LAS VEGAS – Cell phones are slowly being turned into one-armed bandits, a panel at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) industry trade show here was told.
In Germany, cell phone users punch in a few numbers and play the lottery; parlaying a trifecta at the Hong Kong Jockey Club is also only a telephone number away; and in London one of the world’s largest online betting companies, Eurobet , offers a tutorial on how to turn a Nokia phone into a betting machine.
Sweden’s Net Entertainment , an online casino developer, is launching a wireless casino game for WAP (wireless application protocol) – enabled phones, some of which have already hit the market. And in the United States, a family-owned business in Colorado called wirelesswinnings.com is testing a way to play blackjack and draw poker for cash winnings – all from a cell phone.