GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 48 - December 2020

BY THE NUMBERS The percentageof online players considered to be problemgamblers that were using credit cards to make deposits and withdrawals , before the U.K. credit card ban came into effect in April, according to the GamblingCommission . The amount Costa Rica-based online sportsbook 5Dimes had to forfeit in September as part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. government , following a federalmoney laundering investigation. The number of illegal gamblingwebsites that had been blocked inColumbia as of early September by the country’s gaming regulator, Coljuegos . The betting handle at BetfairExchange as of 4 November on the U.S. Presidential Election , making it the most heavily bet event in the company’s history . The prize pool for the 2020WorldSeries of PokerOnline $5,000 MainEvent , making it the largest online poker tournament in history. U.S. commercial gaming revenue for Q2 of 2020 , marking a 78.8% year- over-year decrease due to COVID-19 , according to the American Gaming Association . G P W A t i m e s . o r g 8