A Huge Recovery
PartyGaming has recovered from the setbacks that the U.S. online casinos
gambling ban forced on the company in 2006 and 2007 as is indicated by the
recent full-year report released. The UIGEA legislation in the U.S. effectively
forced foreign and offshore online gambling companies to abandon the highly
lucrative U.S. gambling market. For companies like Party Gaming, the loss was
nearly devastating to the company’s long-term financial viability, and the 2006
earnings were dismal. But the 2007 earnings and figures are essentially right
online with predictions.
The 2007 profits for the online casinos gambling company came in at US $111.7
million which is a whopping 119 percent increase in profits from 2006. Party
Gaming operates two main Web sites that generated revenue for the 2007 financial
year and brought the company back into the black as far as operating profits and
revenue as the company struggled to find a place in the European online gambling
market. Both Party Poker and the online casinos gambling site Party Casino
turned in impressive results.
There is one drawback according to some financial analysts looking at the big
picture and long-term stability of the Party Gaming online casino gambling
site. An independent investment bank analyst, Richard Carter, commented on the
year-end results and how they will affect the company’s share price. He notes,
“With Mitch Garber declaring his intention to leave the group in 2009 and with
trading only in-line with expectations, we think the shares may fall back a
little over the coming days.” That could be just a short term effect though and
further share prices will fluctuate with the quarterly report releases. |