Scenario after the US online gaming ban

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After the great setback caused by the US ban on gambling, various gambling sites are slowly picking up again and cashing in on new markets. With US not on the cards anymore, Europe, the Middle East and Africa have emerged as the big markets. Four out of five players are from these markets and two thirds of the revenue generated daily, comes from those countries. The next big markets are Canada, Latin and South America that account for approximately 15% of new player sign-ups and 27% of gross daily revenue. Asia Pacific however does not contribute much.

Online casinos like PartyGaming that were badly hit are also establishing back slowly and are indicating stabilized revenues. PartyGaming spokespeople indicated that while this has happened at a level lesser to what it was, the process of stabilizing happened more quickly than could have been imagined. Statistics revealed that excluding sports betting, gross daily revenue averaged approximately $921,000 over four weeks up to December 11, 2006. An average of 52,000 active players were seen to play on the site. Gross revenue of casino, including the games of bingo and backgammon also indicated to be steady at $199,000 per day. Many high betting non-US players are also choosing to open accounts with privately owned poker sites. These sites continue to offer gaming in America and players hope to find higher stakes, even though illegal, at these sites. Gross casino revenue, including bingo and backgammon, has been steady around $199,000 a day.

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