Internet Boost for Poker Punters

Birmingham Post › January 03, 2006

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Thanks to the internet and television, poker exploded outside its US homeland in 2005, and PartyGaming chief executive Richard Segal sees technology boosting that boom further in 2006.

Internet poker took a firm hold in 2005, sparking three big London stock market flotations, generating revenues of around $2 billion and launching games and books that are now topping Christmas lists around Europe.

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Internet Boost for Poker Punters

Party Gaming takes about half of that $2 billion pot, and it has big plans for further growth. The company is assessing acquisitions and everything from mobile phones to inte...

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