[El_Hombre_Grande]

Welcome to the real world. Poker is treated like a "redheaded stepchild" because American regulators severely restrict gambling. And in the most profitable of all sectors, poker can't measure up to the one armed bandits and thus a number of casinos look down their noses at it. More overhead and headache for less revenue. But if you compare a poker room to the vast majority of businesses you might invest a $ in, (say, like grocery stores or drycleaners or transmission shops or delis or burger joints or whatever) its clear that a poker room ought to be able to return a tidy sum, $ for $ in light of the interest in it today. But those that hold the licences have bigger sheep to shear, and I don't think many politicos are in favor of expanding "gambling" by leaps and bounds.