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Striking It Rich Overseas - More Easily Said Than Done

By Simon Halberstam

As readers will know, many remote gambling operators were deriving a large proportion of their revenues from the US market. In light of the clampdown in the US with the arrests of Peter Dicks and David Carruthers and the consequential fall out amongst companies with US exposure, it is unsurprising that operators are now looking to expand into different countries where there is regulation rather than a prohibition on online gambling.

A landgrab is now in full flow in the international gambling market both off-line and online.  Harrah's Entertainment Inc of the US bought London Clubs International plc for £280m last September and now Harrah's itself has accepted a $27.8bn (£14.29bn) offer from private equity funds Apollo and Texas Pacific. In the online world, there has been sporadic speculation about a mega-merger involving Party Gaming and 888 Holdings but the best bet for a trip down the aisle now seems to involve 888 and Ladbrokes. Ladbrokes is reported to have structured the deal in such a way as to protect itself against legal action from the USA.

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New Device Makes It Harder To Walk Away From The Game

By Liz Benston of the Las Vegas Sun

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TBG To Push Ladbrokes Mobile Casino Games

TBG London has won the digital media account for Ladbrokes.com without a pitch. The account was previously handled by Vizeum.

TBG will handle search and display ads for all of Ladbroke.com's products, and will develop supporting creative. Its first campaign will support a new Tomb Raider game.

The online work will support Ladbroke's TV ads, created by M&C Saatchi (pictured), for Ladbrokes bingo and casino products. It will place ads on casino and bingo websites, with a special focus on female oriented sites to promote Ladbrokes bingo products. TBG will also carry out mobile marketing to drive awareness of Ladbrokes mobile casino games. The agency will also handle e-mail marketing.

Simon Mansell, TBG managing director, says its strategy for Ladbrokes.com will consider "the entire user journey, from the moment someone logs on to the time they start playing an online Ladbrokes game."

Wild Jack Mobile Casino Gives Players Something To ‘Brag’ About!

London, 24 April 2008: WJMC today ‘bragged’ about bringing ‘3 Card Poker’ to its popular mobile casino.  Available from today, 3 Card Poker, also known as ‘Brag’ in the UK, is one of the fastest-growing casino games and thanks to WJMC it can now be enjoyed on more than 925 mobile devices*.

Offering two games in one, Pair Plus and Ante, 3 Card Poker is played with a single standard deck of 52 cards which is shuffled before each game. WJMC players can opt to play each game individually or double the fun by playing both at once. In Pair Plus, players bet that they have at least a pair within their three cards; with the Ante game the player bets that they have a better hand than the dealer’s, with the dealer playing with Queen high or better.

Probability Reports Sound Performance

The mobile gambling technology company Probability plc reported Q4 results that were ahead of expectations this week, revealing a 25 percent increase in net gaming revenues in its fourth quarter, raising hopes that it may deliver above average full year profits if progress continues.

The company signed up almost 63 000 new customers during Q4 2007 and raised additional capital of GBP 1.7 million through a placing of 3 397 028 shares. Probability is in a strong cash position, with GBP 2.8 million in the kitty.

Big Chinese Takeaway

Probability, the AIM-listed mobile phone gambling operator, reported strong fourth-quarter trading, despite a two-day winning streak by a waiter in a Chinese restaurant in Worcester that netted £211,000 – the biggest payout by a mobile gambling group.

Mobile Gaming Is On The Move

By James Walker

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Although mobile betting continues to be one of the most talked about gaming channels, it is still generally considered to be a niche activity. Now, in an effort to quash rumours that mobile gambling is a non-starter, two industry observers have stated that, when correctly applied, it can become a creditable and profitable addition to your business.

Speaking at the BetMarkets show that took place earlier this month in Vienna, Austria, Christian Rajter, CEO of Mobenga, and Lars Söderlund, business development officer for NordicBet, took an in-depth look at mobile gaming.

Wild Jack Mobile Casino Announces 'Unique' Bonus Scheme

Wild Jack Mobile Casino today announced two unique bonus promotions aimed at new and existing players and became the first mobile casino to offer a ‘3000’($,€, £*) free bonus!

The new and exciting bonuses include a ‘New Welcome Bonus’ where WJMC will match the value of the first deposit of a new player up to a value of *100.  For those players already enjoying the twelve award-winning games on WJMC there’s an ongoing 10% cash-back bonus for ALL deposits, up to a total of *250 a month, meaning that even players that have been around for a long time can claim up to *3000 free credit from WJMC per annum.

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