Two Million Germans play online!

By far the most popular lottery is on the Internet. The squares 2 a.m. to 3 p.m. followed by poker and sports betting. Creeping is extremely moderate. Astonishingly, the majority wins!

The new study comes from BITKOM (Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media) and is regarded with more than 1000 participants to be representative. 59% of the players bet on lotto, for women it is even zwwei third. And although the game in Germany officially since January 2008 may no longer be offered. The traditional “6 out of 49″ is clearly a timeless classic.

Poker is at 28% of males and 9% of female players, the second most popular game. Online sports betting are at 23% and 8%. The bulk of the poker player is aged 18 to 29 years. 1.7 million of the players are men. The majority, namely, two thirds of the players set a month does not exceed 20 euros. Erstaunlkicherweise succeeded 73% of the players who earn over the last 12 months away profits. (One wonders, given this figure, however, whether the respondents were always honest in their declarations, n. Ed.)

The study allows several conclusions: For a growing number of people using online deals ever. Therefore it is high time for a reasonable regulation. Prohibitions will not stop the players. The users are perfectly able to circumvent them. This BITKOM Vice President Achim Berg: “The current betting scandal in football, has clearly demonstrated: the German ban only paves the way for a thriving black market.” In the course of the countries of the Association Calls on bosses, at the latest at your next meeting in March 2010 opt for a state licensing of all gambling providers in the Internet.

On the other growing threats can not be identified with regard to gambling. While two million, a significant number, sources such as the Sueddeutsche Zeitung quantify the total number of “regular gamblers” but at 25.7 million Internet game is so in comparison there is still a niche.

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January 4, 2010 in Poker News
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