Poker Boom: The Next BIG Wave to Hit the Indian Market

Well, you must have heard about the cards gambling game – Poker. Poker is one of the popular card games, which is played all around the world. It's a British originated game, which got viral to different parts of the world. As the game involves a bit of luck, it became the point of attraction in the Casinos. It is obvious to witness a table of Poker in every casino club.

India – a breeding market for online poker games

In this digital era, Poker is considered as one of the best online gambling games. In India, there is a great demand for online poker games. According to a statistic report, India has 292 active Smartphone users all around the country. Well, don’t be in shock as the population of India is counted in billions. Just imagine, if only 10% of the Smartphone users will go for the online poker games, then what would be the calculations?

Thus, it is not wrong to say that, India is one of the breeding hubs of online poker games. Because of the active interest of users and the statistics reports of poker users, the international poker firms are getting attracted towards the Indian users. Indians have always been a big fan of the card games. Since ages, the card games are trending through the generations and their generations.

The Britishers left the country, but while going, they left the card game in India. Though there are many varieties of card games being played in India, poker is the favourite. There is always a bet associated with the game of poker, which attracts the players, to put more and more bet. The total bet which is associated with the game of poker is carried by the winner. Well, it seems the winner is pretty lucky in the game of poker.

Entry of online poker games in India

In 2006, India witnessed its first local version of poker, Teenpatti, in the play store. This game was first launched for the Android mobiles; later it was also launched for the iOs users. As Digitalization concept was entering the Indian market, this particular poker game got a positive response from the users.

At present Teenpatti has got millions of users under its roof, and is rapidly growing. As the concept of online poker game worked good in India, it opened a platform for the game developers, to invest ideas and time on the online poker games. Thus, some poker games got launched in the play stores. Not only the poker games, but other card games also got a good response from the users.

Present scenario of poker games in India

Recently, the Media Entertainment Consulting Network published that, India is one of the fastest growing online gambling markets in the world. The reports also explained about the investments which are associated with different online gambling games. It has been observed that the investors are greatly focusing on the online poker games to earn good revenue.
Not only the investors are excited, but the operators and players are also damn excited for the online poker games. It doesn’t matter, how many poker games are available in the play store, but there will be players breeding around every poker game. Thus, in short, it can be said that India is going to be future of online poker games.

Revenues associated with the online poker games

Because of the rising craze of poker games in India, the number of poker gamers is pretty close to a million. Thus, the revenue associated with the poker games is marked around $ 110 - $ 120 million. These statistics belong to 2016, and in the upcoming five years, it is expected that the revenue will go up by 20 % - 30 %.

Looking up on the revenues, different state government In India, have started supporting the casino clubs or gambling centres. Again, various measures are also initiated to track the online poker games, so that no fraud of bet or money is involved. With the support of government, it is greatly predicted that poker is going to take a serious boom in the Indian market.