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Results of MonkeyBet.com Study Comparing Online and
Offline Gambling
MonkeyBet.com, a leading online poker and gambling website has ompleted
the first comprehensive study of online gambling, and its impact
traditional offline casinos. MonkeyBet.com is planning its own physical
casino and completed this study as a part of that project. MonkeyBet has
over 10,000 subscribers to its site and is close to online gambling.
With its own experience and the fact that it used its own customer
database, the figures gathered are assured to be accurate.
Key findings from the study include:
Gamblers would rather try a new game online than at a physical casino as
proved by 75% of respondents saying they played a game online first,
before playing it at casino. As expected, respondents felt playing
online is less intimidating, has lower minimum bets with better
instructions, and ease of play.
58% of respondents said playing a game online has led them to try the
same game at a casino
92% of respondents who have played poker in a vacation destination
casino said they would never have done so had they not played online
first
Jeff Fuller, SVP of Business Development for MonkeyBet.com stated, “I am
confident that our studies show that online gaming is only increasing
the popularity of gambling at vacation destination casinos. I had
noticed that MonkeyBet’s revenue related to more niche games, such as
Pai Gow Poker, Caribbean Poker and Baccarat, far exceeded the revenue
percentage I witnessed during my 15 years working as a pit boss on the
Strip. Online allows players to experiment, and our number show that
this is positively affecting the destination casinos as well.”
"We are expecting a strong delegation of tournament poker players from
Cebu eager to give players from Angeles City, Pampanga and Metro Manila
stiff competition for the Philippine Poker Champion bracelet," said Rey
Gamboa, chairman of the organizing committee. Participants may also join
the main event without playing in satellite tournaments by paying a
registration fee of $21,000 on or before April 5.
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