The reason I ask for averages is because I am trying to find what the majority of the poker players spend across the entire industry so I can get an idea of what to expect my minimum range to be. If I do get whales, even better, but I’d rather get information about what a typical poker player demographic profile looks like than to try to incorporate what happens if I land whales.
We could say 3-4 months, at $300 spend might be average. (seems sensible)
But if you get 1 poker whale then he could spend 10x that in a night.
While many players will be $20-$50 spenders and stop after losing their money.
If you have any sources for those figures, would you be able to share that?
The only experience I have is with my own statistics for the poker sites that I promote at Our Poker Room Guide
(you will notice that Party Poker is nowhere near that list).
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In my best poker room I’ve had 59 depositing players you’ve generated $7,000 in rake for me. Remember that is Poker – player spend is not the aim – but player rake.
So your could say that it’s $120 per player in rake … but the top two player were responible for over half that .. and seriously skew the statistics.
So 2 whales were worth around $1600 each, and 54 players “averaged” around $50. But even then I’d say that the bottom half of depositing players were worth only about $20 each in rake.
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In other rooms I’ve seen poker players deposit $50 and be worth $5 only – they lost too quickly … while other players are tournament players only so you’re up for a share of that only.
It really does depend on your players – and industry “averages” really only exist in the mind – each site has a different demographic – a differnt slant – and attracts a different type and style of player.
Hopefully my stats help to show that – and help you?
(oh and I’d really like to know the URL to pay a visit now – just for interest).
Good luck mate.