According to a recent release by Nielsen//NetRatings, Web traffic to 10 popular online gambling destinations decreased by 56 percent in the month of October, the same month President Bush signed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act into law.
This drop follows a year of fairly consistent unique audience growth among online gambling destinations, demonstrating the profound impact of the law signed on October 13th. However, some gambling Web sites have yet to feel the pinch of this new legislation, and many industry analysts speculate that there are ways to circumvent these restrictions and continue to do good business.
Web Traffic Trend to Popular Online Gambling Destinations(U.S., Home and Work) | |||||
Site | Oct-05 | Sep-06 | Oct-06 | 10/05-10/06 | 09/06-10/06 |
PartyPoker.com | 2,412 | 7,476 | 2,503 | 4% | -67% |
PokerStars.com | 1,137 | 1,653 | 1,349 | 19% | -18% |
Sportsbook.com | 645 | 1,485 | 1,191 | 85% | -20% |
Bodog.com | 500* | 649 | 678* | 36% | 4% |
FullTiltPoker.com | 302* | 439 | 623 | 106% | 42% |
Absolute Poker | N/A | 510 | 520 | N/A | 2% |
Ultimatebet.com | 418* | 536 | 511 | 22% | -5% |
Casino On Net | 782 | 1,610 | 454* | -42% | -72% |
Partypoker.net | N/A | 435 | 269* | N/A | -38% |
Betus.com | N/A | 719 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings, November 2006 |
(*These Web sites do not meet minimum sample size standards. Projected and average measures for these sites may exhibit large changes month-to-month as a result.)
According to Nielsen//NetRatings, lower income households hope to strike it rich online:
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