RE: Looking Back at the Future of Poker
A touch more research on the research below reveals that back in 2005, to fully study the waves, impacts, ebbs, and pulses of the poker business, the following companies were considered relevant enough to merit a looksie:
(Notice anyone conspicuously missing?)
- American Gaming Association
- Anheuser-Busch
- Apex Poker Network
- Bellagio Casino
- BetandWin
- Betfair
- Boss Media
- Bravo Network
- Cassava Enterprises
- Challenge TV
- eBay
- Empire Poker
- ESPN
- European Poker Tour
- Eurosport
- FHM
- GAT
- Golden Palace
- Harrah´s
- IGGBA
- IGlobalMedia/Partygaming
- International Poker Federation
- InterPoker.tv
- IntertopsPoker
- KahnawakeGaming Commission
- Ladbrokes Poker
- Merrill Lynch
- Microgaming
- Pacific Poker
- Paradise Poker
- PartyPoker
- Pizza Hut
- Playtech
- Poker Rook
- PokerStars
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Random Logic
- Sportingbet
- Sunset & Vine
- Travel Channel
- TribecaTables
- Ultimate Bet
- Victor Chandler
- WagerLogic
- WagerWorks
- World Poker Tour
- World Series of Poker
- Yahoo
10 Comments to “RE: Looking Back at the Future of Poker”
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Karridy Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 7:16 am
No Bodog
Kevin Mathers Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 7:17 am
No mentions of Absolute Poker, FSN or GSN.
DanM Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 7:23 am
And … come’om, one of the big boys.
BTW, Kevin, wasn’t Absolute part of Ultimate Bet in ‘05?
DanM Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Oh, and no Neteller. I guess they were just getting relevant right as this thing was coming out?
Hint on the big-boy reference: Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Clonie …
on tilt Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 7:54 am
no Pokerati, of course
on tilt Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 7:55 am
oh yeah. no FTP either
Kevin Mathers Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Don’t you mean F—T—P—-.net?
Kevin Mathers Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Also, FTP was launched June 04, so it might have been too new for them to be considered?
DanM Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Kevin, do I actually have a fact on you? Full Tilt went live in April ‘04, I am almost certain. I remember because it was the topic of my very first post on Pokerati:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040608142637/www.pokerati.com/archives/2004_04.php
(Scroll down to near-the-bottom.)
Kevin Mathers Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Maybe they went live for real money in June? (that’s what I get for using Wikipedia as a source). But their relative newness may have precluded them from being mentioned in that report.