Key Takeaways
- Half year statistics released by the Italian regulator AAMS show that cash game poker revenues fell by 23% compared to the same period in 2014.
- The substantial decline in cash game poker, from €58 million to €44.7 million was not replicated for tournament poker.
- The introduction of PokerStars Italy’s Spin & Gos helped to produce gross gaming revenues of around €33.5 million.
Half year statistics released by the Italian regulator AAMS show that cash game poker revenues fell by 23% compared to the same period in 2014.
After a period of two years when the regulator stopped releasing statistics, the renewed publication of industry data for the Italian market is a welcome change. The information is only available in the operator-restricted section of the AAMS website, so full transparency has not yet returned.
