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POKER GAMES FEATURE
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he world appears to have gone poker crazy. The appetite for the The debate over whether or not poker is a skill-based game, or one
classic card game has increased hugely in recent years, partly due to predominantly guided by chance, has long raged. Last month, Cigital, a U.S
the popularity of the game Texas Hold’Em. Poker has the endorsement software firm, released a study of over 100 million Texas Hold’em hands, and
of some of the most glamorous celebrities, and has built up a devoted claimed that the statistics showed that poker is in fact primarily a game of skill.
following on specialist TV channels. “Texas Hold ‘Em is a phenomenon of our time and Heads Up Challenge
While we are used to thinking of poker as a game played in casinos (the last game of any tournament) is a real part of the phenomenon that
and gambling dens, we are now starting to see it as an amusement or everybody wants to play largely due to the incredible TV coverage to be
skill game in bars and other locations where no prize is on offer. found every night of the week,” says John Farringdon from CVA. “So as
For TAB-Austria, poker has been available as an offering on its an amusement game, in a familiar surrounding, players can enjoy and
touchscreen games for some time. But the company has noticed that learn the game play without the restriction or fear of losing money, their
popularity has increased in recent months. identity on the internet or making any embarrassing faux pas!”
“In the last year, parlour games and card games like poker have Peter Robinson from Nova Productions agrees that poker is ideal for
become very popular. For many years we already installed such games to an amusement only game. “Poker is a game that has been around for
our Silverball touch screen terminals. But since the launch of our such a long time and although it is generally thought of as a gambling
tournament mode Silverball Championsnet in 2002 we have recognized a game it contains elements which makes it extremely entertaining. If one
tendency towards poker and card games,” says the company’s Dietmar takes the Internet, it is a fact that there are more on-line players playing
Straubinger. for fun chips there are playing to win money.
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