Re: Party Press Release from Investor Realtions
 

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will they switch?

What if Party buys them out? Will Empire be able to market to their old database? When Party bought out one other skin, I believe there was a non-compte agreement, and Party kept the database.

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Empire needs to build a new life for themselves.

Even if they are eventually bought out this approach will net the best price. If selling out is the only option then Party has all the cards.

Re: Party Press Release from Investor Realtions
 

Sorry, what i am saying is that of course (after the merge) they will prevent new accounts from getting rakeback...but until that happens this could be the last opportunity ever to be "grandfathered in" to the Party Network with rakeback...so players who have existing Party accounts with no rakeback deal should probably set up an Intertops account as a possible way in before it's too late and the door closes...

cheers

Jess

Re: Party Press Release-More Consolidation Ahead
 

surely party are not going to allow any poker site which becomes a skin of theirs to have rakeback, otherwise they would incur the same problem that they faced when empire and the rest were a part of the skin network? ,with everyone leaving to avail of rakeback. does this make any sense?

Re: Party Press Release-More Consolidation Ahead
 

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surely party are not going to allow any poker site which becomes a skin of theirs to have rakeback, otherwise they would incur the same problem that they faced when empire and the rest were a part of the skin network? ,with everyone leaving to avail of rakeback. does this make any sense?

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Nope. There will never be anothe skin of PP. Rakeback is different.

Party (and the skins) pay its affiliates upwards of 35% rake. Whether or not the affliate pockets the entire nut or gives it all back to the players is irrelevant.

Party's skins recieved about 90% (hypothetically) of the rake from its players. When players left Party for the skins, it cost Party a lot of money

The 30% middle man fee (affiliate) isnt likely to change in the near future. So what has happened with Intertops, is that they have been demoted from "skin" and pocketing 90% of the rake generated from its players to "affiliate" taking home about 30% of the rake its players generate.