[Copernicus]

Many people keep going back to denying rights to "make a living". The causes of action have nothing to do with the ability to make a living. Restraint of trade != not being able to make a living.

the answer to your hyptothetical question is an objection that it is irrelevant.

The argument that there are hundreds of casinos available for large televised tournaments ignores several realities of the business"

-relatively few corporations own the vast majority of the major casinos
-part of the attraction to the general TV public is the glamour of the locations. A lot of casual viewers are going to be hooked by the Bellagio fountains, that arent going to be thrilled by the Terribile's buffet line
-online is the feeder to the large televised tournaments through their satellites. If one satellite prize is a 10,000 entry plus all expenses paid to the Podunk Indian Reservation and the other is to a Monte Carlo WPT event, which one is going to attract the larger particpation?
-if someone comes along with a better technology than the hole camera and wants to build a product around it (I have a technology/product combination that Im trying to develop, though its nowhwere near the production stage), they have limited opportunities to do so because the venues to support the launch the new product are restricted. That means the WPT has huge leverage in licensing that technology, which in turn limits the attractiveness of the investment in the new technology.