H2 Gambling Capital, the UK based research specialist that offers consultancy to the gaming industry has released its extensive study into the future of mobile gambling. The company which monitors online gambling information has spent a year producing its latest results and predicts further growth in mobile gambling as well as a number of changes in the usage over the next 5 years.

The report suggests that:

• By the end of last year mobile gambling accounted for 9.8% of interactive gambling and 0.6% of the gross gambling yield globally. Analysts are expecting on a conservative basis that these will increase to 12.9% of interactive gambling and 0.9% of the gross gambling yield globally by 2013.

• Last year the mobile gambling market reached a value of Euro 2.22 billion

• This is expected to double to Euro 5.4 billion by 2015 which is a compound annual growth rate of 19.3 percent

The report covers all aspect of mobile gambling including topics such as historic roadblocks, network technologies, operating systems, software delivery, devices, smart phone and mobile penetration for all major markets, payment processing, product verticals, detailed market overviews, software suppliers, operators, social platforms, market size and forecasts. The report provides a number of conclusions and recommendations.

According to the report betting on racing contributes 77% to the global mobile gambling market. In 2010 the Japanese Racing Association accounted for almost 57% of this. The report suggests that in the next five years the focus will move to mobile casino gaming and mobile lottery. The report suggests that by 2015, while still the dominant sector betting will be down to 50%, with mobile casino gaining the most to 40%.