Even though gambling is illegal in
China and other parts of the Asian-Pacific area, experts in the online gambling
business claim that this is where the future boom in online poker is anticipated
to be.
Western based operators are doubling
their efforts to meet the growing interest of Asians in online poker and other
sponsored events in China and the other countries on the continent.
With the boost of social casinos,
millions of people are joining in from all countries around the world. In fact
the statistics show that the total global revenue of this booming online
business is expected to reach 4 billion USD this year and will increase at a
rate of about 7% as compared to last year.
Still, the leaders in this field are
worried that they are not fulfilling the full potential of the growing interest
and demand of online poker Indonesia, China, Vietnam and other neighboring
countries in the region. Experts agree that with the growth of smartphone use
in Asia, the international expansion of poker and other social casinos will
grow as well.
The fact that the incomes of people in
Asia are continuously growing due to the economic boost in the region as well
as the increasing interest in the use of smartphones and smart devices rather
than game consoles worldwide will help the online casino companies to further
penetrate this huge new market.
Unlike in North America, Europe, Korea
and Europe where the console and PC gaming is still strongly dominating, many
of the other growing Asian economies where
game consoles were either banned or unavailable are stepping into the
online gambling world via the boost of smartphone use. Users in countries such
as China, Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Thailand are bypassing the PC and
console gaming and moving on directly to mobile gambling.
Forecasts claim that the Asia-Pacific
region will have about 1.33 billion smartphone and smart device users by the
end of 2017 and this number will grow up to a stunning 1.81 billion by the year
of 2021. Plus, 4G networks in the area will take up about 41% of the mobile
connections.
Another factor which supports the idea
of an expected boost of online poker and other mobile casino gaming in the
Asian-Pacific region is the fact growing affluence of the population which now has
more disposable income available for online games, betting and gambling.
Poker online is a booming business in
some of these countries already. In Macau alone, the revenue of real money
poker gaming has increased by 19% this year and has reached an estimated 25
billion dollars in 2017.
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