Pacific Poker Profits Up

The parent company of online poker rooms Pacific Poker and Lucky Ace Poker, 888 Holdings, recently announced that profits are up more than double from the previous year. In addition to online poker the company offers online bingo services as well as casino style games like blackjack. Pretax profits from last year were around $45 million, in comparison to the $22 million from the year before that. These figures are exceeding expectations, and are due, in part, from an 11% increase in poker and casino customers, ringing in at over 200,000. Poker revenues were up 18% at $81 million.