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Updated May 03 2006

Pacific Poker is owned and run by 888.com, which is probably the most well known brand in the online gaming world. It is very difficult not to see an advert for them anywhere you go, whether it be online or offline.

This poker room is so big that it is impossible for you to log in and not find a place to play.

It depends on how you look at it, but the slow way that the cards are dealt can be a disadvantage or a big advantage. Experienced players could find that this is really annoying, because you end up playing less hands per hour than you would at most other rooms, but newer players will find this to be a great advantage, because you do not end up feeling pressured into making a move that you are unsure of.

The fact that it plays slower than most (well, this is how I found the play to be) is easily overlooked when you consider everything that they have to offer in terms of promotions and tournaments. You also know that you are dealing with a very solid group that will not buckle at any given moment.

Pacific Poker Details

16.03.2007
888.com long distance marketing
Gibraltar-based 888.com created a stir with the Australian newspaper The Age as the week ended with its fast telemarketing after a reporter visited the gambling website for subsidiary Pacific Poker.

27.09.2006
eCOGRA accredits 4 more online gambling sites
eCOGRA (eCommerce and Online Gambling Regulation and Assurance), the online gambling player protection and standards body has awarded its accreditation and "Play It Safe" seal to a further four tier one online gambling websites.

25.07.2006
888 stock down as second quarter results fall short
Share prices at 888 Holdings, which were showing signs of recovery after last week's stock exchange bloodbath in the wake of the BetonSports affair (see previous InfoPowa reports) took another 6 percent drop on the release of second quarter performance numbers that did not come up to expectations.

29.06.2006
Sportsbook ambitions from Party Gaming
PartyGaming again dominated the UK mainstream business news this week with the announcement of a GBP 500 million acquisition plan to expand its influence into the sportsbook sector.

09.05.2006
888.com under fire from affiliates for alleged unethical marketing practices
A storm has been building in the affiliate marketing sector of the industry over claims that one of the largest online gambling groups in the business, and a publicly quoted company to boot is turning a blind eye to the allegedly unethical marketing activities of its independent affiliates.

06.05.2006
New COO joining 888.com
The Chief Operations Officer hot seat at 888.com will be occupied by a highly experienced communications industry executive from June this year.

18.03.2006
Cracking results from 888.com
Amid the apprehension in some quarters as the annual "let's ban Internet gambling" season started in Washington, 888 released very positive results this week, and opined that banning legislation was unlikely to succeed.

14.01.2006
A new slogan for 888.com
888.com's advertising agency has been busy with a new campaign for 2006 that identifies the giant Gibraltar licensed group as The Home of Online Gambling.

11.10.2005
Empire Online - GBP 800 million to GBP 350 million in value
The British Guardian newspaper reports that shares in Empire Online, potentially the biggest loser from PartyGaming's "skins" decision, fell 34 percent.

29.09.2005
Cassava IPO lower than expected
London analysts were this week blaming the lower than expected debut on the London stock exchange of Cassava Enterprises on market sentiment affected by pessimistic comments from the CEO of Party Gaming.

03.09.2005
More detail on cassava business pre-IPO
Analysts were poring over Cassava Enterprises first half 2005 results this week as the intense interest in the forthcoming IPO of the company continued.

01.09.2005
888.com float is on but no date given
The intense speculation that Cassava Enterprises is to float on the London stock exchange soon has finally been confirmed by the company today.

24.08.2005
Cassava IPO speculations
Reuters and other reports on the public listing of Cassava Enterprises permeated the UK media this week as speculation continued (see previous InfoPowa reports) that the major Internet gambling operator was planning a GBP 700 million flotation late next week.

01.06.2005
Empire Online listing continues to make the headlines
The Haaretz story that formed the basis of our InfoPowa report on the forthcoming listing of Noam Lanir's Empire Online continued to achieve widespread publicity this week, fuelled by an efficient Empire publicity machine.

25.04.2005
Tradal going public?
Rumours were swirling around Tradal, a Cyprus headquartered group with interests in Empire Poker last week that it was making moves to list as a public company.

14.04.2005
Broadband takes more UK gamblers online than last year
The excellent publication Silicon.com carried some useful information on the British online gambling market this week, reporting that the industry continues to grow at a rapid pace, with the increasing availability of broadband technology playing an important role.

16.03.2005
Fair Gaming In The Online World
If you visit any of the multitude of online poker forums, you will often see rants on the legitimacy of online poker and Internet casinos. The posts often will question the legitimacy of the random number generators (RNGs) that determine what cards are dealt to the actual rigging of the site by the owners. What recourse does the online player have?

14.03.2005
The real power behind Casino On Net
The Israeli publication Haaretz this week carries a fascinating article on the Israelis wo own the parent company of online gambling giants like Casino On Net, Pacific Poker and Random Logic.

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