The Lottery Sit and Go

The highest ever Spin & Go prize pool could attract more players from outside France.

WPN’s introduction of Jackpot Poker gives it a monopoly position in the US facing offshore market—no other operator offers US players lottery SNGs.

Future online poker game development is likely to increase the role of luck to meet the demands of recreational players.

Million dollar tournaments remains on dot-com, while Spain and France experiment with “Spin & Go XL.”

Despite a negative impact on cash game traffic and opposition from the grinders, lottery SNGs have been a massive hit with the wider market in Spain.

The introduction of Spin & Gos in France may have ruined PokerStars’ chances to overtake Winamax in the cash game market.

The new game format promotion combines two marketing trends—missions and lottery style payouts.

Full Tilt’s Easy Bonus promotion and subsequent traffic spike coincides with PokerStars’ drop.

The fifth anniversary Sunday Million also boosted tournament entries.

Lottery-style sit and gos come to dot-com following successful rollout in regional markets.

Lottery sit and go rollout continues with debut in French regulated market.

Just as fast-fold poker revolutionized cash games, lottery sit and gos could do the same with online poker tournaments. But the rake needs to be right.