From family rooms to casinos, dorms to senior citizen centres, situs judi online is dominating all the way, across the country. Television is not far behind, the number of poker-based programs is ever-increasing. The newest medium to make mileage out of this game which has become a national obsession, is the print media. Bookstores have entered the race to take their piece of the pie. It was the world poker tour in 2003, that put poker in the league of of big sporting events. Avery Cardoza of Cardoza Publishing is the world’s largest publisher of poker books. According to him, the fact that Christopher Moneymaker, a totally unknown name and face, was abkle to beat the pros, at the game; strengthened the position of poker even further. People began to believe that anybody could try a hand at poker and win big prize amounts. Usatoday.com reports:

Cardoza says sales of his 50 poker titles are up 1,000% over the past two years and estimates a million books sold since 2003. His biggest sellers are the Super System books by Doyle Brunson, a two-time World Series of Poker champion.

Poker Pros to Vie for a $15 Million Prize at “POKER: Quest of Champions”

This Labor Day weekend will see top ranking players of poker at the Palms Casino Resort. They will be competing for the event – Poker: Quest of Champions. The hundred players taking part in the event, will be divided among ten shoot out tables. The winner from each table will move forth in the Quest of Champions, final event. The Champion will end up taking the largest single prize in the history of poker tournaments. Hold your breath, this will be a cool 15 million dollars. No wonder then that this event is attracting the ‘who’s who’ of poker. Ted Forrest, Kathy Liebert, Layne Flack, Barry Greenstein and Freddy Deeb are only some of the pros who will be taking part in the event. Onlinepoker-news.com reports:

The event has also attracted the attention of celebrity poker players such as James Woods, Michael Vartan and Mimi Rogers. POKER: Quest of Champions kicks off September 4, 2005 at 1 pm.

Alaska’s Poker Guru Leads the crusade for the Legalization of Poker Games

Perry Green is a well-known name in the Poker circuit, in Alaska. He is often referred to as “Alaska’s Poker Guru”. Green has been crusading for a long time, for the legalization of ‘for profit’ poker games in the state. Speaking to the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, in praise for the game, he said that poker had attained the status of a world-wide sport. He further said that poker would contribute majorly, to Alaska’s economy which was largely dependent on oil. In order to propose a bill for the legalization of poker games, Green is on a signature collection campaign. He has made several efforts to get a bill passed earlier, but has failed. Green backed a bill last year, for the setting up of a state gaming commission, which in turn would have the authority to licence a casino, in Anchorage. Although this bill got passed by the State House, it was not passed by the Senate. Poker777.com reports:

In another initiative this year, Green enlisted Rep. Pete Kott, R-Eagle River, and Sen. John Cowdery, R-Anchorage to back legislation authorizing real money card games such as poker and cribbage. Once again, the House passed the bill, but it then became stalled indefinitely in the Senate Judiciary Committee.