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Originally Posted by Lemikinge
...why cashgame traffic is currently decreasing pretty heavy?? last 6month they dropped pretty heavy. [...] Is this because of vip changes?
** SEASONAL: Most of the drop is due to northern hemisphere summer = less online poker traffic
** RAKE INCREASES: Perhaps this has an effect - I don't know how many net-depositing players notice such things so I'm unsure
** VIP RAKEBACK REDUCTION: Perhaps this has an effect, but in which direction? There are arguments that reduction of 'rewards' to regs might increase numbers of net depositors & repeat net depositors [because 'winning regs' are incentivised less to play supposedly], but I don't have figures. Nobody outside PS has the necessary data to ascertain how all the factors involved interact.
** CURRENT PS PROMOTIONS: Some of the drop over the past week is due to PS SCOOP which drives traffic to tournaments
** CANNIBALISED BY FAST LOTTERY TOURNAMENTS: Some of the drop is due to Spin'n'Go which have been an enormous success
** POKER BOOM IS OVER 1: Adding together all the sites there's a general decline in total online poker traffic year-on-year for many reasons such as the strong dollar, much wider choice today of online activities in eSports, eGaming etc
** POKER BOOM IS OVER 2: General level of poker skill is much higher, much smaller chance of being a winner & no chance if one doesn't keep up & study