Gaming

(contracts) with tribes seeking to establish casinos on reservations and other tribal lands.” (Darian-Smith, E., 2016) Indian gaming can include casinos, slot machines, and even Vegas style high stakes gambling resorts. These compacts allow states to take a percentage of casino revenues, which may be between 10 and 25 percent of total profits. Supporters of Indian casinos believe these gaming profits have allowed some native communities to become economically independent and thereby to take…

Twitch and the Gaming Revolution Twitch is a video streaming service that is growing fast. According to current estimates, Twitch uses approximately 1.35 percent of Internet data in the United States. The only companies that beat out Twitch in usage were Netflix, Google and Apple. (Tsukayama, 2014) Twitch allows consumers to preview game content via no-biased producers. Producers on Twitch are able to make money streaming content. Twitch is an excellent service that is used by a wide variety…

Jorge D. Leon Mrs. Martinez English 3 3/31/16 Gambling “Casino gambling is colorful and dramatic and theatrical” – Steve Wynn is correct because there is so much more to casinos, and this is all made possible by gambling (Gambling Quotes). Gambling is a HUGE controversial topic, because they are the supporters who see all the advantages of gambling and the critics of gambling who say that it is a bad thing because it can lead to addiction and sometimes even depression. However gambling is a…

Is Lottery a Good Idea? Even though there are not so many newspaper articles online to criticize the concept of lottery, most articles that use the concept of lottery apply it in a negative or nearly negative sense. Some people cannot live without having their morning coffee or reading a sports column, while others prefer to have their problems solved in an actual way without a clear assumption of either winning or losing. In fact, many people prefer lottery instead of dealing with their…

It is a dream for everyone to win the lottery. Everyday more and more people are needing money and they are seeing how much you could get for winning the lottery. Playing the lottery has many pro’s and con’s; you buy lots tickets just to get losers, you send money on them that could be used more resourcefully, and lastly if you do win then the payout is huge. State run lotteries started nearly 50 years ago and is a big hit today. Over time the lottery has brought it more money than ever spent…

Video Gaming Scholarship When I was at a young age, my first game that I have ever played was Mario Kart. I would play this game for hours on end. By playing this game, I realized that I wanted to become a video game developer. I would like to be awarded the Gaming Scholarship because I have many wonderful ideas for new games, and I have spent many hours playing different types of video games. My ideas for creating different video games are to make more adventure games, re-doing new Super Mario…

Welcome to my humble little blog about a topic that may be made of confusion or controversy. I am here to write about my life and experiences as a follower of Wiccan tradition and the occult. Firstly, I would like to establish that Wiccans are not associated with evil or "black magic". demons, curses, or anything truly evil. Secondly, the title of "Witch" is not gender specific as most would assume. Warlock, by the way, is derogatory to us and as such is not what we use to refer to male witches.…

With all of the commercials on television for new releases, new consoles being developed every couple of years, and even competition gaming it seems that this industry is going to continue to climb. Since GameStop specializes in this industry and no other, I would consider it a safe investment even without doing any research on the company. GameStop is a small retailer that specializes in video game hardware and software. The company also runs Kongregate, which is an online browser based game…

One of the arguments for including Internet gaming disorder in DSM-5 is that the literature has highlighted several distinguishing features and increased risks associated with online gaming (Petry et al., 2014). The underlying argument for including Internet gaming disorder in the DSM is that the condition is associated with various negative outcomes. Studies conducted in Europe about online gaming activities has found that the disorder is associated with problematic aspects of individuals’…

The video gaming industry has grown exponentially since the days it first began. Better graphics, processing power and gameplay due to evolving technology has helped turn it into one of the world’s favorite forms of entertainment especially for kids. However, some of the games that developers release contain violence and sexual themes which raises the question, “Should kids really be playing this?” How is the government regulating the content in video games? The government is trying to put laws…