What is Pokerstars up to?

When Pokerstars makes a move, the media and gambling world watch.
Already in the spotlight in January amid speculation of hiring a London Broker, NM Rothchild to guide it in decision making in terms of becoming publicly listed or remain status quo, it seems the topic has resurfaced.
As the world's second largest online poker company, it is three quarters owned by Israeli family scheinberg, while the last quarter is owned by employees. The family has made no public response to media inquiries.
According to speculation amongst analysts, the listing could rise between two and half billion dollars (US) to three billion dollars (US). This would make PokerStars equal with Party Gaming, 888.com and the other top listed online gaming companies.
According to reports. Pokerstars generates almost 200 million US dollars a year in profits. This puts it into the big money leagues in terms of tournaments and promotions where millions of dollars are at stake.

London listings enjoyed much excitement during 2005. So far 2006 has not been a let down.
Excapsa had a recent and successful debut, while reports are filtering in about talks between Full Tilt Poker and brokers and financiers about Playtech IPO.
However, there are still ongoing attempts in the US to ban online gaming. This could spill over to the London Stock Exchange values. Nevertheless, European executives have expressed doubts on the ban passing, since millions of US citizens continue to participate in the industry. 2005 enjoyed revenues of almost eleven billion dollars and shows signs of only growth.

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