The world’s economy is slowing down, but gaming has expanded. If you’ve got $3000–yes, that’s $3000 American–to spend, you can read all the details, or you can see what I cut and pasted from the press release on yahoo:
The 3rd Global Gambling Review: Double or Quits? is now available from Casino City Press, the exclusive North American distributor. The Review provides an accurate assessment of the size of each sector and the overall market for both land-based and interactive gambling for the years 2001 through 2003 with market projections for 2004 to 2012.
The Review opens with an overview of the global gambling industry covering the size, turnover, yield, and revenues of the land-based and online betting, gaming, and lottery markets. The 900-page volume provides detailed information on gaming markets around the world and aggregate global data. Over 800 tables and charts are included with effective turnover by jurisdiction and product, cross-reference lists, and much more.
The gaming industry has seen substantial growth worldwide and a surge in market value in recent years. During 2003 the net total lost by the world’s gamblers (gross gambling yield) to the industry was $208 billion up 12.2% from $185 billion during 2000, the year focused on by GBGC’s 2nd Review, the widely acclaimed “Global Gambling Comes of Age”, which tracked the industry during the pioneering days of gambling on the Internet.
Projections in the 3rd Review suggest that continuing rapid development of Indian gaming in the US and the spread of sports betting via the Internet could enable the industry to maintain its impressive growth and see gross gambling yield pass the $250 billion mark by 2008 and $275 billion by 2012.
Go to Casino City Rress to order all 900 pages. If I have money in our acquisitions budget, I will get a copy for the Gaming Collection.