According to recent studies, online poker is one of the richest and most promising markets in the Internet gambling fields.

Gross income in 2005 reached at least 2,6 billion dollars, growing to 3,7 billions in 2006. In 2006, at least 3 million players tried out the online version of this popular card game. Online poker players represent a 20% of the total online and casino gambling in the world, and this number is growing quickly.

Although poker is still inferior to the rest of the online games, it is the game that has shown the highest growth in the last years. A study says that online poker will have an 18% annual growth rate until 2010.