Party Poker Takes on Italy: 1

Party Gaming is one of the most well known names in the online casino industry. The latest with this company is that they have made an agreement with Intralot SA which would provide online poker operation to Italy. The plans that they have been making for the last couple of months recently came into play when the online casino launched their new internet gambling site, Intralot.it. The launch of this online casino is closely followed by the certification of the online casinos. The Italian regulator for online poker sites, AAMS is now going to join the Italian poker network which is a part of the Party Gaming family. The online poker group has been operating now for a couple of weeks and the games will be produced more intricately throughout the latter part of the year.

The hope for the Board will be that poker and online casinos will be profitable in Italy. Now that the online casino industry is being regulated in Italy it will be exciting to see hot the online casinos perform in the long term. The hope is that they will positively affect the online casino industry in the medium to long run. Currently, Party Gaming is taking the opportunities that they have to update their pre closing updates. They have kept their revenues high since the first quarter of 2009. The online casino industry has seen a slight increase in business since the first quarter of 2009 and will hopefully continue to grow through the end of the year. Hopefully players from the online casinos will build up revenue in the newly installed poker online casinos and internet gambling sites.