GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 31 - February 2015

BY THE NUMBERS $50 Betfair New Jersey's poker rake through the first 10 months of 2014. Betfair closed its New Jersey poker site on Dec. 1. 19 Number of months that Ultimate Gaming operated its regulated online poker site in Nevada before closing in November. Amount that Golden Tiger Casino player "I.R." won when he hit a progressive jackpot playing Mega Moolah. $3.39 million $3.6 million Amount won by a Party Casino player playing Loot'en Khamun on his mobile device. Amount won by a Swedish player after hitting a jackpot on Hall of Gods at Betsson Casino & Live Casino. €3.8 million Amount that Swedish poker pro Martin Jacobson won for taking first in the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event. $10 million Percentage of online bets in Australia that are taken by offshore operators, accounting for roughly $1 billion annually, according to Tabcorp. 14 percent 90 percent Shortfall in online gambling revenues in New Jersey when compared to Governor Chris Christie's projections after one year of regulated Internet gambling. $5.2 billion Projected online gaming revenue in the U.S. by 2020 if at least 20 states have legalized activity, according to Morgan Stanley. Amount of revenue that Eilers Research gaming analyst Adam Krejcik estimates social gaming in the U.S. reached in 2014. $2.7 billion $631,421 Amount won by Susan, a cancer survivor, playing Mayan Queen and Goldbeard at Club World Casinos. Amount won by a Swedish player after hitting a jackpot on Mega Fortune Touch at Leo Vegas. €2.5 million Amount won by 21-year-old German poker player Fedor Holz for taking down the $5,200 buy-in World Championship of Online Poker Main Event at PokerStars in October. $1.3 million By the Numbers