Poker Online and Video Poker -Online Poker News

It's full house as poker deals TV a winning hand - 2004-01-03
Poker, the card game once reserved for gangsters in smoky backrooms, has turned into one of the most popular televised attractions in Britain, according to new viewing figures.

The late-night tournaments, filmed from beneath glass tables so that viewers can see the players' hands, are appealing to some viewers who might be thought to have better things to do, including Nigella Lawson, the television cook and author, and Martin Amis, the novelist.

Figures released by Challenge Television, the satellite broadcaster, and Channel 4 give as many as a million viewers even though the shows, which are also distinctive because they allow participants to smoke on air, are broadcast after midnight.
Read the full story at Telegraph.co.uk

Online Poker Industry Feeling Flushed - 2004-01-03
A study published this week by bookmaker Ladbrokes shows that the popularity of online poker has grown six fold over the past year alone. Although it has been widely reported that poker is a growing industry, enjoying a uniquely fashionable resurgence, figures showing that the amount gambled in poker rooms around the world increased from £6m a day last January to £38m in December are higher than anyone had predicted.

Ladbrokes, who themselves claim to have some 50,000 registered users on their own poker room added that some 150 poker rooms are thought to be operating on the internet now, compared with 30 in 2002.
Read the full story at Online Casino News