PartyGaming/Bwin merger could spawn a virtual Vegas

Dan Taylor
February 7, 2010
8 Comments
Shuffle up and wheel and deal

Shuffle up and wheel and deal

The proposed merger between PartyGaming and Bwin could result in the ultimate high-stakes game with online poker market the first prize.

If rumours are not actually all talk and no trousers for once and the merger goes ahead then the new company would become the online equivalent of the Bellagio or Ceasars Palace.

What’s more, other sites like 888, Sportingbet, and Playtech would have to find partners to pool their chips together and weed out the smaller sites that are chipping away at the profits.

And we thought they were tying to stop the sharks from eating the fish…? Read more.

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  • http://CalvinAyre.com Calvin Ayre

    These mergers are great for the rest of the industry. They are super distracting to the parties involved and at the end of the day they actually create more room for the smaller companies to grow into. Anyone that thinks this is bad for smaller companies does not understand this industry. We are not a standards based industry like operating systems…we are taste based.

    This “lemming like” urge to merge, is also another symptom of the Public company disease. You notice how you do not often hear of Private companies in our industry wasting time on this…another advantage of being private.

  • usernamed

    At some point Party actually have to put pen to paper too – every single merger/buy-out/acquisition rumour centres around Party but so far nothing.

    All fart & no shit?

  • usernamed

    At some point Party actually have to put pen to paper too – every single merger/buy-out/acquisition rumour centres around Party but so far nothing.

    All fart & no shit?

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