WSOP House Fees

[Don Olney]

Seems like with all the TV money from ESPN and the others Harras should cut the entry FEE from the WSOP---
XX% of prize pool plus TV and Advertising $$$ should more then make up for what they would missin the entry fee..HELL JUST ONE PIZZA SLICE BOUGHT FROM EACH PLAYER WOULD COVER THE ENTRY FEE LOL

[Rhett]

I'm convinced. Unfortunately, it will be harder for you to convince Harrah's that they don't actually need millions of dollars. Good luck with that though!

[henrikrh]

Yes, let's needlessly slice our profits with no benefit to ourselves, I'm pretty sure that kind of thinking is what has made Harrah's the worlds biggest gambling related company.

[BigPoppa]

It should, but they won't.

Pretty much anything televised usually has money added to the prizepool from TV revenue (not to mention TV money covering expenses).

Televised poker is the only TV event I can think of where the producers take all the TV revenue and then take a slice of the prizepool on top of that. They even subtract dealer gratuities from the prizepool automatically now.

Even though the TV money should go to the players, it won't happen. The people who own the rights to the WSOP will never give up that extra profit.