Players from New York State have been clamoring for a while for the government to move on regulating online poker. PokerStars saw a decline in cash game traffic for the second week in a row.

Last week PokerStars introduced Spin & Go and it was enough to cause a 9% decrease in cash game traffic this week. US prosecutors are seeking to extradite Calvin Ayre and three other Bodog officials.

PokerStars rolled out their version of lottery sit and go’s which they called “spin and go”. PartyPoker has recently upped the ante and now will offer casual cash games up to $10/$20 NL.

The new gaming regulations that were scheduled to hit the U.K. online poker market have been delayed another month. The biggest stars of the week may be Georgian poker sites Adjarabet and Europe Bet.

Overall traffic fell by 3% this week, giving back the 3% gain that we saw accumulated over the past 2 weeks. Compared to this week last year, traffic is now down 10% over last year’s levels.

Online poker traffic overall gained another percentage point this week to go along with the 2% gain we saw in the market last week.

Worldwide online poker traffic posted a 2% increase this week over last week, as the busier late summer and fall season starts to kick off.

Overall online poker traffic fell a bit this week, giving back half of it’s 2% gain from last week by dropping a percent.

Overall traffic showed a gain of 2% this week, thanks to a 3% increase in PokerStars’ traffic. Advancers led decliners by 6-4, showing that the increase was broad based as well.

PokerStars broke out a new promotion called the Summer Daily Challenge. Full Tilt has implemented Rush Poker week. Swiss officials expressed an interest in moving toward regulated online poker.