ALEX CHADWICK, host: This is DAY TO DAY from NPR News.  I'm Alex Chadwick.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: Writer Kevin Arnovitz is back with us.  He is a writer in television and      film and a contributor to DAY TO DAY, and with us today on the subject of      online poker, which turns out to be a very big deal.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: I've been reading about it and hearing about it, but I don't know the      figures and you do, Kevin.</s>KEVIN ARNOVITZ reporting: We're talking about $187 million wagered in the last 24 hours alone.      That's hundreds of millions of dollars changing hands every single week.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: A billion dollars a week?  So this is really a lot of money      going into online gambling.
Alex Chadwick talks with Los Angeles writer Kevin Arnovitz about the growing popularity of online poker, and how it's begun to affect the wider world of gaming.