US virtual economy to make billions from social gaming

Virtual goods such as weapons or digital bottles of champagne traded in the US could be worth up to $5bn in the next five years, according to social gaming boffins.

In Asia, sales are already around the $5bn mark and rapidly growing, making virtual goods one of the hottest trends in technology and fuelling huge growth in the social gaming sector.

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