While poker has been played for nearly 200 years, the online version of the game is a recent phenomenon. Online poker has boomed in the past couple of years, and it has forever changed the face of poker.

It was not until 1998 that the first online poker room was established and it was not until 2001 that the two most dominant online poker firms entered the industry.
Poker steadily gained popularity and the industry continued to grow.

Online poker exploded in 2004. The increasing popularity of the poker and the "Moneymaker effect" resulted in even more play at the virtual tables.
Because of this, the industry's revenues more than tripled. The industry also saw even more entry.
Now it seems that the major online poker firms may soon become public companies.
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