Traffic Watch Traffic Watch
Key Takeaways
  • The market resumes moves in the right direction with a 1.5% gain.
  • The Italian market proves one exception with cash game traffic now below its seasonal Summer low.
  • iPoker, Full Tilt, 888poker and partypoker have all converged over the year with barely any difference between heir respective cash game traffic numbers.
  • Bodog is heading towards 50% market share in the non-state regulated US market.
  • Next week TW will bring New Jersey numbers and look at the early battle for market share in America’s newest online poker market.

A nice reversal brings the market back in the right direction. A 1.5% gain in cash game traffic is headed by the top three sites all showing welcome gains. PokerStars picked up 2.3%, iPoker 4.4% and Full Tilt Poker, which has reintroduced a Build Your Bonus offer, saw an 8.7% gain in numbers of cash game seats filled.

Full Tilt’s uptick puts it back in third place in the rankings.