When any global crisis occurs whether it's economic or social such as the recent Covid-19 pandemic, it creates a great impact on everyone's life. Recently, the Covid-19 pandemic was witnessed by the world which led to a complete lockdown situation all around. With people getting bored by staying at home, a significant increase in the demand for online gaming, entertainment, and recreation was witnessed.
Online gaming is a platform where people are able to meet new people globally and can also stay connected with their friends and family. Indians have taken up the multiplayer table as never before to kill the boredom in lockdown. People have transitioned themselves to digital methods to stay connected with every other person using online gaming and other methods too. With this new normal, there is a tremendous change in the growth of online gaming and nowadays, multiplayer gaming is becoming a trend.
So let's take a look towards some of the major impacts of Covid-19 on the online poker games in India
Online poker in demand:
Online poker gaming became popular in India as the nation entered into lockdown. Poker is a traditional game but with the evolution of technology, it is possible for players to play poker online and because of this people can enjoy wherever they want and earn. Online gaming is a platform where people can make new connections too. As social gaming is not allowed in this pandemic situation, individuals are preferring to play poker online and also are trying to earn online. It's the human tendency that they can't stay away from each other for so long so they used to call or do chatting but it's not engaging. Hence, the online gaming concept comes into fame to keep people engaged and also gives them a platform to earn rewards.
A good earning platform:
As the lockdown hit too many businesses from smaller to the bigger ones, online gaming emerged as the source of an additional income for many people. Poker became popular among people, especially among millennials. Earlier, people used to play poker offline but due to the demand for online gaming, almost everyone plays this game online as it is more preferable. It is believed that earlier people used to play online poker for a maximum of two to three hours a day and now it has increased to five to eight hours a day. It is also believed that as the users are becoming more familiar with online poker and becoming more skilled in it, they are earning good rewards and winnings. This is one of the major reasons for the attraction of individuals to play online poker.
The rise in the growth of online gaming:
As the lockdown hits everyone's life people used to play online poker games to kill their boredom. Online poker has witnessed the rising of registration of new users, increased game time, and other trends due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Online gaming has increased because of affordable smartphones and expanding internet user base and declining data prices. This lead to tremendous market growth in India.
Above are some of the impacts of Corona Virus on online Poker games.
