The report places the current level of international online poker traffic significantly behind where it stood at the same point last year.
Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey all opted to legalise some form of online gaming during 2013 but the introduction of internet poker in the three US states has been unable to boost global figures so far this year.
As reported by iGaming Business, Nevada has only been able to generate $8.5 million (€6.2 million) in online poker revenue since launching the service in April 2013.
The lower first-quarter figures have also been accompanied by results that show global poker traffic has now fallen for seven weeks in a row, although the latest drop was reported to be less that the 3% and 4% declines recorded over the past two weeks.
PokerStars continues to lead the market with a seven-day average of 21,000 cash game players, while 888poker (2,300), PartyPoker (2,000) and the ipoker network (2,000) accommodate the next top positions. Full Tilt Poker completed the top five with 1,900 cash game players.
source : www.igamingbusiness.com
