Online poker is gradually becoming a separate branch of the entertainment industry with an annual turnover approaching three billion dollars.
If in 2004 the sites where card lovers can play a game or two of poker managed to earn "only" $ 1.4 billion, then this year the turnover of this business will double and reach $ 2.8 billion. , three quarters of online poker revenue will come from just 3-5 percent of avid players. The rest of the money, as reported by MarketWatch, is usually earned through online tournaments, which usually receive a commission of 5-10 percent of the total buy-in for the organizer.
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