PStars potential IPO article

chisness · #1 08-06-2005, 07:25 PM

http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/glob...57&fid=942

Other than the article referring to stars as "PartyStars," does it make sense that Stars has only an 8% share compared to Para's 5%, Pacific's 6%, and Party's 54%?

The %'s for the other sites seem reasonable, but I would've thought Stars was at least 20% based on players/tables open and the community around it.

smb394 · #2 08-06-2005, 07:44 PM

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One thing about the market shares...the citation is Party Gaming's prospectus. I'm not sure how thoroughly the veracity of this document is verified. I would think Stars base would be higher than this.

A Stars IPO would be good.

Sciolist · #3 08-07-2005, 02:45 AM

I've seen "PartyStars" and "PokerParty" quoted in quite a few places... The moral to the story is, I guess, don't believe the press, almost every time they write about something I know a lot about, there're mistakes...

But anyway, 8% is rubbish. Have Party hit 100k players at once? Stars has as many/more tournament players than Party, and about 25% as many cash game players, my understanding was that they're ~50% the size of Party.