Online casinos enjoy Easter break
25th March, 2008
The bank holiday weekend has afforded many online casino houses a rest from the usual influx of gambling web traffic, onlinecasinosphere.com has reported.
Activity at online casino websites typically falls by around 80 per cent during the Easter holiday, the website noted, making the Christian break the most significant slowdown on the calendar.
"Easter Day is actually worse for online casinos than Christmas - very few Christians will play online casino games on this day," Rick Pearson, a customer service manager for a leading Gibraltar-based gaming operator, told onlinecasinosphere.com.
He added: "We usually send most of our customer service reps home on Easter - the office becomes like a ghost-town."
In an effort to drum up support as the majority of Christians set aside their online gambling accounts during the festivities, many operators offer generous deposit bonuses during the holiday.
This year, Absolute Poker even created an exclusive $10,000 (£5,000) prize pool spanning a random selection of poker games, dubbing the promotion a virtual Easter Egg hunt.
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