Key Takeaways
- ARJEL’s analysis of Q4 figures identifies a reduction in high volume players as the main reason for a 23% decline in revenues.
- The decline in poker is also blamed for a decline in tax revenues, even though other gambling has grown.
- Mobile use has increased, but poker is no longer the mobile leader, having been overtaken by sportsbetting.
The headline online poker figures from ARJEL’s final report of 2013 made for dismal reading with another 23% fall in cash game poker. The recently-published analysis of those numbers gives some context to the decline.
