Sunday, 05 March 2006 As casinos continue to expand their poker rooms, industry experts feel that the poker market may be beginning to slow. With the poker boom over recent years, casinos have been quick to capitalize on the demand and stay in synch with their competition. According to gaming experts, there are nearly twice as many poker tables in Nevada today as there were three years ago. Televised poker ratings and poker retail sales are down, and the money brought in by the average poker table in Nevada was lower in 2005 than 2004.
On the other side, new online poker sites seem to pop up on a daily basis. At the top sites, tables are always full and tournaments fill up as quickly as they become available. The World Series of Poker is again preparing for the largest turnout in history with four days scheduled for Day 1 and two for Day 2. Time will tell how long poker mania will last, but the experts and analysts can't slow down the thrill of the game.
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