There once was a time when playing poker meant getting five or six friends together, buying a bunch of snacks, and getting permission from your wife to have the boys over for the evening. Today we can play poker 24/7 for just about any stakes from the comfort of our own home. Phone companies now have recently added versions of the game for your cell phones. Even Facebook has a poker application.

That just about covers any time, except when someone is in the air at 20,000 feet. Cell phones and internet service don’t work up there. So should airlines start to provide Texas Hold’em with their in-flight entertainment? If it’s possible to play poker just about everywhere else, it only makes sense to expect that it will eventually be offered to customers. The airline could rake the games, and if you win you could get credit towards your next flight.