Mobile Gambling, Gaming Summit Set for Montreal

The Mobile Gambling, Gaming and Lotteries Summit will be taking place in Montreal on Tuesday and Wednesday. The event looks to tap into North America's growth potential in the legally-sound mobile gambling market, as well as become the first mindshare in North America for executives who need to map out a strategy that protects them from the FBI's hardline enforcement of the Wire Act.

Among the many topics discussed at the event will be legislation and regulation, live deployment case study analysis, player acquisition and retention and learning from the mobile content industry.

“There are signs that the North American Mobile Gambling market will evolve on a similar growth curve as the European and Asian markets” said Owen Williams of Mobile Gaming Systems. “The challenges this market faces are antiquated laws which do not address mobile gambling and the fragmentation of the North American wireless market.

“The critical success factors will be to focus on specific gaming verticals that are within the law and to establish compelling games that are well suited to the mobile gaming consumer and environment.”

“We’re still behind Europe,” said Marc Askenasi from WagerPhone Inc. and continued “this is because the hardware and general culture acceptance of gaming still is not quite up to speed, and until that happens the medium won’t catch on.

“But the market potential is phenomenal as are the potential revenue streams.”

For more information on the event, go to www.mformobile.com/gamblingna06.