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A GOOD WEEK FOR ONLINE POKER

Source: bluffed.net


Traffic increased 2.3% overall last week

In its second weekly gain running, traffic to online poker sites rose 2.3% overall last week, according to the independent internet poker monitor Pokerscout.

The monitor reports that PartyPoker surged 7% and recaptured second place after spending 13 weeks at third behind Playtech's iPoker Network. The surge is attributed to Party's Card Rush promotion, in which players collect instant-win scratch card for prizes.

A number of operators recorded pleasing traffic gains of more than 6 percent, including Ongame (recently sold to Amaya Gaming); winamax; PokerStars.es; Bodog; partypoker; ipoker; PKR and GTech G2's IPN.

On the negative side, Revolution network and iPoker saw traffic declines of 2 or more percent.

Pokerscout says that on a year-on-year comparison basis online poker traffic has decreased by 7% in the last year.

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