Online Poker In France Continues To SlideFrench Market Contracts But Less So Than Italy |
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Gross gaming revenue for online poker operations in France fell in 2012 but not by as much as the decline experience in Italy according to regulator ARJEL.
Operator gross revenue from online poker tournaments in France was up 12 percent to €109 million but down 13 percent to €188 million for cash games.
This compares to a drop of 18 percent to €209 million for cash game revenue in Italy and a fall of 41 percent to €151 million in tournament poker in 2012.
In France the number of active player accounts fell 9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011.
ARJEL noted the change in demographic for poker players with the share of players aged between 18-24 decreasing compared to players in the 35 to 54 age bracket.
Mobile poker activity more than doubled with 27 percent of players accessing poker sites from a device other than a computer.
Tournament activity in the fourth quarter was up 14 percent with a turnover of €367 million but this was not enough to offset the three percent decline in cash game turnover to €1,569 million
Yet this quarter, the increase in the activity of tournaments is not enough to offset the decline in cash-game set and the overall gross gaming poker suffered a further decline of 2% in respect of Q4 2011.
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