I read somewhere that the guys who started PartyPoker outsourced all the original coding work to a firm in India and got it done pretty cheap ... but there shit is top of the line server/security wise.
I just posted this in another thread, pertains to what you're talking about
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Think about this ...
I'm pulling these number out of my ass, but starting to trip now that I'm thinking about it.
Average time it takes to play a hand ... let's say 1 - 3 minutes depending on number of people at the table, etc..
On PartyPoker, the average difference in 'hand numbers' between one hand and the next is, say, ... 300 ( I think it's actually more).
Let's say that 1/3 of the players on there are playing for real money ...
so that's 100 raked hands every two minutes, with an average rake of ... ohh .. let's say $4. $400 every two minutes.
$400 * 30 = $12,000 per hour.
$12,000 * 24hrs = $288,000.00 per day.
$288,000 * 365 = $105,120,000.00 per year.
Of course, like I said, pulling these numbers out of my ass ... but they are fucking making bank either way.
