Not so sure that texas holdem will do as you state davez. There was an article in one of the newspapers recently & it stated that online poker is the most corrupt of all the online gambling available.

The fact is that those humans that particiapate could be playing against a table full of bot (robots) which have the capacity to work out millions of calcuations in a second or so giving the human little chance of winning.

There are programs such as WinHoldEm that are capable of playing at five tables at the one time making as much as $275 per hour for their operators. It's possible for instance for a human to be playing against five bots all operated by the one user.

If that's the case then many people would soon tire of getting ripped off by a computer & look elsewhere for their gambling experience.

What is the difference between TVN and SKY Racing?

sounds like winholdem is not a viable tool on many sites with account closures & balance forfeitures if detected.

anyway i have probably overstated my feelings about pokers affect on the racing industry (whenever the sky/tvn issue comes up i instantly see red). however there is no doubt that online poker is growing at phenomenal rate & many young (& probably old) potential punters are & will see it as a more accessible & enjoyable gambling option.

but of course racing doesnt need to be concerned with other industries causing it grief, it is managing to do that to itself quite nicely when one considers the market saturation, sydneys demise, & the sky/tvn fiasco & god knows what else.

topys99, think you'll find that the tab's are only under review with a view to going out to tender at some later stage. the current operators have licences to 2012.