Pacific Poker Revenues Steady in Tough Trading ConditionsCurrency Depreciation and Global Economic Downturn See Poker Remain Flat |
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Net gaming revenue at Pacific Poker, the online poker offering from publicly-quoted gaming operator 888.com, remained steady at $18.7 million in the third quarter of 2008, marginally higher than the third quarter 2007 figure of $18.6 million.
However in the three trading quarters so far this year poker revenue has dropped from $21.9 million (Q1), through $19.8
million (Q2) to the current quarter figure of $18.7 million.
The number of active players at Pacific Poker also remained broadly steady at 169,607 from 168,105 in the third quarter of 2007 while net gaming revenue per active player reflected these figures with third quarter 2008 yielding $110 compared to $111 a year earlier.
In the third quarter reporting period the company released Pacific Poker in four new languages