Online Poker Rooms Traffic Update

Many online poker rooms are struggling to maintain their traffic because of increased competition and uncertain regulation in the U.S. and other countries. PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker have been very aggressive in marketing to U.S. players since the UIGEA, and as a result have become the dominant players. Others like Party Poker and the iPoker network have struggled to compete for the European market. Only a few short years ago Party Poker was the top online poker room, now it is number four.

The other smaller networks have had trouble gaining new players and licensees. Poker networks are all about liquidity, so it is very difficult for the small licensees to survive in the current environment. There is hope in the form of new regulation in the U.S. that could clear up the current post-UIGEA mess, and increase the number of U.S. citizens playing poker.