Poker Pulse reports $180 million wagered at poker everyday

Sun, 6 Feb 2005

Television coverage has fueled the phenomenal growth in the poker industry in recent years and nowhere more so than in the virtual gaming rooms on the Internet.

In January 2003 around $11.1 million was wagered every day on major poker websites.

Two years later, that daily average has grown to $180 million, according to PokerPulse.com, a Canadian company that tracks the industry.

And with as many as 1.8 million players active at any given time, poker sites are expected to pull in more than $2 billion in gross revenue this (2005) year.