Poker Rage

Online poker is responsible, more than anything else, for making online casino gambling the fastest growing industry in world history. In 2005, online poker accounted for an astonishing two hundred million dollars PER MONTH in revenue and that number only figures to grow since online poker has fueled a world wide explosion in the popularity of poker itself!

Traditional brick and mortar casinos can be an intimidating place for an aspiring novice poker player and that is one of the many reasons that online poker is so popular, as players who want to learn how to play can enter an online casino website and play at the free tables, and then graduate to tables that are just pennies per hand. At an online poker room, a novice can learn without embarrassment or intimidation. Many professional poker players, as well as many who have gone all the way to win the World Series of Poker, got their start at online poker rooms!

Beyond that, many brick and mortar casinos don’t even like having a poker room as they can make far more money from slot machines or video poker machines. B&M casinos will charge a higher “rake” than is the case at an online poker room, in order to make money off the games. The costs of running a B&M poker room are simply too high for the tastes of many managers, but online casino websites THRIVE on the online poker business.

As poker’s popularity only figures to continue in explosive growth, it seems as if the future of online poker has no limits and is a great place to begin and maintain a professional gambling career!

Posted: February 1, 2008