GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 4 - April 2008

GPWA TIMES | By The Numbers ByThe Numbers 4 The number of casino employees required for the Casino de Montreal to run its inaugural No Limit Texas Hold’em Tournament that was played on PokerPro automated tables and had 240 competitors. 18 The age of Mike McDon- ald, who became the youngest player ever to win a European Poker Tour event when he took home the $1.4-million prize at the German Open in February. 68% The percentage of U.K. women that gamble online that are housewives, according to a study by Red Lounge Casino. 68% The amount PartyGaming profits suffered in 2007, which the company blames on its forced withdrawal from the U.S. market due to the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). 269% The amount of increase in Playtech casino revenue during the fourth quarter of 2007. 7,779 & $2million The total number of players and the amount of prize money awarded at the inaugural Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) in August, 2006. 43,247 & $15.1million The total number of players and the amount of prize money awarded at the seventh Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS VII) in February, 2008. 130,000 The number of people who gambled online in Spain in 2007, a 47% increase from 2006. In addition, those 130,000 people gambled a total of 650 million euros, 57% more than in 2006. $280,000 The amount the National Basketball Association paid in the second half of 2007 to McGuireWoods Consulting, a firm that lobbied to preserve the ban on sports gambling and to“strengthen prohibition against Internet gambling.” $680,000 The amount of money MasterCard spent lobbying Congress on “Internet-related issues,” including Internet gambling, last year. It was not clear whether the company was for or against online gaming. 1.13million The number of people arrested during the 361,000 gambling cases uncovered in China during 2007. 2.1million The number of U.K. people who will gamble online by the year 2010, as opposed to 1.1 million in 2006, according to a study compiled by Screen Digest, a global marketing intelligence firm. $7.5million The amount of money bet by 28-year-old Graham Calvert in a span of 18 months on football, golf and horse racing. As a result, Calvert, a greyhound trainer, sued British bookmaker William Hill for $2 million because he claims it allowed him to continue gambling despite his requests to be“excluded.” The High Court ruled that the company was not liable for any of his losses due to Calvert’s “pathological gambling” problem. $185.7 million Pretax dollars lost by Neteller last year following the arrest of its co-founders in January of 2007. $42.8 Billion The amount of money over the course of 10 years that could be generated in the U.S. if Internet gambling were regulated, according to a tax revenue analysis announced by Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA). (pictured above). iStockphoto.com fotolia.com