Mobile is the online gaming sector that is growing the most and which presents, also for the future, the greatest possibilities for economic development, for which the one that arrived at PokerStars with the award as best online poker mobile operator on the occasion of the mGaming Awards 2013, organized by iGaming Business, which awarded the best mobile operators in the gaming, betting and casino sector.
That for PokerStars mobile represents the future, it was also intuited with the latest television commercial that it launched in Italy, which sees tennis champion Rafael Nadal playing poker with an iPhone as he walks down the street. And in fact the commitment to this particular segment of online poker has been rewarded these days with this important recognition as Best Mobile Poker Operator, which therefore rewarded PokerStars and its suite of applications for smartphones and tablets.
If in fact it was among the first operators to develop mobile applications for iOS (iPhone, iPad and also iPod touch), now the same applications are also available in an Android version: a segment, that of Android, which is clearly growing and which sees however many other traders reluctant to develop for this specific platform. And in fact PokerStars has developed not just one game app, but a suite of applications: therefore there is also the app that allows you to access videos, interviews and TV programs on poker tournaments (PokerStars TV) and also the is an app that anyone can download to make home poker games with friends more professional (PokerStars Clock).
Very satisfied with this result is Jeffrey Haas, Director of New Platforms for PokerStars, who confirmed that the objective of the mobile game application has precisely the objective of bringing as many people as possible closer to online poker, offering the opportunity to play in any place and at any time of the day. Not surprisingly – said Haas – poker has become one of the most popular games of recent times.
It is therefore likely that the largest poker room in the world will remain number one for some time to come, given that the greatest forecasts for future growth are concentrated in mobile. But other iGaming operators were also awarded during the mGaming Awards 2013, in the following sectors:
Best Mobile Sports Betting Operator
Best Mobile Casino Operator
Best Mobile Bingo Operator
Innovation in Mobile
Best Gambling App
Best mobile billing application
In short, not only for poker, but also for internet gaming in general, the game of the future will be played on smartphones and tablets, at least in terms of growth.
