PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker Combined Growth Down On Year
PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker have been the two online poker industry power houses for the past four years, but there could finally be a chink in the honor showing according to PokerScout.com, a site that monitors Internet poker “real cash” traffic:
Whatever the cause, not even the Big Two are immune to the market malaise. PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker still maintain a combined market share of nearly 60%, but for the first time the combined traffic of the two sites is now in decline. PokerStars still maintains a small positive annual growth rate, but it is more than offset by Full Tilt Poker's 8% drop.
The market malaise is liked a result of both a slow economy and an industry in flux that has had some difficulty maintaining adequate payment processing platforms due to current legislation.
The good news for poker is that we witnessed some growth in participation at this year’s World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Ace King, Gambling911.com
