But the game continues to rebound. In 2022, the Main Event drew the second-largest field in the history of live poker, generating a whopping $80,782,475 prize pool from 8,663 entrants, outdoing the 2019 event that attracted 8,569 entrants. While in-person poker tournaments display symptoms of improvement, online poker represented just 6.4% of the online gambling market in 2021, a distant third to sports betting (46%) and casino (42%), according to data released by the European Gaming and Betting Association for the European Union. A more detailed look reveals mixed results from the other side of the globe. In the U.S., regulated online poker launched in three states (New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware) in 2013, but it wasn’t until 2019 that a fourth state, Pennsylvania, introduced the online version of the game, followed by Michigan in January 2021. The Multistate Internet Gaming Agreement (MIGA) was signed in February 2014, allowing players in Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey to play with each other. Michigan joined MIGA in May 2022, which was significant since the state’s population nearly doubled the player pool of the other three MSIGA states, bringing the total to 23 million. Pennsylvania has yet to sign the agreement, which would boost revenues given it offers the biggest population of those four states. The Keystone State offers three skins (PokerStars, BetMGM and WSOP.com) and regularly led the U.S. in monthly online poker revenue throughout 2022. West Virginia and Connecticut have also legalized online poker, but as of December 2022, sites had not yet launched. While individual companies may rise and fall, the big picture looks encouraging for poker’s future. The industry appears to be steadily building up its chips in several key markets, though a swift double-up in size appears unlikely in the short term. While inperson poker tournaments display symptoms of improvement, online poker represented just 6.4% of the online gambling market in 2021, a distant third to sports betting (46%) and casino (42%). 52 Sponsored by Casino City’s iGaming Pocket Directory POKER
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