1 WWW.POKERPLAYERSRESEARCH.COM Playing Poker At All At Least Once A Month Note: These are numbers of people playing any form of Poker not necessarily Online, not necessarily For Money 39.2m Autumn ‘06 Total Number of Poker Players – Trends All Players All Regions 41.8m 42.6m Spring ‘08 Spring ‘09 44.5m Percentage Change ‘10 v ‘09 ‘10 v ’06 + 4.5% + 13.5% 39.7m Winter ‘07 Prepared by Poker Players Research Ltd. Spring 2010 Spring ‘10 Total unweighted sample size = 346,222 respondents 2 WWW.POKERPLAYERSRESEARCH.COM Playing Poker At All At Least Once A Month Total Number of Poker Players - Trends 39.2m 39.7m 41.8m 42.6m 44.5m 58.2 57.6 55.0 51.2 50.9 41.8 42.4 45.0 48.8 49.1 Autumn ‘06 Winter ‘07 Percentage Change ‘10 v ‘09 ‘10 v ’06 +13.5% + 4.5% +4% N/C +5% +33% US Non US Prepared by Poker Players Research Ltd. Spring ‘08 Spring ‘09 Spring 2010 Spring ‘10 Total unweighted sample size = 22,469 regular poker players 3 WWW.POKERPLAYERSRESEARCH.COM Playing Poker At All At Least Once A Month Note: People are counted equally no matter how often they play i.e. someone who plays Once a Month counts the same as someone who plays Every Day. This is why the Female percentage is much higher than if you were to take any snapshot at any moment in time. Percentage Change Total Number of Poker Players – Trends by Gender 39.2m 39.7m 41.8m 42.6m 44.5m ‘10 v ‘09 + 4.5% +5% Male 71.4 70.8 66.9 66.7 66.7 28.6 29.2 33.1 33.3 33.3 Autumn ‘06 Winter ‘07 Spring ‘08 Spring ‘09 Spring ‘10 Female Prepared by Poker Players Research Ltd. +4% ‘10 v ’06 +13.5% +6% +29% Spring 2010 Total unweighted sample size = 22,469 regular poker players 4 WWW.POKERPLAYERSRESEARCH.COM Playing Poker At All At Least Once A Month Total Number of Poker Players – Trends by Age 39.2m Average Age 18-34 Years 39.7m 41.8m 42.6m 44.5m 38.6 38.3 38.0 37.7 36.8 48 49 51 52 54 33 33 31 33 31 19 18 18 15 15 Autumn ‘06 Winter ‘07 Spring ‘08 Spring ‘09 Spring ‘10 Percentage Change ‘10 v ‘09 ‘10 v ’06 +13.5% +4.5% +8% +27% -1% +7% 35-54 Years 55 Years + Prepared by Poker Players Research Ltd. Spring 2010 +1% -6% Total unweighted sample size = 22,469 regular poker players 5 WWW.POKERPLAYERSRESEARCH.COM Number Of People Playing Online Poker For Real Money At All Note: Includes Players who are not necessarily Playing Online for Real Money at Least Once a Month. 22.2m 20.0m 20.8m Percentage Change ‘10 v ‘09 ‘10 v ’06 + 6.7% + 24.7% 17.8m 15.2m Sep-06 Jan-07 Prepared by Poker Players Research Ltd. Spring ‘08 Spring 2010 Spring ‘09 Spring ‘10 Total unweighted sample size = 346,222 respondents 6 WWW.POKERPLAYERSRESEARCH.COM Playing Online Poker For Real Money “At Least Once A Month” 14.5m Percentage Change ‘10 v ‘09 ‘10 v ’06 +21% + 5% 13.8m 13.1m 11.9m 11.1m Autumn ‘06 Winter ‘07 Prepared by Poker Players Research Ltd. Spring ‘08 Spring 2010 Spring ‘09 Spring ‘10 Total unweighted sample size = 356,222 respondents 7 WWW.POKERPLAYERSRESEARCH.COM Playing Online Poker For Real Money “At Least Once A Month” 11.9m 59.2 11.1m 13.1m 51.4 53.9 48.6 46.1 Winter ‘07 Spring ‘08 13.8m 14.5m 44.7 44.5 55.3 55.5 Percentage Change ‘10 v ‘09 ‘10 v ’06 +21.0% +5.1% +5% -7% +5% +63% US Non US 40.8 Autumn ‘06 Prepared by Poker Players Research Ltd. Spring ‘09 Spring ‘10 Spring 2010 Total unweighted sample size = 7367 Online Real Money Players playing ‘At Least Once A Month’ 8 WWW.POKERPLAYERSRESEARCH.COM Playing Online Poker For Real Money “At Least Once A Month” Note: People are counted equally no matter how often they play i.e. someone who plays Once a Month counts the same as someone who plays Every Day. This is why the Female percentage is much higher than if you were to take any snapshot at any moment in time. Percentage Change ‘10 v ‘09 + 5.1% ‘10 v ’06 +21.0% 11.9m 11.1m 13.1m 13.8m 14.5m 83.0 81.8 80.3 80.0 80.1 +10% +16% 17.0 18.2 19.7 20.0 19.9 -12% +40% Autumn ‘06 Winter ‘07 Male Female Prepared by Poker Players Research Ltd. Spring ‘08 Spring ‘09 Spring ‘10 Spring 2010 Total unweighted sample size = 7367 Online Real Money Players playing ‘At Least Once A Month’ 9 WWW.POKERPLAYERSRESEARCH.COM Playing Online Poker For Real Money “At Least Once A Month” Percentage Change 11.9m Average Age 35.0 18-34 Years 11.1m 35.1 13.1m 13.8m 14.5m 34.4 34.0 33.5 61 60 62 64 68 29 31 29 27 24 10 9 9 9 8 Autumn ‘06 Winter ‘07 ‘10 v ‘09 + 5.1% ‘10 v ’06 +21.0% +12% +35% -4% +2% -3% -3% 35-54 Years 55 Years + Prepared by Poker Players Research Ltd. Spring ‘08 Spring ‘09 Spring ‘10 Spring 2010 Total unweighted sample size = 7367 Online Real Money Players playing ‘At Least Once A Month’