Online Poker Boom Reaches Spain

(PRWEB) November 17, 2005 -- The number of poker related searches on the Internet increased by more than 500% in Spain during September according to Overture’s recently released statistics. Far more searches are now performed by Spaniards than Swedes, which has more than 250 000 active online poker players today. The boom of online poker has now definitely reached Spain, says Andre Matarazzo, Director of Communications of www.PokerLoco.com

Besides Spain, PokerLoco.com is offering online poker to Portugal and South America, altogether a market of more than 600 million people that up until today have not had access to online poker in their native languages.

www.PokerLoco.com is the first focused online poker site for the Hispanic market, other sites being offered almost exclusively in English only. Spain has already placed itself as a runner up against Brazil as PokerLoco.com’s second largest market, but it is not unlikely that Spain will surpass Brazil if this growth continues. PokerLoco.com is now preparing for a launch in Spain to spread the knowledge of online poker, in particular Texas Hold'em Poker, which has grown by leaps and bounds in the US and in Western Europe in the last two years and is today played by millions of people on a daily basis.

PokerLoco.com’s gaming applications are powered by Sweden’s Ongame Network, the world’s third largest poker operator, which enables PokerLoco.com to instantly offer access to a user base of more than 6 million poker players around the clock. www.PokerLoco.com features many different varieties of multiplayer online poker: Texas Hold’em Poker, Omaha Poker, 7 Card Stud Poker and 5 Card Draw Poker. All these varieties of poker games come with poker schools, tutorials and play money options enabling the users to learn and practice the game of poker without financial risk. Visit us at http://www.PokerLoco.com

Press Release - 2005-11-18 02:37:49