Posts Tagged ‘Italy’

[INTL] Italians Are Quick to Play Poker on Newly Licensed Sites – PokerPages (09/15/08)

By PokerPages.com
Monday, September 15th, 2008

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Italians have been quick to play on the newly legal and licensed online poker sites in their country. In the few days since online poker was launched in Italy, figures released by Microgame and Gioco Digitale, the two operators who managed to connect their real money table systems to the SOGEI government database, show that poker is popular.

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[INTL] Italians spend Euros 350 million every year on Internet poker – Online-Casinos (08/26/08)

By Online-Casinos.com
Thursday, August 28th, 2008

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Online poker is a pastime rapidly gaining ground among Italian gamblers, it seems from a survey conducted recently by the Consumers Defense and Orientation Association (ADOC) and reported this week by the Agipronews agency. The survey found that Italians punters annually spend an average of Euros 600 each on Internet gambling, making a total yearly spend of Euros 350 million.

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