Spanish Online Poker Revenue Hits Record High

PokerStars’ open international liquidity has led to a historic high in online poker revenue in Spain.

Gross gaming revenue from online poker has reached a historic high of €21.5 million in Q1 2018, according to the latest figures released by the Spanish gaming regulator.

Representing year-over-year growth of 41.6%, online poker revenue is by far the highest reported since the market opened in Q3 2012. It continues the annual growth observed for the year of 2017.

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Despite Overlays PokerStars India Raises Weekly Tournament Guarantees by 40%

Sunday Special doubled and Sunday Storm increased by a factor of ten as competition in the Indian market heats up.

PokerStars.IN, the Indian segregated poker room of The Stars Group, made further changes to its weekly tournament schedule, increasing its overall guarantees by 40%. It has also dropped the buy-in in other tournaments, pulled poorly performing MTTs and removed some Spin and Go buy-ins.

The changes take effect Monday. The schedule now boasts over 1 Crore (USD 150,000) in guaranteed prizes every week, across 215 tournaments.

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