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Believe it or not, poker made money for the house back in those "ancient days" before the Chris Moneymaker era, too.

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In 2002, how many LV strip casinos had poker rooms?
MGM? No.
Venetian? No.
Caesars? No.
Guess why.

It's not about making money. It's about making the most money.

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Most of todays NL kids think Moneymaker started poker -- and anyway they were probably not playing casino poker WAY back in 2002.

These 3 casinos all DID have poker prior to 2002, but had closed them. Caesars in about 1990 and the other two about 2001. (LV players, please add any correct facts here)

Many poker rooms were closed in the "poker UN-boom" of 2000 - 2001. Harrahs LV closed their creepy little room and used the space for a gift shop. In fact Harrahs was closing poker rooms all over the country. Also in LV, the Rio closed their poker room and I'm sure there were others.

But the good rooms stayed open and made money --- Bellagio, Mirage, etc.