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Mobile Games Market Rising Stars

July 31, 2017
Mobile Gaming

Mobile Gaming Revenues

Mobile games market rising stars are certainly worth examining. People are used to the gaming markets in certain countries dominating the entire international market. The United Kingdom has one of the biggest gaming markets in the world, of course. Australia has been powerful within the gaming market for a while as well. Japan and South Korea have been the leaders of the online gaming market in the East for a while. Since South Korea helped to create and popularize the genre of e-sports in the first place, this should continue.

However, the people looking for the best NZ casinos will be only too happy to report that a lot of different markets are currently emerging throughout the world. Given the tremendous proven popularity of online gaming, particularly online casino gaming, this was only inevitable. Gambling in general has a lot of proven economic benefits. Almost anything that actually gets rich or middle-class people to spend money and to pour it back into the economy can be helpful. All countries have rich and middle-class people, even though the middle-class is shrinking throughout the world.

Setting up an online casino gaming industry in a nation certainly takes work, but it doesn’t even remotely compare to the amount of work that it takes to create a much more physical and mechanical niche. People don’t have to get a lot of equipment and set up complicated factories. Setting up the plans for a game, designing the game, and repairing bugs in the game will certainly be energy-intensive. However, for the people who have been involved in other emerging markets in other countries, the online casino gaming niche is going to seem like the sort of thing that could start overnight.

Indonesia has one of the biggest gaming markets if people are looking at the revenue numbers specifically. Southeast Asia in general has one of the biggest and most successful emerging markets in the world in terms of gaming, if people decide to look at areas in terms of regions as opposed to countries. Latin America is just behind Southeast Asia in that way. Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico are the countries that are performing particularly well within the Latin American region, and this should only continue. Given their proximity to North America and the tourists that they get from North America, both of these markets might be able to influence one another.

Africa and the Middle East are both expanding in terms of their gaming markets as well. A lot of people have been surprised that this has been the case, but they shouldn’t be so shocked. The United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia have all been impressive in terms of their development otherwise, and gaming should not constitute an exception.

These emerging markets truly indicate that the entire world is starting to arrive on the scene when it comes to gaming, with fewer regions getting left out of it entirely. People all over the world should soon be able to enjoy gaming wherever they are.

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On This Date: July 25, 2015 Fire at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas

July 25, 2017
Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Fire July 25, 2015

On July 25, 2015, a fire erupted on the 14th floor pool deck of the Cosmopolitan Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. The fire was reported approximately 12:15pm and was extinguished in about 30 minutes.

The fire torched artificial trees and cabanas at the Bamboo Pool on the west side of the hotel, but made little impact inside the building. Large plumes of thick black smoke ccould be seen from all parts of the valley.  All 3000 guests where evacuated from the hotel. Two people were treated for smoke inhalation. One of those patients , one was transported to the hospital.

Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Fire July 25, 2015

Inspectors were not able to find conclusive evidence of what caused the fire at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas pool on that day in July, but evidence points to cigarette butts dropped, perhaps, from one of the balconies above the pool area.

The fire resulted in damage, a couple of minor injuries, but no deaths. Estimation of damages was $2 million dollars.

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On This Date: July 25,1991 the Southern Nevada Water Authority was Formed

Panoramic View of Lake Mead

On This Date: July 25, 1991, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) was formed. Seven local water agencies formed SNWA to address water issues on a regional basis.

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On This Date: July 25, 1947 Club Bingo Opened

Club Bingo

Club Bingo open as the forth casino on highway 91, which is now called the Las Vegas strip, on July 24, 1947. The Sahara Hotel would be built later on the same location in 1952.

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On This Date: July 16, 2007 The New Frontier Hotel & Casino Closed

July 16, 2017
The New Frontier was a hotel and casino

The New Frontier Hotel and Casino Closed in July 16, 2007

The New Frontier Hotel & Casino was the second resort that opened on the Las Vegas Strip and operated continuously from October 30, 1942 until it closed its doors for good at 12:00 A.M. on July 16, 2007.

The resort had the distinction of hosting Elvis Presley’s first Vegas appearance in 1956, and the final performance of Diana Ross and The Supremes on January 14, 1970.

The building was demolished on November 13, 2007. In 2007, A new hotel casino, tentatively titled the Las Vegas Plaza, was proposed to be built in its place but those plan were scuttled in 2011.

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On This Date: July 15, 1999 The JW Marriott in Summerlin Opens

July 15, 2017

The Resort at Summerlin

The Resort at Summerlin

JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort and Spa in Summerlin quietly opened its doors on July 15, 1999. It was described as Las Vegas’ first off-Strip luxury resort, according to its developers. The original Regent Casino was re-branded as the Rampart Casino in 2002.

The Resort at Summerlin is a luxury hotel in Summerlin, Nevada, near Las Vegas. The 50-acre resort was designed using a Tuscan/Tropical theme. Golf was a component of the project from the start as it acquired tee times at the adjacent Tournament Players Club course with direct access from the resort.

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