通过阅读一些新闻报纸的报道，我不需要阅读最新的研究报告，就已经能够及时了解网上赌博行业的发展形势了。与2010年的网上赌博行业相比，2011年互联网上的赌博业增长了12.5％。从一些行业新闻和大型的门户网站，就足以看出，这个行业的数字肯定是逐年增加的。
不过，一份最新的报告证实了我们的感觉是错误的。网上赌场在2010年出现了经济衰退现象，其发展形势并不像我们表面上看到的那样好。根据该报告，2010年互联网上的赌博总额略低于30亿美元。我听到一些言论说，在南非世界杯的一年，网上投注将获得了重大的推动。而有些人争辩说，即使没有世界杯，网上赌博仍会增长11.4％。
其他一些有趣的统计报告显示，增长最快的网上赌场产品是网上宾果游戏。2010年，对宾果游戏来说绝对是一个丰收年。网上宾果游戏，创下了高达2.67亿美元的收入，达到28.4％增长速度。网上赌场的总额收却没有如此惊人，总收入达6.24亿美元，与2009年相比，只增长了13.3％。而体育投注比上年增长10.8％，呈两位数增长，并创下12.06亿美元的高额收入。
在线扑克是所有在线赌博类中增长最慢的产品，但与2009年相比仍增长7.1％。
目前在世界各地有2400家真钱赌博网站，比上年减少了160家。但是，越来越多的真钱赌博网站的整合会促使该行业持续增长，真钱赌博网站数量可能会继续减少，但在质量上会有较大的提升。
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While I am always drawn to newspaper reports that quote statistics and comparisons, I didn’t actually need to read the latest report by H2 Gambling Capital where it showed that the internet gambling industry grew by 12.5% in 2010. I read industry news and frequent portals enough to see that this industry is definitely on the up and up, with figures increasing with each passing year.
The latest report, though, confirmed what we have all been feeling and witnessing – that egaming has bucked the economic recession and is doing very well for itself. Internet gambling wins, according to the report, totalled just under $30 billion in 2010. I can already hear some skeptics saying: “Well, sure, it was the year of the World Cup in South Africa, so it’s only natural that online betting would get a major boost.” So, listen to this: The guys at H2 Gambling Capital tell us that even if the World Cup had not taken place, online gambling would still have grown by 11.4%. So that puts pay to that theory!
Some other interesting stats to come out of the report showed that the fastest growing products were online bingo and online casinos. 2010 was definitely a bumper year for online bingo, with revenues stacking in at $2.67 billion – a growth of 28.4%. Online casinos did amazing well too, taking in revenues of $6.24 billion, which translates into a growth of 13.3% compared to 2009.
Sportsbetting also showed double digit growth, clocking in revenues of $12.06 billion （up 10.8% in comparison to the previous year）。
Online poker was the slowest growing product in the overal online gambling category, but still managed to grow by 7.1% compared to 2009.
There are now 2,400 real money gambling sites across the world. This indicates 160 less than the previous year, however, as the industry continues to grow, more and more consolidation is expected. As such, they may be fewer online gambling sites, but the quality of those existing ones is higher overall.