Research and Markets: Casinos & Gaming Industry in Canada Expected To Increase To a Value of $20.9 Billion by the End Of 2016

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3d2bjz/casinos_and) has announced the addition of the "Casinos & Gaming in Canada" report to their offering.

Introduction

Casinos & Gaming in Canada industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Canada casinos & gaming market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

- The casinos and gaming market consists of all forms of betting and gaming. All values are stated in terms of gross gaming wins. This is the total amount waged by customers minus the total amount paid out to customers as winnings, but before the payment of any applicable taxes, disbursements to charitable or other causes by games established for those purposes, or other expenses.

- The Canadian casinos & gaming sector had a total gross gaming win of $17.6 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1% between 2007 and 2011.

- The other segment was the sector's most lucrative in 2011, with a total gross gaming win of $6.5 billion, equivalent to 37% of the sector's overall value.

- The performance of the sector is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 3.5% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016.

Companies Mentioned:

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Great Canadian Gaming Corporation

Gamehost Inc.

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