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Is now a good time to invest in online poker?

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  1. greg5 greg5 is offline

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 1:41am)

    Just daydreaming that FTP paid me back and i had some money to burn.

    If online poker is legalized which publicly traded companies do you think will benefit the most?
     
  2. Adam Adam is offline Emperor

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 2:23am) in reply to greg5

    I think quite a lot of them, and not necessarily the ones everyone will name up front. I mean I think I think MGM is an obvious one. But I think there are quite a number of companies that are more "tech" companies that could do very well. For example, who will be the ones making the poker game software that many of the future companies will use? Who will handle game security? Which companies will be handling payment processing? A lot of this stuff may be commoditized, which means that there could be some big winners that aren't strictly gaming companies.

    I think you may find some smaller public winners out there, such as owners of major local casinos. But MGM is clearly the primary public beneficiary in the gaming realm, imo.
     
  3. firoo firoo is offline

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 2:36am) in reply to Adam

    - whoever certifies the RNG
    - consulting companies
    Edited By: firoo Jan 27th, 2012 at 02:37 AM
  4. adamsapple19 adamsapple19 is offline

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 2:42am) in reply to Adam

    Good analysis, Adam. Why do you state MGM is the clear winner tho? Wouldn't the Caesars/WSOP brand be top dog? Are we talking strictly online poker or online gaming in general?
     
  5. Adam Adam is offline Emperor

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 2:56am) in reply to adamsapple19

    Caesars isn't a public company, and OP was looking for places he could buy stock. I definitely think Caesars will be a very big winner in a post-regulatory environment
     
  6. Cabo Cabo is offline

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 3:03am) in reply to Adam

    PYGMF.PK

    IGT

    SHFL
  7. Dwain Phoenix Dwain Phoenix is offline

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 3:15am) in reply to Cabo

    PYGMF best bet all day. I remember back in 06 when it dropped all the way to like .59 cents share usd. Still cheap at 2.50 and party poker is already a legit and established online poker room.

    Just a brag In the heat of the recession I got shares of LVS (Las vegas sands who own the venetian) at $1.80 a share. Today 49 a share BOOM!

    MGM is still a decent stock nowadays at about 13 bucks a share seeing that at the top of its game its well worth over 50 bucks a share.
  8. 2JL 2JL is offline

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 4:01am) in reply to Dwain Phoenix

    Online poker is legal... Well in the free world anyway.
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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 5:34pm) in reply to 2JL

    Ladbrokes recently brought a majority share in US company Stadium Technology which supplies software to casino's in vegas : http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/01...vider-7883.htm

    Ladbrokes is a publicliy traded company on the London Stock Exchange, might be worth speculating on some shares from them with a view to regulation in the US?
  10. kmc28 kmc28 is online now

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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 5:41pm) in reply to 2JL

     
    Originally Posted by 2JL View Post

    Online poker is legal... Well in the free world anyway.

    icwudt.
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    Jan 27th, 2012 (1/27/2012 5:52pm) in reply to Cabo

     
    Originally Posted by Cabo View Post

    PYGMF.PK

    IGT

    SHFL

    And ZNGA will be huge...
  12. md7156 md7156 is offline

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    Jan 28th, 2012 (1/28/2012 4:59am) in reply to agilles

    i think boyd gaming and mgm teamed up with partypoker. (BYD, MGM, PYGMF)
    Edited By: md7156 Jan 28th, 2012 at 05:11 AM
  13. Kiribato Kiribato is offline

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    Jan 28th, 2012 (1/28/2012 1:59pm) in reply to johan75

    legal facebook + zynga poker would be the nuts
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    Jan 28th, 2012 (1/28/2012 2:16pm) in reply to Kiribato

    All my investment money is tied up in a small oil exploration company at the moment but if they make a big strike, i plan to sell some and buy some MGM(MGM) and bwin/party (BPTY.L). I think these 2 companies already have some sort of deal in place for when legalisation happens but its likely they will become the dominating force in online poker post legalisation particularly if they'll be accepting international players - i think that will be very important for the success of the new site as well as great for the game. We could get back to real online poker growth then and 500k+ players online, that would be awesome for tourney guarantees!
  15. duece9ofRed duece9ofRed is offline

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    Jan 28th, 2012 (1/28/2012 3:36pm) in reply to Kiribato

     
    Originally Posted by Kiribato View Post

    legal facebook + zynga poker would be the nuts


    that would be awesome. soft soft soft fields
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