Party Gaming Sets Record
27 Jan 2006
LONDON -- As reported by Reuters: "PartyGaming said on Friday it had signed a record number of new poker players in the fourth quarter and was on track to become the world's biggest online casino.
"The operator of the PartyPoker Web site, the world's biggest online poker room, said group sales rose 65 percent to $320 million (180 million pounds) in the fourth quarter, prompting analysts to upgrade their full-year forecasts.
"…PartyPoker signed up over 229,000 new players, nearly a third of them from outside the United States, in the fourth quarter…"