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by Michael Orlando

The popularity of online gaming is increasing rapidly and this year has seen significant growth in Europe and in Asia. It is estimated that online Casino revenue will increase between $6-$10 Billion Dollars in the next 12 months and reach a staggering $20 Billion by 2005.

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Jan 20 2003: Silicon.com reports that online gaming is more popular than Internet shopping in Asia. This is according to a recent IDC survey of more than 3,600 Net users across six Asian countries.

In China and Malaysia, there are twice as many online gamers as there are Internet shoppers. Around 43 percent of Chinese Internet users play games online, while just 16 percent report that they shop via the Net. This is hardly surprising when you consider there are an estimated 54-Million gamblers in China alone.  Of the six countries surveyed, India showed the lowest penetration of Net use with just 15 percent reporting that they played games online, while only 13 percent stated that they shopped via the Web.

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Feb 24 2003: New research from Nielsen-Netratings reveals that 5.9 million Europeans visited online gaming sites in January 2003. This is more than double the 2.8 million surfers who visited websites in this sector in January 2002.

According to the study, the leading European markets for online gaming are Spain, UK, Germany and France. Nielsen-Netratings attributes the dramatic rise in online gamers to an increased uptake of broadband connections in Europe and improvements in gaming technology.

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May14 2003: New research suggests Britons are among Europe's keenest online gamers. NetValue found 3.5 million people in the UK visited online gaming sites in March. The figure shows an increase of a million from the previous year and represents 22% of the online population.

Nearly a quarter of all web users in Spain accessed games site putting it at the top of the European list. The UK was second, France came third, with Denmark fourth, Germany fifth, Norway sixth, Sweden seventh and Italy came eighth with around 10% of web users visiting gaming sites.

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Online Gaming is the fastest growing Internet business today and generates billions of dollars every year in revenue, not just for the Casino owners but for anyone wanting to get their slice of this extremely lucrative pie. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to get your share of the profits in this exciting online gaming era.