GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 11 - January 2010

BY THENUMBERS $1.7 million Theamount wonbyYevgeniy Timoshienko in theWorld Championship of Online PokerMainEvent. $28.2 million The fine levied by theU.S. government onBetOnSports. 22% Percentage of colleges that havewritten gambling policies, according to the ChicagoSun-Times. £430,900 The amount won by a bingo player at bet365. 6 The number of months the implementation of theUIGEA was delayed inDecember. $878,958.50 The size of a pot won by PatrikAntonius at Full Tilt, the largest inonline poker history. €1.7 billion The gross revenues from a liberalizedFrench online gamblingmarket by 2015, according to a report from MECN. $10 billion The amount exchanged in illegal football betting inMalaysia, according to Right2Bet. 34 Thenumber of people ar- rested ina raid on an alleged illegal sports gambling ring in Israel. $5 million Themark theGoldMega Jackpot at PartyCasino passed. $127 million The price paid byChurchill Downs to purchase online betting siteYoubet.com. $41.8 billion The amount that theU.S. government could raise in 10 years if it lifted a ban on online gambling, according to the Joint Committeeon Taxation. 13 Thenumber of companies applying for threebetting licenses in India, according toGambling911. $19.2 million The amount Canadian com- panyOptimal Group agreed to pay theU.S. government for processing payments for illegal online bettingWeb sites. $1.5 million Theestimatedamount of rev- enue Illinois could raise after legalizing online gambling on horse races, according to the (Decatur, Ill.) HeraldReview. 307,016 The number of players play- ing onPokerStars simultane- ously, aworld record. $790 million The amountAustralians spend on overseas gambling sites, according toTheAge. 263 Thenumber of jobsLad- brokeshas cut in theU.K. 200 Thenumber of peopleesti- mated tobe involved in the biggestmatch-fixingscandal inEuropeansoccer history 375,000 The number of signatures collected by thePPAon a petition toPresident Obama calling for the licensingand regulation of online poker. 2.1 million The number ofAmericans whowatchedESPN’s cover- age of theWSOPMainEvent Final Table 2009. $2.99 The cost of theOmaha Poker odds calculator for the iPhone and iPodTouch. By the Numbers