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Clicking for Dollars: Our Perceptions of Online Poker - 2004-01-08
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Online poker is thriving. Despite lingering uncertainty about the legality of online poker within the United States, it remains the single fastest-growing segment of the global gambling market. In fact, according to one Wall Street analyst, traffic and revenues at online poker sites are doubling about every six months. No other segment of gambling — not land-based gaming megaresorts, not sports betting, not even other successful online casinos — can boast of such staggering growth. The explosion of online poker worldwide has created more Internet cardrooms and more playing options than ever before.
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Online Poker Gambling Rockets To €53.9m A Day - 2004-01-08
The popularity of playing poker online has skyrocketed over the past year. The study, from bookmakers Ladbrokes, quotes figures showing the total wagered on poker websites around the world has risen from €8.5m a day in January of 2003 to €53.9m in Devember of the same year.

There are thought to be around 150 poker rooms now operating on the Internet - up from 30 in 2002. Players normally take part by first entering their credit or debit card numbers and then compete against other “virtual” players who could be anywhere around the world.
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