Financial Problems Don’t Stop Poker Players

November 18, 2008

No matter what is going on in the financial market today, it does not stop poker players. In fact, even in the face of all of this financial turmoil, there are many who continued playing – making this one of the biggest years yet for poker players.

In Queensland, poker players are looking at bringing in a record $1.84 billion this year – more than any other year in history. According to the state’s Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing, poker players collectively lost almost $164 million just in October. That means that the 41,500 poker machines that the state has located in their hotels and clubs have brought in more than $1.5 billion already.

They say that if the poker playing continues the way it is, and the spending patterns do not change from October’s numbers, they could be looking at record amounts of poker dollars coming in. Poker players have lost almost $100 million more than they did last year, which has to be making them wonder why they are still playing the game.

Experts say that they actually expect the poker numbers to go up because of the bonuses that are going out next month from the Federal Government to their pensioners and parents. They say that with these people having more money than they are used to, many of them are likely to spend it in the poker machines. In fact, they caution that December may be a record month as well.