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I read with interest that many US Indian tribes are worried that if all the US states legalize online poker, they will lose a huge amount of money from their land based casinos. I don't see how that can be, because these statistics were published by "Indian Country Today", written by columnist Dave Palermo:- "On average, 80% of casino revenue comes from slot machines with another 15% from table games such as blackjack and mini-baccarat. Poker, a player-banked game, normally generates less than 5% of a casino’s revenue."
Even if online poker players were staying away from land casinos, which they're mostly not, there is still only a tiny percent of the casino's total revenue at stake here and it is really not worth worrying about, from what I can see.
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