GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 7 - January 2009

GPWA Times | 8 The number of years Hong Kong’s Tam Chi-wai was sentenced in jail for after being charged with operating an online gambling network. Chi-wai was also fined $3 million. 9.3% The percentage of 8,000 U.K. adults who said in a survey that they had participated in at least one form of remote gambling in the previous month. This figure was 8.8% in 2007 and 7.2% in 2006. 9.5% The percentage that the European online poker market is expected to increase in 2008, according to a study by Marco Felice Baranzelli. 13.2% The percentage that the U.S. online poker market is expected to decline in 2008, according to a study by Marco Felice Baranzelli. 16% The predicted growth of Internet advertising in the next year, according to the European Interactive Advertising Association, which noted 31 percent of advertisers claim their use of TV ads is decreasing. $164 million The amount of money Australians lost playing gaming machines in the month of October, according to the Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing. 20.6% The increase in gross gaming revenues for bwin during the first nine months of 2008 as compared to 2007. 25% The percentage of bingo players who said that they would leave their partner if they hit a jackpot of more than €25,000, according to a study by Mecca Bingo. 51% The percentage of the Asia-Pacific Internet population that visited gaming sites in August, 2008, according to comSCORE. 69% The percentage of men who said they could not live without the Internet, according to report by Break Media 706% The increase in poker revenues for Asian Logic during the first half of 2008 as compared to 2007. $286,440 The amount Korean baseball player-turned- TV show host Kang Byung-kyu admitted to losing while gambling on an Internet site that broadcast Baccarat games live from the Philippines. $687,000 The amount of a poker pot won by Phil Ivey at Full Tilt in October. The poker room claims this is the largest online poker hand. $120 million The amount of gambling revenues expected in Poland by 2012. BY THE NUMBERS By the Numbers