By 2010, India's online gaming market will exceed $200 million. "While long dormant, the online games market in India is starting to head up," says Allison Luong of Pearl Research, a consulting firm that's studying the region.

India in 2006 is comparable to China in 2001, when the country's online gaming culture started to take shape. Within the next ten years, India could emerge as one of the top online markets in Asia, right alongside China, Korea and Taiwan.

What's driving this? According to Pearl Research, the market is being pushed forward by increasing broadband use, growth in Internet cafes and a sizable middle-class with money to burn.

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