Mobile gambling became a popular mobile data service in recent years; it is touted as one of the biggest revenue drivers in the industry. The emergence of sophisticated mobile technologies and advanced data services took the mobile gambling services into new levels and today, users can download and use all sorts of Java-based gambling apps and high-speed gaming.

Since online gambling is always on a rise, many people believe that mobile gambling will follow its steps and will reach a mass-market audience and high revenues. Estimates on the size of mobile gambling market vary widely, but some of them expect a grow from $1.2 billion in 2005 to $7.6 billion in 2010 with Asia pegged as a key market for mobile betting over the next years.

Yet mobile gambling is not an easy money, because it is still considered an adult content service and it faces the same barriers and challenges as other adult-oriented mobile services, although the real value of the industry may not be in the betting services themselves but in the value-added services built around the gaming services.