Online Poker Software Sees 30 Percent Growth

Poker Pages Industry Index recently released figures showing that online poker casinos that offer free software saw a 30 percent growth in the first quarter of the year. This figure is in comparison with the same period in the year prior. This news is important to an industry that many claim to be on a downward trend, but industry experts anticipate that the growth will continue as the theme for 2006.The founder of Poker Pages Industry Index, Mark Napolianto, has said that the online casino poker industry has seen growth that is boosted by intense interest in live poker tournament software. Casinos adopting this software have seen an increase in their buy in fees per entry substantially, according to Napolianto. Figures are expected to soar moving into the summer, with the 2006 World Series of Poker.