Some news on bwin.party! Rumors wanted that the Group would withdraw from the France. Norbert Teufelberger, bwin party Deputy, said that the Group had no intention to withdraw from the market and that despite the "doubts issued by the ARJEL on the viability of the market, nothing has changed. '' There is a new Government in place but we have no statement on its position (in reference to online games).
He added: "what we are seeing is that all small operators have closed and that a process of consolidation is underway, all operators marketing expenditures are declining, but we operate on a positive basis of cash flow.
Jim Ryan, the other leader of the group, has for his part congratulated PokerStars on his resumption of Full Tilt Poker. "The agreement is especially excellent for gamers and for the sector and I look forward to the idea of the $180M who are about to make their return in the middle of the European online poker, even if PokerStars will probably be the major beneficiary. '.
Jim Ryan continues on bwin.party and competition: "competition: it is less in terms of the number of operators but there is a 400 kg gorilla in the room. '' PokerStars continues to strengthen with its huge pool of liquidity and the brand is very strong in Europe. The regulation of the sector in France, Italy and Spain and the segregation of the liquidity of these markets is that there is activity in these markets but these are small markets. »
He then gave his plan of attack that was divided into 4 steps: improvement of the ecology of the poker of the site, product innovation, integration of bwin and PartyPoker cash and complete redesign of the brand and the platform. It provides that this strategy will bring its fruits in the next six months.
PartyPoker has also recently announced to shareholders the arrival of new software by 2013. Here is an excerpt from the press release:
"4 repositioning of PartyPoker: we are now able to unveil a brand new version of our PartyPoker software." The latest version of PartyPoker was launched in 2009, we have therefore worked since then on the new version which will be available in the first quarter of 2013. Includes new features and a new interface, our goal is once more make PartyPoker the poker room favorite players and continue to grow the community of poker".
Recall in conclusion that the bwin.party group has recently partnered with the Manchester United football team.
It is a three-year agreement that will allow the specialist group of sports betting to increase its visibility in England and of course in the rest of Europe. The group will develop 'social gaming' services that will sport the colours of the club and bookmaker related on all communication materials and sports equipment.
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