Poker News – France’s average poker player is male, under the age of 30 with a good educational background. He plays almost every day and feels that there should be more social interaction in online poker.
These are the results of an online gaming industry study by France’s Observatory of Games (ODJ) and Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (ODFT).
The research, which was made public on Friday, offers an interesting insight into France’s poker industry with significant data that both operators and legislators can now use to help a market suffering in a sharp decline.
Despite well-recognized players like Gaëlle Baumann and new PKR Pro Patty “babytes” Beaumier, poker in France a still male-dominated industry, with men accounting for 66.4% of the total number of players.
According to the study, poker players tend to get started quite early with the game (25% of the interviewees started playing before turning 20, 50% before 25) and are relatively young, as half the players are under the age of 31, and three out of every four are younger than 40.
French online poker players seem to be less inclined than others to play other games (43% of the respondents declared no interest in online games other than poker) and generally possess a good educational level as 58.5% hold at least a high school diploma.
Most players are located in cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants and declare a monthly income under €1,500 a month (27.8%). More than 20% of players sit at the online poker tables every day, contributing to a yearly average expense of about €778 per player.
