Key Takeaways
- Over the last six months PokerStars Italy has proven resilient to the general fall in cash game poker traffic.
- The Italian market hit its Summer market low last year, and simply failed to recover.
- The Italian economy is weakening, tax and liquidity issues are deterring Italian players, and un-taxed “gray” market competitors are easily accessible.
Over the last six months, PokerStars Italy has proved resilient to the general fall in cash game poker traffic.
As the relative performance graph below shows, over the last year PokerStars Italy has dropped 7%, while the rest of the market is down 37%.
