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Playing their cards right: online poker has enjoyed a meteoric rise. Simon Stephens raises the ante.(Special report--online gaming)
Sportingbet's October acquisition of the world's third-largest online poker operator, ParadisePoker.com, dispelled any doubts about the recent growth of internet gaming. The $297m deal, gave the online sports betting and casino operator a 10% stake of the worldwide online poker market, and helped boost the share price as the City welcomed the move.
According to figures from PokerPulse.com, which tracks online poker usage, PartyPoker is the world's biggest online poker site/network. Second is PokerStars, while ParadisePoker is third. PokerPulse estimates that there were more than 1.3m active online real money poker players worldwide in October 2004. It also says ...
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