Online Poker decreases visibly in Italy!

The regulator of online gaming in Italy AAMS(Autonoma dei Monopoli di Amministrazione Stato - Autonomous Administration of State monopoly) published its 2012 report on the activity of online gambling in which it found a decline of 37% in online poker tournaments and 34% in cash games tables.

The regulation of online gambling in Italy began in 2011, a system similar to the one implemented by ARJEl in France (the Autorité des jeux en ligne régulation - Regulatory Authority of online games). We see that this system similar to what was reported by us for quite a few days for the declarations of President Jean-François Vilotte ARJEL after confirming a decrease also online poker in France of 5%, reaffirming a system that needs to be rethought as a system of play based only on the domestic market has proven that does not work according both to users and to the regulator.