888

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.888holdingsplc.com
Employees: 937
Employee growth: (1.1%)

Could 888 be The Mark of the Bet? 888 Holdings (formerly Cassava Enterprises), through its flagship 888.com site, operates such Internet gambling brands as online casino Casino-on-Net, poker site Pacific Poker, sports betting site 888sport, and bingo site 888ladies. The company exited the American market in 2007 after gambling restrictions were instituted by the US government. 888 Holdings was founded in 1996, and in 2005 the company cashed in via a listing on the London Stock Exchange. The company is 25%-owned by the Shaked Shares Trust and 11%-owned by the BenYitzhak Family Shares Trust.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $258.9M
One year growth: 6.6%
Net income: $7.8M
Income growth: (68.2%)

Officers:
Chairman: Richard Kilsby
CEO and Director: Gigi Levy
CFO and Director: Aviad Kobrine

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This article is about the year 888. For the number, see 888 (number). For other uses, see 888 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades:	850s  860s  870s  – 880s –  890s  900s  910s
Years:	885 886 887 – 888 – 889 890 891

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888 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	888 DCCCLXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1641
Armenian calendar	337 ԹՎ ՅԼԷ
Assyrian calendar	5638
Bahá'í calendar	-956–-955
Bengali calendar	295
Berber calendar	1838
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1432
Burmese calendar	250
Byzantine calendar	6396–6397
Chinese calendar	丁未年閏十一月十四日 (3524/3584-intercalary 11-14) — to — 戊申年十一月廿五日 (3525/3585-11-25)
Coptic calendar	604–605
Ethiopian calendar	880–881
Hebrew calendar	4648–4649
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	944–945
- Shaka Samvat	810–811
- Kali Yuga	3989–3990
Holocene calendar	10888
Iranian calendar	266–267
Islamic calendar	274–275
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3221
Minguo calendar	1024 before ROC 民前1024年
Thai solar calendar	1431
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Year 888 (DCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• January 13 – With the death of Charles the Fat, the Frankish kingdom is split again, and this time permanently. Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Western Franks.
• 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad succeeds al-Mundhir as emir of Córdoba, Spain.

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Religion

• Shaftesbury Abbey is founded in Dorset, England.

Births

• Vratislaus I, duke of Bohemia 915–921

Deaths

• January 13 – Charles the Fat, King of France
• Abu Da'ud, hadith compiler
• Cerball mac Dúnlainge, King of Osraige
• Emperor Xizong of Tang

References

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