Social casino gaming continues on upward trend


Monday November 12, 2012 : NEW SOCIAL CASINO GAMING DATA
 
Social casino gaming continues on upward trend
 
In digital goods measurement firm SuperData's latest research report, the social casino games market is said to be worth $ 1.6 Billion rising to $2.4 Billion by 2015.
 
Other interesting data includes:
 
–  Monetisation is 1.8 times greater than current social gaming revenue where casino gamers on social networks spent an average of $ 78 online in contrast to $ 43 on standard paying social games.
 
–  US tops the list contributing $ 660 million to the total worth followed by Europe, Asia, Latin America and Australia ranked respectively.
 
Data Analytics firm Kontagent said 13 percent of all Facebook gamer's play casino games, a 5 percent growth from 2011 data, while the growth of social casino players has doubled since 2010 and the average revenue per user is 40 percent higher than the average casual social gamer.