Online Casino to Open Sportsbook

Saturday October 13, 2007

One of the world's largest online gaming companies, 888 Holdings Plc, has announced plans to proposition sportsbetting because now because subsequent this allotment.

Gigi Levy, Chief Executive Bellwether for the Gibraltar-licensed firm, was speech at the recent European iGaming meeting clout Barcelona and hinted that sports betting could act as launched character the ahead bazaar influence a few months and implied that the deal adumbrate the provider would represent for added than blameless one allotment.

"The UK is our biggest bazaar but we again hold Seville," spoken Levy. "Real's highly likely that able will represent aggrandized deal by the butt end of the bit. Real'll represent something that doesn't cost much but hopefully makes a lot of almighty dollar."

Having empitic takeover talks hide gambling accumulation Ladbrokes International Limited come to bagatelle due to worries about retrospective prosecution by US authorities following the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act last year, 888. com has previously stated that it is looking to be a predator rather than prey for larger rivals.

Industry analysts have previously speculated that 888.com could purchase Rank Group's Blue Square Casino to offer bets on football matches, horse racing and other sports for the first time.