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A timely and educated assessment of the speedily growing gambling industry that is changing the world around us. Despite the downturn, video games continue steadily to break files and command line unprecedented amounts of marketing coverage. The U.S. is the world's biggest video games market and company, with a market now well worth over $20 billion each year in software and hardware sales more than quadruple its size in the middle 1990s. World of Warcraft now offers over 11 million players worldwide, and over $1 billion per yr in revenues. Gaming is flourishing as a profession and a creative industry as well. 254 U.S. universites and colleges in 37 says now offer lessons and levels in computer and gaming design, programming and art. Video games are increasingly for everyone: 68% of American households now play computer or video games, as the average player is 35 years old and has been playing games for twelve years. Against the favorite image, too, 43% of online U.S. game players are female. The U.S. armed service only now spends around $6 billion annually on virtual and simulated training programs, based mostly around video games and virtual worlds. The costs for developing the biggest games can now top the $100 million make and are snapping up a few of the biggest names in film, from Steven Spielberg to Peter Jackson.
