Warning! The Armageddon Date: 3/1/07. Prepare Yourself.

[Jack Bando]

Ron, Sniper's not a mod on this board. Only Berge/Beal/Perfomify/42it could do that.

[Dennisa]

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fwiw, Even after the UIGEA, many poker sites closing to the US, and the Neteller pullout... The number of players online continues to exceed the numbers before the UIGEA [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

The people who want to play, will find a way!... and there are many global players uneffected by US action.

Follow along, in the Tracking thread

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I am tracking. Stars was at 11554 on Dec 25th 15,608 on Monday 1/15. Their 24 hour peak on Monday 1/29 is 11,722. In just two weeks they're back to around pre holiday totals .

Tilt was 5699 (12/25) 8252 (1/15) and 5857 (1/29) for a return to near pre Holiday totals .

Bodog was 2816 (12/25) ,3925 (1/15) and 2376 (1/29) for a return to pre Holiday totals.

Party was at 9124 (1/15) and 11213 on (1/29) for an increase of close to 22%. Some of it is an increase to 12 tables from 6 and a current bonus.

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Added some more info.

Most of Party's boost probably is due to 12 tabling, sitting at 2 tables counts you twice according to Scout's method.

How much of the Stars/Tilt/Bodog/etc... drop is holiday boost wearing off and how much is loss due to Neteller remains to be seen.

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The month of December is traditionally one of the slowest months for B&M Casinos. It should be slow for online casinos too, Finals, Christmas season, etc. Of course the numbers are low for December 25. Pre Thanksgiving Stars was at 13K and Full Tilt at 7K. Get your head out of the sand.

[Jack Bando]

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fwiw, Even after the UIGEA, many poker sites closing to the US, and the Neteller pullout... The number of players online continues to exceed the numbers before the UIGEA [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

The people who want to play, will find a way!... and there are many global players uneffected by US action.

Follow along, in the Tracking thread

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I am tracking. Stars was at 11554 on Dec 25th 15,608 on Monday 1/15. Their 24 hour peak on Monday 1/29 is 11,722. In just two weeks they're back to around pre holiday totals .

Tilt was 5699 (12/25) 8252 (1/15) and 5857 (1/29) for a return to near pre Holiday totals .

Bodog was 2816 (12/25) ,3925 (1/15) and 2376 (1/29) for a return to pre Holiday totals.

Party was at 9124 (1/15) and 11213 on (1/29) for an increase of close to 22%. Some of it is an increase to 12 tables from 6 and a current bonus.

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Added some more info.

Most of Party's boost probably is due to 12 tabling, sitting at 2 tables counts you twice according to Scout's method.

How much of the Stars/Tilt/Bodog/etc... drop is holiday boost wearing off and how much is loss due to Neteller remains to be seen.

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The month of December is traditionally one of the slowest months for B&M Casinos. It should be slow for online casinos too, Finals, Christmas season, etc. Of course the numbers are low for December 25. Pre Thanksgiving Stars was at 13K and Full Tilt at 7K. Get your head out of the sand.

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Why should Dec be slow for online casinos? People are home more, where the internet is.

The numbers were low for 12/25. Check out 12/26 where Stars goes from 11.5K to 15.4K or when Tilt went up from 5.8K to 6.5K and hit high 7's low 8's from X-mas till around the second week of January.

[Dennisa]

They are low in December for the following reasons:

1. Final Exams for College Students.
2. Recreational players who budget X dollars per month to play, re-alocate for Christmas Purchases.
3. Christmas Party Season, Parents and Grandparents going to see children perform at school.

Also if you start with pre Thanksgiving numbers, Dec 25th is about 10-15% below pre thanksgiving.

[Sniper]

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They are low in December for the following reasons:

1. Final Exams for College Students.
2. Recreational players who budget X dollars per month to play, re-alocate for Christmas Purchases.
3. Christmas Party Season, Parents and Grandparents going to see children perform at school.

Also if you start with pre Thanksgiving numbers, Dec 25th is about 10-15% below pre thanksgiving.

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You left out the most important reason:

People have other things to do on Holidays and Weekends...

[Jack Bando]

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They are low in December for the following reasons:

1. Final Exams for College Students.
2. Recreational players who budget X dollars per month to play, re-alocate for Christmas Purchases.
3. Christmas Party Season, Parents and Grandparents going to see children perform at school.

Also if you start with pre Thanksgiving numbers, Dec 25th is about 10-15% below pre thanksgiving.

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Dec 25th is lower than most days in November. My point is, Dec 26th was their 4th highest day in Scout's history and the start of a surge that start to cool in mid-January a few days before Neteller left.

So numbers have been going down at the big 3 US sites, but they've only gone back down to pre-surge numbers.

[Sniper]

Don't forget that the Stars Million hand promo and a bunch of other bonus offers around that time also impacted traffic.

[tightmaniac]

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They are low in December for the following reasons:

1. Final Exams for College Students.
2. Recreational players who budget X dollars per month to play, re-alocate for Christmas Purchases.
3. Christmas Party Season, Parents and Grandparents going to see children perform at school.

Also if you start with pre Thanksgiving numbers, Dec 25th is about 10-15% below pre thanksgiving.

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good point

[jluker7]

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Just as I finished posting this Chexx Inc., the organization that processes and sends out all checks for Stars, UB, Absolute and others announced they are pulling from US on 2/2/07. So there will be almost NO WAY for these sites to get your cash to you. All of you will see that my predictions will prove to be true.

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Is this true? Cause I need to cash out today. if it is.. if not this is [censored] insane for leaving this bull [censored] open.

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Please where can i find info about this. Cause I dont need anymore worrying.

[jluker7]

ok i researched this after i freaked out. Ignore the ^^ above post.. Freaking idiots.