MWC 2014: Microgaming shows off some gambling games for your smartwatch
Making quick flutters even quicker
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Microgaming has been in the "online gaming" scene (read: gambling on your phone or tablet) for a while now. At Mobile World Congress, though, it's showing its portfolio of titles for smartwatches.
I went hands-on with the tech, and can confirm that it all totally works.
With a quick tap on your smartwatch, you spin a roulette wheel. As you can imagine, you either win or lose real money (depending on how lucky or unlucky you are that day).
I'm personally not a gambling man, but it's clear that gambling on a smartwatch is possible if the control system for the game is simple enough.
It doesn't look half bad, either.
Peter Willington
Die hard Suda 51 fan and professed Cherry Coke addict, freelancer Peter Willington was initially set for a career in showbiz, training for half a decade to walk the boards. Realising that there's no money in acting, he decided instead to make his fortune in writing about video games. Peter never learns from his mistakes.