[CardSharpCook]

Economy dependant. For many people gambling is gambling and they allocate a certain portion of their discretionary (sp?) income to this form of entertainment. For addicts, while they need their fix, they need to be able to finance it, and the degree to which they can finance it depends on the economy ("should I sit at 3/6 or 6/12?") Finally, long-term economic fluctuations effects the number of college age kids with significant amoutns of money to "invest" in poker. I think the best thing we have going for us is that those long-term factors (trust-fund babies) should remain constant for at least two decades. That part of our market should remain economy independant.