Can you name the source of this quote?

"Where is the sin?  We bet.  It has all been passed down that there is a God.  We bet our life on it.  We calculate the odds, the return that we shall sit with the saints in Paradise.  Our anxiety about our bet wakes us before dawn in a cold sweat  and God sees us suffer.  I cannot believe that such a God, whose fundamental requirement of us that we gamble our mortal souls - it's true that we stake everything on the fact of His existence - I cannot believe that such a God can look unkindly on a chap wagering a few quid on the likelihood of a dumb animal crossing the line first unless it might be considered a blaspheme to apply to a common pleasure that which is divine.  Shall we play?"

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PokerPulse is the recognized leader in tracking the online multi-player poker industry and to the online player community. Since July 2002, the company has served the industry and players operating on the key principles of integrity, openness, accuracy and customer service. PokerPulse estimates have been referenced in the largest poker industry IPOs and in industry annual reports.

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News

Some past news stories quoting PokerPulse are still listed below.

• Washington Post, Monday, September 6, 2004: Page A01 story Poker's Popularity Proves a Hot Hand for Gaming Industry
  Online and Off, Card Game Draws Players With Money, Competition (access requires a free subscription).
  
• San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA, August 22, 2004 story Show of hands
  
• Business Week, August 16, 2004 story Poker That Needs no Poker Face (access requires a subscription, sorry).
  
• Baltimore Sun, June 20, 2004 story Web players' success raises stakes on poker scene
  Tournament: Online games spawn a new generation of upstart poker champions. by Bill Ordine, Sun Staff quotes PokerPulse estimates.
  
• SFGate.com, October 27, 2003 story A new crowd is saddling up to the table to play an old game of high stakes -- and big mistakes
  In cardrooms, online and on TV, the lure of poker is pulling in small-time players by Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writer quotes PokerPulse estimates.
  

• BUSINESS 2.0 November 2003 story The Card SHARKS from SILICON VALLEY includes a side bar "VIRUTAL SMOKE-FILLED ROOMS" by Thomas Mucha that uses PokerPulse estimates for the number of unique real money players online between March 2003 and September 2003. View the first page of this story online here (full story is only available to BUSINESS 2.0 subscribers).
  
• Wall Street Journal October 16, 2003 story Making a Bet That Skill Poker Isn't Gambling by Julia Angwin, used PokerPulse estimates for the number of real money player sessions per month.
  
• The ecommerce-guide.com story Aces Over Kings: How to Make a Million at E-Commerce by Beth Cox, identifies PokerPulse as an information source for would be online players.
  
• Sports Illustrated story SI.com - SI Exclusive - Richard Hoffer: The Prime-Timing of Texas Hold 'em (09.23.2003)

Note: The BUSINESS 2.0, SFGate and WSJ estimates were derived from PokerPulse DE reports.

August, 2004: Introducing Legal@pokerpulse.com for "...authoritative research on international Internet gambling that may help, at least, to narrow some of the questions regarding the future of the industry."

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