A study completed by consulting firm MECN focuses on one of the hottest topics in the gambling industry - online poker.

The popularity of poker games online has grown tremendously over the past few years.

The reason for this growth is mainly due to two reasons. Firstly, the newly televised poker tournaments like the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker have introduced the concept across the globe, but the other reason is that as new players become aware of it, they come to realize online poker is less intimidating then casino rooms or even private poker games.