The rapidly spreading pandemic increases the online player pools by a huge margin.
The horrible pandemic, the new coronavirus (COVID-19) shocked the whole world and broke several industries, including tourism and catering. Bars and restaurants shut down until further notice and plenty of people were either forced into working from home or not work at all.
While it may be surprising at first, the pandemic also had an effect on the gambling industry. In addition to the regular people, who can't leave their homes, the gamblers are especially affected by the changes.
Land-based casinos are closed, live poker tournaments and sports events are either postponed or cancelled. During these tough times, online poker is one of the few alternatives, and people have already turned to the virtual felt.
According to data, provided by GameIntel the segregated markets, like Italy or France, have been experiencing huge growth - especially Italy, where the whole country is in quarantine - but the international .com markets are also soaring.
As it can be seen on the graph below, the Italian market has experienced almost a 100% growth in the past weeks, but the entire market is also on a 10%+ upswing.
These are only the first few weeks of the pandemic, but regulars can already feel the difference. According to plenty of our players,' the fields have become much-much softer with plenty of recreational players at the tables.
The poker sites are also aware of the events, of course, and many of them are working on how to offer the best games for the upcoming players. According to partypoker's Rob Yong, the site is considering extending the ongoing POWERFEST by one week.
Other operators are likely to follow, so it's safe to say we're ahead of unique poker boom online.
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