Global Gaming Trends 2011: The Clear Picture

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Despite the lull in the world economy, the global casino revenues climbed 5.2% to US$117 billion in 2011, marking a 2.2% rise over the figures reported in the previous year and the strongest development in the past decade. Three factors are expected to drive the global casino industry, enabling it to register robust profits in the forthcoming years:

  • Growth of personal and disposable incomes in the developing nations
  • The ever expanding middle class section of the population
  • Expansion of the casino sector in the promising markets
  • Gradual global economic recovery
  • Growing acceptance of casinos