The "mystery" bidder for Empire revealed (not who you think) - Page 4

GrannyMae · #31 09-05-2005, 01:37 PM

As long as I can still get a hotdog I'm cool though.

wooo

StellarWind · #32 09-05-2005, 01:56 PM

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The real question is would empire stay on the party network after this, or become a paradise skin?

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It's hard for me to understand how Empire could become a Paradise skin. I think much of the value of the Empire business is the relationship with Party. What percentage of the player volume would actually follow Empire over to Paradise? How much of Empire's precious affiliate network would hold together?

In other words, is it really worth 800M pounds to make Empire into a Paradise skin?

But so far SportingBet has impressed me as incompetent in their handling of Paradise. So even if it is a bad idea it could happen anyway.

Losing all · #33 09-05-2005, 02:14 PM

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In other words, is it really worth 800M pounds to make Empire into a Paradise skin?

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If that's the plan, it would be beyond stupid. OTOH I can't imagine party not finding a way to fuq them for buying into the network. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see how it could possibly work out for them.

scrub · #34 09-05-2005, 02:51 PM

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The real question is would empire stay on the party network after this, or become a paradise skin?

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It's hard for me to understand how Empire could become a Paradise skin. I think much of the value of the Empire business is the relationship with Party. What percentage of the player volume would actually follow Empire over to Paradise? How much of Empire's precious affiliate network would hold together?

In other words, is it really worth 800M pounds to make Empire into a Paradise skin?

But so far SportingBet has impressed me as incompetent in their handling of Paradise. So even if it is a bad idea it could happen anyway.

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I'm not sure if internet poker is a very difficult business for consultant types to understand, or if it's hard for a niche community like twoplustwo to have the perspective to understand what factors really drive site traffic.

scrub

solucky · #35 09-05-2005, 03:09 PM

The good think someone give me plenty $$ for my empire-shares...the poor think i have no Rakeback on Party

AAAA · #36 09-05-2005, 03:18 PM

$1.5 million dollars for the email list of empire seems like a lot to pay. If a site tookover Empire would they encourage people to play at a different site or network? Why would they give up the megabucks of rake that Empire gets?

I cannot see Party allowing Empire to leave at least not with customers, but maybe Empire is just trying to raise the price that Party will pay. If Party does acquire Empire, wouldn't they eliminate the individual tracker information and stop paying affiliates like they did with Poker Now? Poker Now doesn't even have an affiliate link on its webpage any more.

Would they finally check for duplicate names and make people decide which site they were part of? or would they just make it all one big Party, and combine tourneys and promotions?

Uglyowl · #37 09-05-2005, 03:34 PM

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The good think someone give me plenty $$ for my empire-shares...the poor think i have no Rakeback on Party

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With the bid I am sure the Empire shares will be rose or will be rising even before any deal.

solucky · #38 09-05-2005, 04:02 PM

they are higher than the offer in the moment

ackid · #39 09-05-2005, 04:14 PM

What does this mean for our rake on Empire?

GrannyMae · #40 09-05-2005, 04:17 PM

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What does this mean for our rake on Empire?

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rakeback?

no mas