Key Takeaways
- Online poker revenues from the French market are down 2%.
- Cash games are down 3% but tournament entries are up 14%.
- he number of players who have wagered over €100k in the quarter has dropped by 20%.
ARJEL’s detailed fourth quarter report shows a year on year decline of 9% in the number of active poker players.
The quarterly report provides details that shed more light on the figures released last month in the brief annual report. The numbers and graphs in this report suggest that online poker has now stabilized and is unlikely to decline much further.
Overall, online poker revenues are down 2%. Cash games are down 3% but tournament entries are up 14%. The report notes that total tournament entry fees would need to have risen by 20% to make up for the lost revenues from cash games.
Compared with the same quarter last year, bets on cash games have dropped from €1,869m to €1,569m while tournament entries only rose from €324m to €367m.
