Web Gaming Surging
Regulatory restrictions in the Chinese gaming market mean that online casino
gambling companies are unable to really flourish in the Asian gambling industry
right now. Gambling though is just one part of the equation and research
statistics indicate that China’s gaming industry is surging right now, and that
online casinos are frequently partnering with Chinese-based gambling companies
as a way to ensure they have a foundational presence in the current internet
gaming industry.
Soft gaming may not be nearly as lucrative as gambling at the online casinos,
but the skill and casual gaming industry is booming in Asia right now and gaming
portals are seeing a huge increase in the number of gamers looking for
innovative gaming alternatives. A popular international gaming portal, the Spill
Group has recently announced a new overseas Asian gaming portal that has proven
an instant success already. For gaming portals, the main source of lucrative
revenue comes from advertising revenue. There are no online casino gambling
profits to pad the success of the company, so instead, Dutch Spill is operating
an Asian gaming portal based off of the fact that the portal is a prime location
for Chinese advertisers looking to reach the specific market of casual and skill
gamers.
And although the Spill Group’s Asian gaming portal has already proven a success,
the CEO of the Dutch online casino gambling and gaming portal company, Marc van
der Chijs, commented on some of the drawbacks to the current gaming industry in
China. He notes, "It won't take long for online ads to surpass TV ads in China.
The current problem is that most people in China's advertising industry are not
familiar with Internet ads, but are familiar with TV ads. The same thing
happened in the United States and the United Kingdom five or six years ago.”
Though the gaming market is young, and the potential for online casino gambling
is still a bit of a ways off, there is immense potential for profits in the
region, and the Spill Group is fortunate to be one of the first large-scale
gaming portals in this market. |