| | |  | Last Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |  | | | Gambling Survey Proves Who’s Helping Who
- Monday, 20 Mar 2006
What happens when you put a monkey into a gambling site? MonkeyBet.com, a leading online gambling site that covers everything from sportsbooks to casino games, has recently completed a study on the online gambling industry to determine how successful a land-based version of their gambling site would be. Unlike other studies performed about online gambling, MonkeyBet.com is using its own database of players to determine how much and what games their fans are playing.
Jeff Fuller, SVP of Business Development for MonkeyBet.com stated, that he is confident that the studies show that online gambling is only increasing the popularity of gambling at vacation destination casinos. In fact, MonkeyBet’s revenue related to more niche games, such as Pai Gow Poker, Caribbean Poker and Baccarat, far exceeded the revenue percentage which Mr. Fuller witnessed during his 15 years working as a pit boss on the Las Vegas Strip. Playing online allows people to experiment, and the numbers show that this is positively affecting the destination casinos as well.
The study revealed that gambling fans are much more likely to try a new game online, as opposed to at the casino. 75% of respondents said they have played a game online first, before playing it at casino, if ever. Reasons given were less intimidation regarding making mistakes at the table, lower minimum bets online, online instructions, and ease of play. 58% of respondents said playing a game online has led them to try the same game at a casino and a whopping 92% of online gambling players who have played poker in a vacation destination casino said they would never have done so had they not played online first. | |
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