More major industry news - Paradise tries to buy Empire

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Not only do I love to play poker online, I'm also fascinated by the maneuvering in the industry. These are great business stories, and I wish they'd get more coverage in the U.S. Why isn't Card Player all over these stories? You'd think the players on these sites would want to know ...



PartyGaming, the newly floated £6bn online gaming group, will face pressure this week to reveal whether it plans to spark an £800m-plus takeover battle with a rival offer for Empire Online, the internet poker operator.

Sportingbet, which operates the Paradise Poker.com site, will this morning confirm that it was the mystery suitor behind a £790m cash-and-shares approach to Empire on Friday.