I've followed this since it started; it has understandably caused a great amount of anxiety in the online poker community. Almost everyone was happy that the ch

I've followed this since it started; it has understandably caused a great amount of anxiety in the online poker community. Almost everyone was happy that the cheating was exposed, but I think most players would have preferred it if the 60 Minutes episode had not aired. Prior to the 60 Minutes piece, knowledge of the cheating was limited mostly to online poker aficionados. Now that it has received national media coverage, casual poker players everywhere are likely to hear about it. People who were already hesitant to play because of online poker's grey legality and funding difficulties are not going to be swamped with "Oh, you know online poker is rigged. I saw it on 60 Minutes." Combine that with the waning interest in televised poker and the UIGEA legislation and you've got a bleak outlook for the future of online poker. In the end, I think the 60 minutes episode will deal in a much greater blow to online poker than the money the cheaters stole.