About 17 million people practice, up 43 percent from 2002.

The company also spent $152 million on research and development, up 167 percent from a year ago.

People played video games for 67 hours last year, on average, up 49 percent from four years ago.

But even that was a record, up 21 percent from the same period a year earlier.

Over all, the state spent $73.359 billion, up 3.9 percent from the year before.

Sales reached $43.5 million last year, up 30 percent from 2001.

Those units had particularly strong growth, up 53 percent, to $58 million.

Revenues were $247 million, up 8.8 percent from a year earlier.

The bank said profits for the full year were $1.382 billion, or $6.92 a share, up 21 percent from 1991.

The average room rate has jumped to $188 a night, up 39 percent since 1991.