GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 15 - January 2011

BY THE NUMBERS 2 million The estimated number of online poker players in California. $1 billion The amount Australians will wager online in 2010, according to the Courier-Mail. $50 million The amount Loto-Québec hopes to raise annually by offering online gambling in the Canadian province. € 696.2 million Estimated net revenues of the newly formed bwin.party Digital Entertainment plc. $133 million The amount paid by Paddy Power to acquire the 39.2 percent stake of Sportsbet it did not already own. 10% The new tax rate online gambling companies have to pay in Gibraltar. The previous rate was one percent. 1 The number of years of probation PartyGaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit received in U.S. District Court. $33 million The amount forfeited by Sportingbet to the U.S. government in a settlement agreement. 1/25 The odds offered by Paddy Power that Price Harry will be the best man in Prince William’s wedding to Kate Middleton. 4,000 to 5,000 The number of “immediate, direct jobs” that would be created in New Jersey by legalizing online gambling, according to lobbyist William Pascrell III. 20% The increase in online gambling in Poland, according to Polish newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. $147,500 The amount Peter Eastgate will donate to UNICEF after selling his 2008 WSOP Main Event gold bracelet on eBay. 116 The number of bids Eastgate’s auction attracted. 70% The number of citizens in Quebec who spent money in the previous year on lotteries, slot machines, video lottery terminals and poker. £500,000 The amount spent by Virgin Games in a television advertising campaign for Virgin Casino. 1.7 million The number of U.S. males aged 18-22 who gamble online at least once a month, according to the National Annenberg Survey of Youth. $2,278,097.50 The amount won by “POTTERPOKER” in the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event. By the Numbers