GaF Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4465642.stm The Money Programme - The Big Poker Gamble - BBC TWO at 7pm on Friday 9 December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpe1ne Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Re: The Big Poker Gamble - BBC2 7pm Tonight Read the review on this in the Radio Times and they seem to think it does not answer all the questions asked.Still gonna watch it though. The Big Poker Gamble 7:00pm - 7:30pmBBC2VIDEO Plus+: 8354 Subtitled, Widescreen 8/8 Is online poker as good a business as it makes out? That's the question this film doesn't quite answer. It's an intriguing look at the explosion of popularity in the game, but whether companies such as Party Poker have a rosy future as mass-market brands is left wide open. It would have been nice to have had more hard-nosed analysis of the money side, the kind of thing a Dragons' Den contestant expects in their first five minutes. Instead, Party Poker's rich and po-faced chief executive gets an easy ride, while we meet online players and follow their fortunes (mostly healthy, though in the long run, we're told, only 20 per cent of players prosper). The cloud looming is the technicality that online gambling is illegal in the USA, though no prosecutions have yet been brought against poker sites. RT reviewer: David Butcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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