PokerStars online casino ranks fifth in Italian market revenue after one year

New statistics from Italy’s regulated online poker market offer a sobering glance at the utter dominance of Amaya Gaming’s PokerStars brand.

Figures published by Italian gaming news agency Agimeg.it show Italian-licensed online poker operators took in €6.1m in tournament entry fees in the month of May, up 7.7% from the same month last year. For the year to date, tournament fees are up 18.6% to €38.4m.

As witnessed in other European regulated markets, the situation was far less rosy for online poker cash games, which fell 9.6% to €5.9m. Cash games are down 15.7% over the first five months of 2016.

The cash game decline is largely a problem for PokerStars, which reported a 47.6% share of the market in May. Stars’ closest competitor Lottomatica scored a mere 7.6%.