When (or will) online poker revenues grow beyond their calendar year 2010 highs?

After the actions of the U.S. government against the major poker operators accepting U.S. players on Black Friday in April 2011, overall poker revenue worldwide dropped. And it has yet to recover fully.

Do you think calendar year 2010 will prove to be the peak in online poker playing, or will the global market grow to the point that we will see those revenues surpassed?

If you believe poker revenues will grow past 2010 levels in the future, do you think it will be because the market outside the U.S. will grow that much, or do you believe it is because the market will reemerge as a regulated market in the United States? Or do you believe that the popularity of poker will decline enough that even with a regulated U.S. market revenues will not reach 2010 levels ever again?

Michael

Ha! All votes call for recovery next year or the year after next. No one can wait! Neither can I!!