Winamax Enters Global Top Three as it Pulls Ahead in Southern European Market Winamax Enters Global Top Three as it Pulls Ahead in Southern European Market
Key Takeaways
  • It has solidified its position as the clear leader in the segregated Southern European online poker market, despite still not operating in Portugal.
  • Globally, it is neck-and-neck with growing online poker network GGPoker for the coveted third-place position in the rankings.
  • Over the last two years, cash game traffic has grown 30% whilst both PokerStars Europe and the dot-com market have declined.
  • Today, it represents 43% of the Southern European market, up from 40% a year ago and 28% in Q1 2018.

In the face of increased competition, and despite an uneven playing field, French-based online poker room Winamax is currently ranked third globally in terms of cash game traffic, the latest figures reveal.

Based on a 30-day moving average of cash game traffic, it has also solidified its position as the clear leader in the segregated Southern European online poker market, comprising of Spain, France and Portugal, despite still not operational in the latter.

At approximately 1600 concurrent cash game players, based on traffic data collected by independent industry monitor GameIntel and available exclusively on the PRO Data platform, it represents well over 40% of the Southern European market, where it competes with the likes of PokerStars, partypoker, iPoker, 888 and Aconcagua Poker.