November 27 - The annual European online casino conference was a great
success and gave some insight into the demographics of online casino players
around the world...
Further topics at the annual European i-Gaming conference included recent and
possible future online casino company listings, land based gambling, and the
future outlook of the industry. Statistics presented confirmed that North
America was still? the biggest online gambling market, but Europe, Asia and
the Middle East are catching up. Mobile Gaming was seen by most participants to
be the next biggest thing. Internet gaming however still accounts for 82% of
activity.
As far as the outlook for the online casino industry is concerned,
participants seem to be upbeat, stating growth in poker, new markets and mobile
gaming to be key driving features. It was widely felt that there would be more
consolidation, but that the outlook for the market was positive and prohibition
is not considered to be a huge threat.
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