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Gaming NewsPKR turns five-years-old17 August 2011LONDON, England -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- PKR has come a long way since its historic launch on 17 August, 2006 with a bold promise to change the way online poker is played forever. In what has been a tumultuous five years for the industry, the poker company famous for its 3D technology and community interaction has gone from strength to strength. Despite launching as a stand-alone site PKR was able to quickly establish a large player base thanks to strong word of mouth and a groundbreaking marketing campaign. Not even the untimely announcement of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, a move that kept PKR completely out of the US market on the eve of its launch, could slow PKR’s growth as it exceeded all expectations through its first few years of operations. Since then, PKR has become a force in the industry, receiving the Egaming Review ‘Poker Operator of the Year’ in 2010 and the International Gaming Awards ‘Online Poker Operator of the Year’ in both 2010 and 2011. Alongside industry accolades, PKR was also recognised as the fastest growing technology company in the UK by the 2010 Sunday Times Tech Track 100. Heading into its sixth year, PKR remains fully committed to the development of its products, and the satisfaction of its customer base. . PKR Marketing Director Simon Prodger said, “It’s been both a challenging and rewarding experience seeing the company go from launch to the position we are in now. I think we’ve made a great product and are lucky enough to have gathered a fantastically loyal and passionate customer base. We never stop looking forward at PKR, and really, this is just the beginning. There is so much more to come.” The state of play The latest figures show that as of August 08, 2011… PKR.com has received 18.454 million visits from January 2011 to August 2011. PKR.com has received 10.5 million unique visitors from January 2011 to August 2011. Nearly 4.5million Players have registered on PKR. Almost $1 billion in bets have been placed on PKR. 64,289,442 real money Sit & Go’s have been played so far on PKR. 20,636,477 real money multi-table tournaments have been played on PKR. $634,631,939 has been won in tournament play on PKR A total of 1,805,873,149 real and play money hands have been dealt on PKR. 582,475 Posts have been made on the PKR.com forum. PKR – 5 years in numbers Hyper-growth PKR’s growth in five years is quite amazing, especially considering PKR has never taken any US bets. Below is a day to day comparison from the day of launch to now. Number of visits to PKR.com August 17, 2006: 1,153 August 16, 2011: 50,512 Number of multi-table tournaments played on PKR August 17, 2006: 13 August 16, 2011: 241 Peak concurrent users on PKR on the day August 17, 2006: 499 August 16, 2011: 8,485 Amount of money won in tournament prizes on PKR August 17, 2006: $1,548 August 16, 2011: $320,518.07 Number of unique log ins to the PKR poker client August 17, 2006: 2,765 August 16, 2011: 87,246 Total amount of money bet on PKR on the day August 17, 2006: $2,591.48 August 16, 2011: $2,244,605.25 PKR – 5 years in numbers Demographics PKR is highly popular with the coveted male 18-35 demographic, but has also proven it appeals strongly to a mass market audience that extends far beyond online poker’s traditional markets with its highly customisable, deeply interactive technology. PKR by gender 3,957,216 PKR players are men (89%). 487,827 PKR players are women (11%). PKR by country PKR currently has players registered in 238 different countries. The best represented are… 1. The United Kingdom with 843,251 players (18.6% of total). 2. France with 632,372 players (14.2% of total). 3. The Netherlands with 361,074 players (8.1% of total). 4. Germany with 279,389 players (6.3% of total). 5. Canada with 220,120 players (5.0% of total). 6. Portugal with 183,418 players (4.1 % of total) 7. Belgium with 163,667 players (3.7% of total) 8. Australia with 121,956 players (2.7% of total) 9. Spain with 121,263 players (2.7% of total) 10. Hungary with 119,553 players (2.7% of total)
PKR turns five-years-old
is republished from Online.CasinoCity.com.
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