During the boom years, the online poker player pool at least doubled in size every year.
[4] These events built on the occasional telecasts of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Events that were recorded each summer and broadcast later in the year.
The impact of the boom was escalated in May 2003, when amateur Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 WSOP Main Event.
[6] Moneymaker was one of 839 entrants in the 2003 event, an increase of roughly 200 players from 2002 and almost doubling the 393 competitors that played in 1999.
By the next year, the field in the 2004 Main Event more than tripled to 2576 players.
[7]Decline [ edit ]
[8] In the first WSOP following the passage of UIGEA, attendance in the WSOP Main Event dropped nearly 28%, from 8773 in 2006 to 6358 at the 2007 Main Event.
Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, which alleged they were in violation of federal bank fraud and money laundering laws.
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