GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 12 - April 2010

BY THENUMBERS 19,377 The number of players in the field for PokerStarsSunday Million, a new record. $2million The amount won byParty Poker onlinequalifier Tyron Krost at theAussieMillions. 30 The number of years in prisonDouglasRennick is facing for processingmore than $350million in poker payments. $12,802,783 Career poker tournament earnings of Phil Ivey, the most all-time. £105million The value of the shares sold byPartygaming founder AnuragDikshit. $799,309 The amount paidout by Slotland in 2009. 19 The age of HarrisonGimbel, whowon thePokerStars CaribbeanAdventureMain Event. 27million The number of online poker hands analyzed by sociology doctoral student KyleSiler of Cornell University. 4/1 OddsPaddyPower gave on “Gay/Lesbian/Bi-sexual” being the first minority group FoxNews contributor Sarah Palin offends. £59.7million The amount 888 paid to acquireWinkBingo. 23% The percentage of Full Tilt Poker’s 2009market share, up from 15% in 2008. 149,196 The number of entrants in a PokerStarsTournament in December, a newGuinness WorldRecord. 33 Months in prison former BetOnSportsCEODavid Carrutherswas sentenced to serve. 10,000 The number of Ladbrokes customerswhose personal informationwas offered for sale toTheMail. 20% The flat tax that will be leviedon the gross profits of offshore onlinegambling companies in Italy, according toGamingZion. 378,000 The number of peoplewho have a gambling problem inBritain, according to the GamblingCommission of theU.K. $33.2million The amount paid for a Rembrandt portrait by casino mogul SteveWynn. 32% Percentage increase in PartyGaming’s fourth-quarter sales. 1,307 Thenumber of players in theUBOCChampionship No Limit Hold’em event on UB.com. 50,000players The number of poker players who have donated to the Haitian earthquake relief effort, according to thePPA. 450 The number of Microgaming games offered at the newly launchedCasinoLaVida. $25Million The amount of guaranteed prizemoney duringFull Tilt’s “$25MillionDouble GuaranteesWeek.” $150,000 The amount raised forAIDS research charity amfAR at a special poker tournament organized in theBahamas by PokerStars. €100,000 The amount aFrench player won on the “Super Chance” scratch game at Scratch2Cash. $2million The amount lost in one month by a player who hit a $5million jackpot in December, according to PartyGaming. By the Numbers