The worldwide economic downturn has affected businesses and corporations in the world in different ways. The banks of many nations around the world are stuck in credit quagmire and the U.S automobile industry is a standstill. Contradictorily online gaming seems to be increasing in strength.
An Italian poker site proved this when it announced its third quarter numbers. The Italian poker site has been online since 1996 .It became accredited by the Italian government this August has had record growth since it's re-launch that month.
Italy for some time prevented its citizens from playing online poker but through its Autonomous Monopolies State Administration, 30 online sites have now been licensed.
However many Italians still find it hard to decipher which sites are legal or not. Poker.it helps its customers eliminate this confusion by featuring only legal poker rooms in Italy such as PokerStars, PokerClub and Gioco Digitale.
Spokesman for Poker.it Mario Brandi explained…..
''Italians want to play legally, but don’t want to forfeit quality features to do it. Poker.it combines both. We’re a legal poker portal and the best source for poker room reviews of leading legal poker rooms.''
Marcello Giacupuzzi, Chief Editor of the site revealed that the site is comprehending many changes in the upcoming year, including social networking tools to link members of the online poker community together as well as blogs, forums, user rating and a poker club index.
The state of European poker continues to be tumultuous. Countries like the United Kingdom freely regulate online poker companies- even trading their stocks on the London Stock Exchange while other have virtual monopolies on the industry.
Italy would not allow its citizens to play on anything but the state-run casino operation. Following the same footsteps are other countries such as Sweden.
None the less this doesn’t appear to stop those looking for poker games on the European continent. PartyGaming, 888 and Sportingbet are among the companies that are traded in London.
During prime evening playing time in Europe (afternoons in the United States) PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker lead the pack in terms of traffic, yet many other rooms pop up that do not accept American action.
Sites such as PartyPoker, World Series of Poker sponsor Everest Poker, the iPoker Network (featuring Titan Poker and Chili Poker) and the Ongame Network (with bwin and EuroPoker) has their best action during European prime time.
According to PokerScout.com, of the top ten online poker rooms and networks that are available, six of them do not accept American players and are driven to their positions by European action.
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