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ORANGE LAKE – More than 50 people – with no official public notice – were lined up for this week’s opening of the new card room at Ocala Poker & Jai Alai, newly renamed to add its new emphasis on poker.

Within an hour, 10 tables were full of eight to 10 players each. The players, almost all of them men of various ages, were considering their cards, watching other players’ faces, chatting about the game, bantering about past games, clicking poker chips together – on a weekday afternoon.

It was a response certain to please the owners who, two years ago, took a gamble on a business that had been losing money for years on live jai alai and video gaming in hopes of capitalizing on the booming popularity of poker.

Ocala’s poker room deals a good opening | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, FL

Author Contact Info: Anthony Clark

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