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This infographic was submitted to us by PokerStars.com, who also submitted this description:

March 8 was International Women’s Day, a time we recognize the contribution women make to the world in every field and the historical inequalities women have had to face. This day of recognition dates back to 1911, a time long before we thought about women’s contribution to the game we all love.

So now in 2013, we thought it might be interesting to look at the female make-up of PokerStars and recognize some of the big contributions some of our top female players have made to the poker realm.

There are a few examples of data visualization on this infographic, from the first stat about the percent of the site’s players that are female to the fastest growing countries and the money list. There are more places where it could have been integrated, but it’s nice to see it put to use in a few different spots, and I like the bar charts created by chips/coins instead of just opting for plain graphs. The Top Countries for Female Players section could have also used data viz, but it’s not seen there.

A little more could have been done throughout for visual interest — maybe a textured background or a little more typographical variation. Yet, overall, the text is kept short, there isn’t too much information, and the organization is easy to follow.

In all I’d give this infographic a B: it accomplishes its goals, but is a little bland and could stand to maximize its data visualization opportunities.

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This infographic comes to us from FruitMachine.me.uk and covers gambling’s biggest losers. Upon submitting this infographic, the folks at Fruit Machine had the following to say:

If you’ve ever felt crushed at losing a few dollars at the race track or blowing ten dollars on a lottery ticket then spare a thought for those gamblers who took it to the max! The Biggest Losers infographic, shows the extreme losers in gambling, these people really didn’t know when to stop.

From the $127 million lost by Terrance Watanabe to the $14 million lost by Australian business Kerry Packer it’s all here, read them and weep. Some gamblers take losing well, others try to sue the casinos and one gambler bounces $16 million worth of checks. Plus read about the Jockey who nearly bankrupted every bookmaker in the United Kingdom.

The infographic provides a cautionary tale for those with wealthy people and no impulse control.

All in all, there are some pros and cons to this infographic. Let’s start with the pros: I like how they use the Biggest Loser TV show font for the title. That’s a pretty fun addition. I love the background and the use of different sized poker chips to call out different amounts of losses.

Now for the cons: Unfortunately, this infographic falls under the same problems of other infographics that I’ve seen submitted to this site. The problem is simple: there’s WAY TOO MUCH TEXT. An infographic is supposed to be a “graphical display of information.” This is not. This is a lot of text with pretty pictures next to it. There’s other things online that are similar: articles. This infographic should have a lot less text. Important numbers should be called out by being larger, a different font, or a different color. Pictures of the losers should be included on the infographic. There should be graphs to chart all of the biggest wins and losses. Instead, this is mainly an article. Every time you create an infographic ask yourself one simple question: Can this be read just like an article? If the answer is “yes” then you have more work to do.

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An infographic that gives an overview of winner card players and the prize money associated with the World Series of Poker. It starts with 63 year old Johnny Moss winning the first World Series of Poker, but all he got was a silver cup. However he only had to beat 5 players to win the first title 40 years ago. Last year a 21 year old won the event, and won a cash prize of over $8 million, plus a gold bracelet with 291 diamonds in it. Overall the World Series of Poker has created 176 millionaires, and this number increases every year.