Poker's Popularity Proves a Hot Hand for Gaming Industry
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Jan Edward Helfeld moves along the bar at the Hawk and Dove, a popular after-work watering hole on Capitol Hill, scanning his quarry. He seems almost desperate, although he is not looking for romance.
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With poker's popularity growing because of televised tournaments, retailers are betting that playing cards and chips will be among the must-have items during the holiday shopping season.
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Is competition to keep up with the next-gen Joneses slowly running the video-game industry into the ground?  In Game|Life.
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Video games are so popular that even books about them are selling well. Hint-filled strategy guides now can sell more than 1 million copies, and long-awaited games are being given the kind of "making of" treatment typically bestowed on blockbuster movies.
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Private equity firms have found a new business where they can place their multibillion-dollar bets: gambling.
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The gaming industry is set to court the swelling ranks of casual gamers who favor the ease-of-gameplay offered by platforms like the Wii and Nintendo DS, along with the varied selection and lower prices offered through downloadable games.
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Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and ESPN are aiming to capitalize on poker's best-known event by beginning a series of high-profile tournaments across the country next year.
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In the past 24 hours, around 180 million dollars was wagered in online poker rooms worldwide, and Boyd Leys wants a slice of the action.
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Investor's Business Daily - Game makers are looking toward the simplicity of Pac-Man to gobble up big bucks. And now with the success of the Nintendo Wii, which can run many simple games, the casual game market is being taken more seriously. Casual games -- those that don&#39;t rely on top-of-the-line graphics and intense game-play to master -- have typically targeted middle-aged females. The perk for game makers is that simple games take less time and money to make, so far less is lost if the game flops. They&#39;re also easy to get to people via downloads.
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A comeback for Internet gambling may be in the works.
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A few years ago, casinos across the United States were closing their poker rooms to make space for more popular and lucrative slot machines.
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Dating, negotiating, fragging and making money.  Play and its consequences.
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Greg Raymer, the 2004 World Series of Poker champion, apparently knows how to wield more than a stack of chips when everything is riding on it.
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Ziff Davis - If you play games a lot, you may have recently found yourself thinking that despite epic advances in graphics, the video-game industry is in a rut.
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LONDON - Video game and mobile phone companies are set to rake in the cash this year as customers use phones to zap space invaders or sink game-winning golf putts, pushing the mobile gaming market over US$1 billion (NZ$1.
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PageSix - GREG Raymer, ESPN's   2004 World Series of   Poker champion, apparently knows how to wield more than a stack of chips when everything is riding on it.
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There's a fine line between the expert poker player and the successful Rule Breaker investor.