Poker War Has Begun 

Poker War Has Begun

Empire Online warned their former partner PartyGaming that it was coming. In mid November Empire made a statement that they intended to seek legal recourses against PartyGaming, and now they have. On Tuesday Empire began legal proceedings, claiming breech of contract, in the High Court of Gibraltar. A spokesman for the company said that Empire “seeks substantial damages” as well as “injunctive relief” from PartyGaming. Their opponents in the matter seem to have no worries at all. According to PartyGaming's Director of Communications, John Shepherd, his company is confident in a successful end to any litigation with Empire. Empire recently suffered a tremendous blow when it floated shares in June and lost over half its value. Empire claims the damage came from an earlier move by PartyGaming to ring off its own players from those of partner “skin” sites, who used their game engine to run poker hands for their customers.