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I don't think its unreasonable to suppose that well over half of the new breed of poker players wouldn't visit the casino - ever - if there was no poker there. I certainly wouldn't, as I have no interest in playing table games or slots.


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blueodom, I think you are off a bit on this estimate, but the point remains that poker is introducing new people to casinos.

More important, poker is the way young men (and women) are now introduced to gambling, in the US and likely other countries where the game has some penetration (UK, Germany, the Netherlands).

It has only been 4 years since Moneymaker won the WSOP. The impact of that young generation will persist.

They may not completely equate casinos with poker, but the association is there. They will expect poker to be available.

Just because the boom is over does not mean something fades away. Railways are still in business, the Internet is in use, and tulips are still pretty popular flowers [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]