CNN- Poker seen fading in the US

[dbirider16]

Here's what I see
2002 wcoop $1000: Total Prize Pool: $238,000
2003 wcoop $1000: Total Prize Pool: $891,000
2004 wcoop $2500: Total Prize Pool: $2,107,500
2005 wcoop $2500: Total Prize Pool: $3,735,000

Same with the WSOP. Poker has a lot of slowing down to do before it fades.

[Uglyowl]

Instead of seeing 80-100% annual growth, online poker is down to 30-40% annual growth.

Yes it is slowing growth, but this happens with any industry and those are darn strong numbers still.