Party Gaming’s Party Poker Numbers

Last year Party Poker, the online poker room that is among the largest and most popular on the Internet today, signed up nearly 850,000 new poker players, nearly three quarters of which came from the United States, according to the fourth quarter trading update released by Party Poker’s owners, Party Gaming. The outfit is listed in London as a public company.

Revenues for the quarter were up to $320.3 million USD, which is a 65 percent increase, compared to the $149 million USD for the same quarter the year before. Total net online poker revenue from the core company (not including the skin companies) showed a 31 percent increase from the year before, up to $233.7 million USD…

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Sun, January 29th, 2006

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