{"id":7541,"date":"2012-04-03T18:33:56","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T18:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=7541"},"modified":"2012-04-03T18:33:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T18:33:56","slug":"bwin-party-thinks-ftp-has-shifted-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/bwin-party-thinks-ftp-has-shifted-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Bwin.Party thinks FTP has shifted industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7542\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/archives\/7541\/bwin-ftp\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7542\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7542\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7542\" title=\"bwin ftp\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/bwin-ftp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;The start of what we believe will prove to be a fundamental shift...&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>BWIN.PARTY Digital Entertainment released their full year results for 2011 recently. It recently made a few comments about the online poker industry and how Full Tilt Poker is having a hindrance on the industry. Reported in compatiblepoker.com, the firm said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0\u201cThe indictment of the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker\/Ultimate Bet on 15 April 2011 represented the start of what we believe will prove to be a fundamental shift in the shape and structure of the global online poker market,\u201d read the report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWith the exception of PokerStars, all of these sites have now closed. PokerStars\u2019 relative size meant that it was able to capture the lion\u2019s share of Full Tilt\u2019s non-US players, consolidating its position as <em><strong>market leader in most territories<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In light of social gaming taking over the gaming industry slowly but surely, Bwin.Party said: \u201cThis represents a major opportunity forBwin.Party and we have of initiatives already underway in these areas that we expect to drive value for shareholders in the medium to long term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While poker made up 27.8% ofBwin.Party\u2019s overall revenue in 2010, this figure dropped to 25.7% in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BWIN.PARTY Digital Entertainment released their full year results for 2011 recently. It recently made a few comments about the online poker industry and how Full Tilt Poker is having a hindrance on the industry. 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