But I think the economy continues to be a challenge, but interest in gaming is at an all-time high.

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Zynga has made clear its interest in real money gaming for some time, and in October announced a partnership with U.K.-based bwin.party to offer online poker and other real money games in the U.K. in the first half of 2013.

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As a matter of tax fairness, it does not seem rational for certain forms of personal income to be taxed when the original intent was otherwise, whether that is applied to gaming proceeds, or interest, or dividends.

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The rise of stream watching as a past time can be directly correlated with the recent surge of interest in eSports, aka professional video gaming.

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What might reinvigorate interest in living-room and dedicated handheld gaming?

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With the huge increase in interest and accessibility of network applications and network gaming, over 27 million accounts have registered to PlayStation Network, the free-to-access interactive environment, and over 560 million items have been downloaded.

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