Late Night (Talk Show) Poker Nightline and Leno talk online poker
by Kevin Mathers, Sep 1, 2010 | 6:10 am
It’s a rare moment to have online poker discussed on late night TV, but Tuesday night had two separate programs dedicated time to the topic.
First, ABC’s Nightline aired their segment on teenagers winning big playing online poker:
Later, NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno featured Barney Frank, and when the subject came around to ways to raise revenues (around 3:45), Frank offered his support of legislation regulating online poker. Leno — making appearances this month at the Mirage in Vegas — wasn’t supporting the idea:
DanM says:
September 1st, 2010 at 7:06am
i can’t get the youtube vid to play. is that just me or a problem for others as well? looks like a bad connection, but everything else is loading fine.
Kevin Mathers says:
September 1st, 2010 at 7:14am
I’d have linked the NBC version, but they split up a 7-minute segment into two parts, and the online gambling conversation took part in both.
DanM says:
September 1st, 2010 at 10:17am
just watched the nightline vid. damn, i don’t think poker coulda asked for a better piece.
Newman - poker games says:
September 1st, 2010 at 2:21pm
Ok… yes you have that kid in the first video who is making money online, but I agree with Leno! It’s ironic that Barney Frank made mention of gambling in Mississippi, but I can tell you first hand the River Boat gambling casinos trashed that city. Everybody got addicted to poker games, and now they’re broke bums! However, on the other hand, I agree that the Gov’t shouldn’t be able to tell you what to do with your money.
benjammin509 says:
September 3rd, 2010 at 3:23pm
Intersting point on the Nightline piece about the “zero sum” economics of it all.
benjammin509 says:
September 3rd, 2010 at 4:23pm
Holy crap, just watched the second video. Leno needs to shut the fuck up and do his regular schtick of fawning all over his guests.