It is not the most serious or useful report to be published about the online poker industry, yet, to say the least, it serves to be entertaining.  The report in question is the one undertaken by Ireland's top online bookie and casino gambling site, Paddy Power.  Scheduled for online publication near the beginning of 2006, the report was compiled from survey results taken from Paddy Power members who like to play online poker in addition to online casino games.

Strictly for fun-fare, the report revealed that over half of all poker players have gambled at their computer either fully naked or in their underwear, that over half of online gamblers would rather play online poker than have sex, that close to 33% would trade off their partner for $1 million, that nearly half have lied in order to play a hand of poker online, and that almost 10% of those surveyed say they have hurt themselves while gambling in the online casino.

Specifically targeting poker account holders located in the UK and Ireland, the report is called Poker 2006: The State of Play, and features some interesting demographic results  that could lead to some heightened, good-natured rivalry between the UK and Ireland.  One section of the report shows that UK poker players are better than Irish players overall, while the best players reside in Dublin.  The worst poker players came out of Cork and London, so the report claims.  And while the Londoners made of the bulk of bad players, some of the best were Welsh.

The report will be published soon with many more quirky and interesting facts.  A few other questions worth mentioning are regarding what historical figure the majority of players would like to throw down bets against, as well as who would win in a poker match between the world's most popular leaders.