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888 Poker Revenue Rebounds

Poker Up 120 Percent At 888 In Third Quarter 2011

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888 Holdings, owner and operator of 888 Poker, saw business to consumer (B2C) poker revenue up 120 percent to US$18 million in the third quarter of 2011 from just $8 million in the same period of 2010.

The company said the jump was driven by its new Poker 6 platform.

The number of active B2C customers playing poker in the third quarter of 2011 was 307,000, an jump of of 166% compared to Q3 2010.

The only blip on an otherwise rosy quarterly financial report was quarterly revenue per active B2C poker customer was $59 a drop of 17 percent compared to Q3 2010.

In the nine months of 2011 to end September B2C poker revenue has expanded 51 percent to $42 million compared to $28 million in the same period of 2010.

The first six months of the year saw a 22 percent uplift in poker revenue.