I'd say poker probably has the most players. It's hard to get an exact figure, but as I type this there are 180,000 people currently logged onto PokerStars and 80,000 on Full Tilt, and probably at least several hundred thousand people playing live games, whether it's at a high stakes table or a penny-blinds home game. However, the number of people who know how to play chess would undoubtedly top the number of people who know how to play poker.
It depends how regularly someone must play to be included in the total, but I'd guess pool and bowling probably both have higher total player figures than WoW.
Hi guys,
My son and his friend asked me a very interesting question last night. What game (in the world) has the most players. They contend that it is World of Warcraft (wow). Wow is an online fantasy role playing game. There are about 9,000,000 players (subscribers). Anyone know how many 'rated' chessplayers there are? How about poker? Any others?
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