We are seeing a market that has experienced extraordinary rates of growth. We are seeing those rates moderate. That pace of moderation has been slightly greater than we expected. |
We made it very clear throughout the IPO process that we would stick to the knitting and concentrate on our core product, i.e. poker, in our core market, the United States and that is something that absolutely we are doing, |
We now look forward to the launch of the Party-branded integrated platform in the first half of 2006, when we will expand the number of games available to our customers. |
We remain confident about the group's prospects. |
We returned a strong performance from our poker business while our casino business' performance was nothing short of outstanding. |
We think cross-selling is important, but we're not obsessing about whether one of those products is sports betting. |
Whilst the online gaming market and poker in particular continues to show strong year-on-year growth, the rate of growth is continuing to moderate, |
You're talking about an industry that's had almost unprecedented growth rates, remarkably high growth rates. Very clearly, they are moderating over time. Very clearly, they will continue to moderate. But let's be clear, they're moderating from very high levels, |