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Prateik Babbar gets engaged to long time girlfriend Sanya Sagar

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Mumbai: Bollywood actor Prateik Babbar and writer-director girlfriend Sanya Sagar are engaged.

The duo, who was dating since past one year, formalised their relationship at a ceremony at Sanya’s farmhouse in Lucknow.

 

 

The roka ceremony was attended by the couple’s immediate family members, including Prateik’s father Raj Babbar, his aunts (late mother Smita Patil’s sisters) and Sanya’s parents.

 

 

Prateik issued a statement, sharing the news of his engagement.

 

 

“I have always been a very guarded person when it involves my private life. In-fact I went down on one knee and proposed to Sanya at Time Out 72 music festival in Goa in December and no one knew about it till she brought it up with her parents.

 

 

“Since my grandfather passed away last year, we wanted to keep the festivities low key and hence will plan the wedding only next year,” he said.

 

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Calling the engagement the happiest day of his life, Prateik said Sanya has brought a lot of stability in his life.

“Yesterday was the happiest day of my life as Sanya brings a lot of stability and fortune into my life and I am someone who has always endorsed the idea of wedlock and brood,” the actor said.

 

 

The couple has known each other for eight years now, but got together only in 2017 after Sanya returned from London in January having completed a year-long post-graduate course from Goldsmiths, University of London, with specialisation in filmmaking.

 

 

She has worked as a production assistant on the Danny Huston-starrer, “The Last Photograph”, and as a production runner on the Salma Hayek short, “11th Hour”.

 

 

Prateik is planning to hold separate functions in New Delhi, Lucknow and Mumbai post the nuptials in 2019.

 

 

On the professional front, the 31-year-old actor is set to return to the silver screen this year with two big ticket projects, Ahmed Khan’s “Baaghi 2”, co-starring Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani and Anubhav Sinha’s social thriller “Mulk” with Rishi Kapoor and Taapsee Pannu.

 

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Casino Days Reveal Internal Data on Most Popular Smartphones

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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.

The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.

Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile

The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.

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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.

 

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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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