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Las Vegas's tourism industry might be hurting, but poker is still running strong. Gambling 911 writes that the 2009 World Series of Poker has already set a handful of new records, including: the largest prize pool for a non-Main Event tournament ($7.7184 million), the biggest Omaha tournament ever played (833 participants), and the largest non-Main Event hold'em tournament (which hit capacity at 6,000 participants).
Honestly, I thought poker would hit its peak in popularity two or three years ago, when every sports network (and a few others) started airing poker games non-stop. When the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act made it difficult for internet gambling companies to offer satellites and get players into World Series tournaments for cheap, the number of attendants took an immediate dive.
Why is 2009 turning out to be a record breaking year for the World Series of Poker? Maybe there are many out-of-work individuals with time to burn and the lure of big money is driving them out west. Perhaps the hotels in Las Vegas are so desperate to fill their rooms that they're making it easier than ever to convince poker players to come give the World Series a shot. With more than a month to go until the Main Event, it should be interesting to see if the trends continue.
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06.04.09
I think part of it is what you said about Vegas basically giving away rooms. I also know that in bad times people look for distractions. When I was going through all the Katrina BS, I know that high school football games were drawing 5,000+ at every game because it was the only form of entertainment and gave people a reason to get out of the house.
Another example is if you look at 3rd and 4th quarters last year, video game sales were up from the previous year. That was the worst part of this current downturn but people need distractions.
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