October 30, 2007 7:00 AMThe Casual Games Association recently released its 2007 report on the casual games industry. The report features a collection of statistics and other data that give a picture of the most popular casual titles and the gamers who play them. Solitaire, Tetris, and Bejewelled ranked among the most popular casual games.A few statistics from the report:- Casual games are a $2.25 billion a year industry. - The casual game market is growing at 20% a year. - Over 200 million people play casual games each month over the Internet. - Men make up 48.3% of casual game players, women 51.7%. However, women account for 74% of paying casual game players. - Casual gamers who pay for a subscription and/or are community users average 7 - 15 hours of online play a week. - Heaviest play times are right after dinner from 7pm - 9pm and during lunch from 11am - 2pm. - The majority of online portals feature catalogs of over 1,000 games and add between 75 to 300 new games to their catalogs each year. - Casual games are usually played for a short period of time increments, from five minutes to 20 minutes -- though it's common for people to play one game after another for many hours.For more information about the report click over to the Gamasutra page linked below. Gamasutra: Casual Games Association 2007 ReportCasual Games Association

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