Trends in online poker and projected growth

[Ironic]

What are the trends in online poker in terms of growth? Is the market still growing? Or is stagnated?

What does the future hold for online poker in the long term? Is online poker illegal in China? Is it possible that at some point it won't be?

Any kind of UP-TO-DATE info preferrably with links and also your own experienced views appreciated. Tried googling and FAILED.

[degeneratum]

well, all the games have gotten progressively harder over the past 6 mos- 1 yr. cant speak on china's laws, but they seem to be a pretty disciplined and economically challenged place, 2 billion people- i doubt their involvement in online poker will matter. but if the japenese devolve as americans have we'll see some increased growth. this is something ive contemplated on in depth over the past month, along with poker being less fulfilling and more monotonous.

[sharkscopeaholic]

we're all SCREWED if the japs start playing, have you ever heard of a lazy asian? Or one thats bad at math. The japs will pwn us all.

[Full-Metall]

They still have the gamble in them. It's intrinsically linked to their culture!

[sharkscopeaholic]

maybe there is an asian dmitri nobles?

[MegaFossil]

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we're all SCREWED if the japs start playing, have you ever heard of a lazy asian? Or one thats bad at math. The japs will pwn us all.

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Yah, I just hate playing with crazy Asians who will stack off with any piece of the flop.

[AbZurrrd]

The answer to the trend question (volume and demographics) in brief:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=poker

[leatherass]

If the Japs start playing then the good ones will be tough. However there will be 5 thousand ones who just want to gambool. That would be a financial bonanza for us if the Japs started playing.

[Kilay]

Yeah, what Leatherass said, I think their gamble overrules their mathematical skill, all these Asians mainly want to gamble, just take a look at the roulette tables in casino's same thing for those guys. I really hope they will get a poker boom going in Asia, I think it would be VERY good for the most of us

[degeneratum]

yea i didnt even think that asians were donkeys who bloat pots was in the question. thus my reply noting that their involvement would be a positive one for the thousands who know how to play poker