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Pocket Kings Grows Poker Jobs In Ireland

Subsidiary of Full Tilt Poker To Add 100 Jobs As Gross Profit Falls To €44.7 Million

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Pocket Kings Ltd., a service provider to Full Tilt Poker, has issued account for the full year to April 2009 which show gross profit falling five percent to €44.7 million from €47.1 million a year earlier according to the Irish Times today.

Net profit at the company fell 26 percent to €5.9 million in the year to April 2009 from €8 million a year earlier.

A spokesperson for the company told the newspaper it intended to add 100 jobs to its payroll to bring the total jobs at the company to 800. “From our last accounts filing [for the period up to April 2009], we have sustained our accelerated growth and almost doubled our headcount,” the spokesperson said.

“This growth trend is estimated to continue at this strong rate for all of 2011 and beyond. All of our positions are for highly skilled technical and marketing positions with a significant number requiring a second European language,”