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Shilpa Shinde have more than friendship relation with fellow contestant
Lonavala: “Bigg Boss” contestant Vikas Gupta’s equation with fellow contestant Shilpa Shinde may have improved over time but the producer says they are not friends.
Shilpa, who became a household name as Angoori Bhabhi of “Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai”, had alleged that Vikas was behind her ouster from the popular TV show.
Vikas said he had not met the actor after her controversial exit from “Bhabiji…” and was surprised to see her on the reality show.
“For the first five weeks or so we did not get along well and later realised that this was not going anywhere, so as mature people we kept that thing away. We could have continued with it (drama of fighting) for 13 weeks as she is a good actor and I am a good writer.
“But we thought of taking a break from all this and behave like normal colleagues. We are not friends. There are times when we still don’t get along well, but we try to handle it in a mature manner,” Vikas said in a media interaction here.
Another housemate who does not gel well with Shilpa is Hina Khan and she said the three of them equally deserve to win.
“Maybe when we reach the finale, we end up taking to each other. There is no malice between us. I don’t have anything against Shilpa. If she wins the show, I don’t have any problem… They (Shilpa and Vikas) both are deserving and so am I,” she said.
Shilpa Shinde relationship with fellow contestant is more than friendship:
As the countdown to the finale of the season 11 of “Bigg Boss” has begun, Hina and Vikas have been critical of Shilpa for not participating in the tasks.
“This (‘Bigg Boss’) is a game show, you have to participate in the tasks. Cooking is important. She (Shilpa) is commendable. I am respectful of the fact that she cooks and we all get food to eat,” he said.
Hina said they have often requested Shilpa to stay away from kitchen duty and participate in tasks but she does not seem to care.
Shilpa teared up in the middle of the press conference and said she enjoyed being in the kitchen.
“I do not regret being in the kitchen. I do whatever I can in the tasks. I don’t yell or jump and pull or (will) do anything to win.
“I had no intention to become a mother to anyone here. I wanted to be Shilpa Shinde on the show. It’s a reality show and this is me in real life too,” she added.
The show, which airs on Colors, ends on January 14th. The other two contestants in top five are Puneesh Sharma and Akash Dadlani.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
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Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
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The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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