i agree about the hot weather being a bit of an impact on the number of players on poker because think about it, if you were a very good poker player the chances are you would be taking holidays to places such as las vegas also their is alot of poker tours happening at this time of year too. if you were a rec player then poker is really just a form of entertainment. the thing about summer time is that you can do lots of other things such as holidays, walks, trips out and barbiecue parties which are much better ways to spend money than sitting infront of a PC.
the world cup i wouldn't say that has an impact mind because it's just the summer time equivlent to watching the premier league and champions league in winter. the only time i really would see more watching it is if the match was england but they are out now.
Paddy Power very rarely advertise on TV unless its in conjunction with a festival (If they are sponsoring a race like lepardstown or cheltenham the same with betfair. Basically it has to tie in with whats on . There are laws but they also self regulate. As gambling is still frowned upon by the majority Sky like most companies do not like to merge two sides of there business as the gaming side could have a negative effect on there main focus ie SKY Tv.
In Response to Re: Where is everybody?! : Yet 888 poker, paddy power, betfair to name just the ones that spring to mind all do.... they all advertise on sky tv over here..... or rather on the channels I get with sky Posted by EASYFIX
They should consider giving TV subscribers £10 free credit to join (no different to current, but pushing the credit rather than waiting for the player to come to the site).
Then update the software so that people can play on the site directly through their Sky TV box, using the remote to make their actions... I can see that being a huge success... could even play alongside watching a programme, press the red button when you aren't in a hand so that the poker screen minimises until it is your turn to act before you switch back to the poker and bet.
This is correct TK we cant get 861 in ireland something to do with are gambling laws in N.Ireland we dont even have any casinos...sigh... n Response to Re: Where is everybody?!:
Also, Jerry..... Sky Poker already have frequent advertising campaigns on Sky TV, but as far as I am aware, they are not allowed to run these in Northern Ireland for legal reasons. (In fact I don't believe 861 is available in NI for the same legal reasons). They would not generally advertise at this time of year though, or during the World Cup, for the reasons I mentioned a few days ago. Posted by Tikay10
This is correct TK we cant get 861 in ireland something to do with are gambling laws in N.Ireland we dont even have any casinos...sigh... n Response to Re: Where is everybody?! : Posted by neil1970
Glad I don't live in Northern Ireland!!!! As for casino's we have the Eglinton in Galway which is 20 miles from here... I've not been in there but I'm told its very good...
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the world cup i wouldn't say that has an impact mind because it's just the summer time equivlent to watching the premier league and champions league in winter. the only time i really would see more watching it is if the match was england but they are out now.
They should consider giving TV subscribers £10 free credit to join (no different to current, but pushing the credit rather than waiting for the player to come to the site).
Then update the software so that people can play on the site directly through their Sky TV box, using the remote to make their actions... I can see that being a huge success... could even play alongside watching a programme, press the red button when you aren't in a hand so that the poker screen minimises until it is your turn to act before you switch back to the poker and bet.
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