For the First Time, Italy Cash Game Market Larger than France For the First Time, Italy Cash Game Market Larger than France
Anthony Majanlahti, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License
Key Takeaways
  • Based on a 30-day moving average, Italian cash game networks have more active players than the French market.
  • It is the first time since Italian cash games went live over two years ago.

For the first time since Italian regulation has permitted cash games, the total number of active players in Italy is greater now than in France.

As indicated by its 30-day moving average of cash game players, based on data provided by independent monitor PokerScout (see screenshot below), the combined active player numbers is larger across the Italian networks than the French. It overtook France on August 1 and has since maintained a slight lead, with 3537 average concurrent players over the last month, compared to 3523 in France.