Poker is played around the world in private homes, casinos, and card clubs and on the internet. It is estimated that poker is more popular than golf, fishing football or basketball. The world series of poker attracts over 4000 players from around the world. A television audience of over 40 million watches the tournament. In Great Britain and Europe there has been a rise in the popularity of poker mostly due to tournaments being televised. Casino around the world offer a wide choice o poker games including five card stud, seven card stud, Texas hold ‘em and Omaha’. In a addition many more casinos have Caribbean stud poker, which is played as a banker game against the casino. Poker is also played widely on video poker machines. Around ten percent of visitors to Las Vegas casinos bet on video poker machines. This is more than play Rolette, craps or keno. Poker is also played with dice as a pub game, which is particularly popular in continental Europe.
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