Enjoying Electronic Gaming

These days, Electronic Gaming is not only limited to kids and children anymore. It has become a fad among adults as well. Our kids used to play the epic role of a superhero saving the world from aliens, monsters, villains and hoodlums by pressing on buttons on their video console while other children are busy racing up their virtual cars and motorcycles against computer opponents. Electronic gaming is very addictive among children, which is why a lot of people such as teachers, politicians, parents and preachers criticized the gaming industry and wanted to put a stop on this phenomenon. They said that electronic gaming has been the reason of poor grades, study habits, poor health and even poor conduct.

During the early days of electronic gaming, most of the games themes such Super Mario and PacMan were designed for kids and children audiences. However, in this day and age, gaming themes has now evolved into realistic themes such as drugs, vices, sex and crimes and only people who are considered adults (usually at 18 years old) can access these games. Board games are now also played in the internet such as chess, checkers and scrabble. Yahoo! and MSN have been featuring several games in their websites in which virtually anyone from around the world who have access to an internet can play for free.

A fad has also emerged in Electronic gaming which involves games featured in casinos. A lot of online casino has emerged these days; each has their own style and features to promote their websites. These online casinos feature online games such as poker that can be virtually accessed by any qualified individual. Electronic gaming machines are now also common among Casino and are favourites among first time visitors and casual gamblers alike. Electronic gaming machines such as poker, blackjack and the roulettes are now very popular among casino and there are plans to expand their electronic gaming machines in the coming years.

Here are some facts about Australia’s pokies as reported by http://www.crikey.com.au.

• In the 1999 report, about 2% adult Australians had moderate to severe gambling problems which is about roughly 300,000 people.
• About 8.5 to 10% play pokies regularly in which over 3/10 of this number has already a developing gambling problem. Of the total gamblers, only 15% are seeking help.
• State Governments has been collecting around $4 billion in revenue in 2002-03 and revenue has been increasing through the years. What started out as $1.5 billion revenue in 1988-89 has ballooned to $3.9 billion in 2002-03 and most of these revenues are due to the growth of poker machines.