{"id":1191,"date":"2016-09-27T12:22:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T12:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2016-09-27T12:22:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T12:22:15","slug":"mpn-unibet-grow-despite-online-ring-games-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/mpn-unibet-grow-despite-online-ring-games-decline","title":{"rendered":"MPN &amp; Unibet Grow Despite Online Ring Games Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/09\/microgaming-poker-network-and-unibet.jpg\" alt=\"Microgaming Poker Network &amp; Unibet\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/09\/microgaming-poker-network-and-unibet.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/09\/microgaming-poker-network-and-unibet-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\">Industry data released by <strong>PokerScout<\/strong> through Poker Industry Pro has shown that the traffic for real money online poker ring-games declined by 18.5 percent between Sept. 20, 2015 and Sept. 20, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The key reasons for the decline have been increased regulations and a definite shift towards the recreational player segment, with operators preferring to focus on formats like sit-n-go. <\/p>\n<p>The biggest online poker operator in the world, <a href=\"\/reviews\/pokerstars\">PokerStars<\/a> which accounts for 42.2 percent of the game saw a decline of 18.9 percent. The company has attributed the decline to the change in its rewards program that reduced incentives to high-volume cash players, signalling its new strategy of focusing on new and recreational players. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, <strong>Eric Hollreiser<\/strong>, VP of Corporate Communications for Amaya Inc. and PokerStars said <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cash games have always been the specialty of the serious and professional player, whereas tournaments, with the potential of a big payout for a small investment, are particularly attractive to newer and recreational players. As we shift our focus to those players, it\u2019s not surprising that there\u2019s a reduction in cash game traffic with a corresponding increase in tournament (including Spin &amp; Go) activity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added that the shift was reflecting the changes in the game and player demographics, calling it a positive sign for the game and the community. Hollreiser asserted that despite this shift, <strong>PokerStars<\/strong> remained committed to maintaining cash games on its site and running promotional initiatives to improve volumes in cash games. <\/p>\n<p>The second largest poker operator <a href=\"\/reviews\/888-poker\">888poker<\/a> saw its ring-game traffic drop by 14.7 percent over the last year. <strong>Bodog<\/strong> placed third in terms of ring-game traffic and dropped by 24.8 percent. Bodog could drop further as it will shutdown its poker operations starting Sept. 30 as the site has been acquired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/reviews\/ignition-poker\">Ignition Casino<\/a>. <strong>Partypoker<\/strong> placed fourth went down by 5.2 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The two companies that have bucked this trend are <strong>Microgaming Poker Network (MPN)<\/strong> and <strong>Unibet Poker<\/strong>. MPN climbed up by a whopping 29.4 percent, placing it in the ninth spot. One of the major reasons is that two large casinos, namely <strong>Grosvenor Casinos<\/strong> and <strong>PKR Casino<\/strong> joined the network this year. Another critical reason is that MPN has been focusing on developing the overall player ecosystem, with recreational player-friendly initiatives being launched such as permitting frequent changes in usernames and a new rake system.<\/p>\n<p>Unibet Poker grew by 36.8 percent year-on- year and its growth has been attributed to its multi-pronged approach to make its platform welcoming to recreational players \u2013 prohibition of third-party tracking devices, low rake games, modern design and a user-focused software client built from scratch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry data released by PokerScout through Poker Industry Pro has shown that the traffic for real money online poker ring-games declined by 18.5 percent between Sept. 20, 2015 and Sept. 20, 2016. The key reasons for the decline have been increased regulations and a definite shift towards the recreational player segment, with operators preferring to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MPN &amp; Unibet Grow Despite Online Ring Games Decline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Industry data released by PokerScout through Poker Industry Pro has shown that the traffic for real money online poker ring-games declined\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/mpn-unibet-grow-despite-online-ring-games-decline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MPN &amp; 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