Online casinos and cardrooms continue to mushroom in popularity. An article, Online Gambling Sites Expect Big Payoffs, published in USA Today in February, 2005, says: “Online gambling has hit the jackpot. After years of escalating growth, it's poised for its biggest year….More than 2,000 gambling Web sites this year will rake in nearly $10 billion in revenue, most from U.S. consumers. That's up 40% from 2004. In 1996, when lawmakers first sought to curb Internet gambling, 30 sites collected $30 million, says researcher Christiansen Capital Advisors. That makes gambling one of the Internet's largest moneymakers, even though it is illegal. “Poker revenue is expected to double to more than $2 billion and attract 1 million players a month. Americans play at 266 Web sites, up from 53 in June 2003, says gaming site CasinoCity.com.” An even more enthusiastic prediction is reported by eGaming Review: "Online poker could grow by 149% this year [2005] and take in US$3.5b
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