Poker is regarded as to be born within the United States within the second half of the 20th century. For some time poker has been only one of existing online gambling's but everything changed in 1970. The owner of a legendary casino "Binion's Horseshoe" in Las Vegas, a good fun of poker and an eminent player Benni Binion and his son Jack Binion organized in their casino a tournament between the most known US players. In the tournament took part six players that have been competing during 7 days in gambling of distinct kinds of poker. A champion was determined by voting and that was Johnny Moss. This tournament provoked a poker boom among people and attracted more audience. A lot of men and women expressed their will to take part within the next similar tournament.

Binion took decision to continue organizing such tournaments and united them under the name World Series of Poker (WSOP). Annually the range of WSOP participants grew in geometric progression.