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Just Wondering.
achill
Member Posts: 1,056
The membership here is quite small compared to other sites.
I was just wondering how long the site been running?
I was just wondering how long the site been running?
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The main USP of this site is the interactivity between the site and the channel, which I dont think that you can get outside the UK, hence the low take-up from abroad I would imagine.
UK and Ireland based players only
Which is why some sites look like they have large numbers,
A lot are combined so appear more members than they are ..
.. I think ................
Reason I ask, I have lived at my present address for 3 years, and I remember creating my 1st sky poker account at my previous address about 4 years ago. That was an account that I even forgot I had, until sky poker contacted me about having 2 accounts, and closed my "new" account and left my with my hardly used "old" account.
In the early days you had to make a new account every time you wanted to add a new card to your account; I had 3 lol.
The forums however have not been running so long. A few months.
The Site began on January 31st, 2007, as did the TV Channel.
It has clients from all over the world (excluding the USA, for legal reasons), though the marketing is Targeted at the UK & ROI. but there are a good few clients in Scandanavia, Spain, etc.
The Forum/Community Site began in May of this year.
Sky Poker began with a clean sheet of paper, & is not on any Network. As such, it's growth has been phenomonal.
It never had any connections whatsoever with Poker Night Live, though many of the Presenters & Analysts used to work there. Poker Night Live closed down shortly after Sky Poker began transmitting.
Sky Poker is part of the Sky Bet family, which includes Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Sky Bingo, Oddschecker, & some other stuff.
Thats just a precis - but the story has hardly begun yet........;)
I check on sharkscope, and my "other" account (solidstan)was created 27-Jul-08, that was the account I was actively using, when I was contacted on 22-Nov-08 by customer support with confusion over accounts, they then closed down my active account refunded about £40 (and said they could not re-open it), and annoyingly left me with my old account with £9 in, that I did'nt know I had.
I had convinced myself, that it must be an old account I thought I opened at my old address, when I decided to learn poker. Hence £9 in that account, but now, I have no idea where it come from! Aghhh...
**And also just had another thought**
When I was left with this £9 left in account, the address in my account settings WAS my OLD address, and I was unable to update my account details(some sort of system error), it was months later, I found the time to contact customer support, who then updated my address over the phone.. My point is I have lived here for 3 years next month..
Aghh my head hurts.. Thats Weird..
PNL folded more or less thanks to Sky and we all followed you guys over to the shiny new creation that was Sky as we lub you all so much:)
Anyhow by the by, a much better place was created, overall, although I do still miss Casper
Whatever did become of him Tikay? Raking it in on the corporation market? I always found him captivating to watch...