PartyPoker.com - The gaming website that began just seven years ago - and is now worth $9 billion

The gaming website that began just seven years ago - and is now worth $9 billion.

One thing that's always done well on the internet is vice: first porn, now gambling, too. One person who has made fortunes from both is the American entrepreneur, Ruth Parasol, a former "porn princess" and the prime mover behind PartyGaming, which is scheduled to make its stock exchange debut in London later this month at a staggering $9bn valuation.

How the company started

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