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July 11, 2005
Teeny Cams and Poker
Posted by Nick
Why is there so much poker on TV these days? This piece says it's tiny cameras:
Poker is as steeped in American lore as Wild Bill Hickock, who was shot dead in 1876 while holding aces and eights, but it took the technology of tiny cameras under the tables and the rise of online gambling to bring in millions of passionate fans.
The World Poker Tour's hole-card cameras and expert coverage on The Travel Channel revolutionized the game; Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo stoked interest among non-gamblers; and ESPN ratcheted up interest in the World Series of Poker, giving the game and the top players a status and audience beyond anyone's belief.
Not long ago I was researching a story on tiny cameras for a magazine and it was interesting the sports in which they worked -- NASCAR and baseball -- and those in which they didn't (football). It's trial and error to know which sports can adopt the cameras effectively. But here's an instance in which it literally put a new 'sport' on the map.
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Nick Schulz is the Editor of Tech Central Station and has worked in media circles and the ideas industry as a writer, editor, television producer and policy analyst. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The National Post of Canada, The Baltimore Sun, Investor's Business Daily, The Washington Times, National Review, Reason, Policy Review, and several other publications. He is also, it should be said, a rabid sports fan whose fandom is inversely proportional to his overall athletic ability.
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