Advantages of Mobile Gaming

One of the biggest developments in the online gaming industry over the past decade has been the advent and subsequent rapid growth of the mobile gaming market. Today operators and software developers place a huge emphasis on mobile gaming as the area continues to grow exponentially. As competition between companies increases mobile gaming platforms are becoming more interactive, more user-friendly and packed full of more content. The rapid rise of mobile gambling shows no signs of slowing down and it’s estimated that by 2018 168 million people will use their mobile devices to gamble online. Mobile gaming appeals to online gamblers for a number of reasons including; convenience and accessibility, social features and new gaming experiences.

Convenience and Accessibility

One of the major benefits of mobile gaming is the convenience. With mobile gaming, players can enjoy a full selection of casino games anywhere at any time. Whether you’re sitting at home or out and about you can play all of your favourite casino games whenever you want. Mobiles and tablets have become ubiquitous bringing casino games to a whole new audience, within a few clicks you can be spinning a slot or playing a hand of blackjack all on a device that fits in your pocket!

Social Features

Similar to mobile gaming social media is a relatively new phenomenon that has exploded in popularity over the past decade. Mobile gaming has added a new social aspect to online gambling that hadn’t been seen previously. The convergence of the two industries has seen aspects of social media integrated into mobile gaming. All of the major online casinos are active on social media keeping their users up to date with their latest news, offers and promotions through Twitter and Facebook. Social media provides online casinos with an invaluable tool allowing them to interact directly with their users. Online players can also interact with each other while playing through chat rooms and share their gaming progress with others.

New Gaming Experiences

One of the main reasons for online gaming’s huge rise in popularity is its ability to offer players something new and exciting. New games appear at online casinos every day and mobile users are usually the first know about them. Through mobile gaming casinos also offer players exclusive promotions and offers tailored to their specific gaming needs.

The Best Mobile Casinos

The choice of mobile casinos is seemingly endless with every major company offering a mobile and tablet app. However, only the best can deliver an immersive, high-quality experience to players anywhere at any time. The Mr Green and LeoVegas apps are two of the best in the business.

The Mr Green app is everything that you’d expect from one of the biggest online gaming companies in the industry. The app boasts an impressive selection of 380 games from providers such as BetSoft, NetEnt and IGT. The Mr Green app is highly regarded in the mobile casino world and won the much coveted ‘Mobile Operator of the Year’ award at the International Gaming Awards in 2016.

The LeoVegas app is one of the most well respected in the industry. Launched in 2011 the app set a new standard for mobile casinos offering a brilliant range of over 100 games. The app features games from top software developers such as Microgaming and NetEnt and includes a mixture of slots, table and live casino games. In 2016 LeoVegas was named both the Casino Operator of the Year and Mobile Operator of the Year by EGaming Review (EGR).

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