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[QUOTE="LD1977, post: 2656774, member: 93289"]
Obviously deposits are important, where would the money originally come from? Air?

My position is, if deposits get depleted (mainly through rake, which is normally by far the highest "win rate" on any table) without giving players a realistic chance they will give up and not return. Newbies don't really pay attention to cost of rake but they still feel its bite.

Even entertainment has "value for money spent" coefficient and poker's is pretty low compared to MMORPGs and such where you can have a lot of fun relatively cheaply and not feel like a loser when you get fleeced.

When things slow down there are 2 strategies that poker sites can employ:
1) reduce rake and stimulate economy like this (this is similar to government reducing taxes to jump start economy)
2) go into "full fleece" mode and just squeeze out what they can

Amaya (PokerStars) went into 2) but had to back down temporarily, still promotions are now total garbage and they are looking for ways to continue increasing their profits (= squeezing the players dry any way possible).

Eventually best hope for players/poker economy is for a new competitor to emerge with a realistic business model (= act like any other normal business and accept first few years will not be instantly profitable and will need investment into market share development) and challenge them.
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