing mobile gambling to their customers, starting in the middle of 2006. Initial trials of mobile gambling sites have confirmed the channel as viable sources of income for gambling site operators such as William Hill and Ladbrokes."