Online Casino Gambling News Bytes
Published: Thursday, September 22, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
ONLINE CASINO GAMBLING NEWS BYTES
British gambling group Victor Chandler, a Gibraltar-licensed egaming operator, has signed a deal with software firm Orbis to use its OpenBet gaming platform. Orbis will provide software for the firm’s VC Games soft gaming site, which will be integrated into its existing software. “We want to quickly expand the range of games we offer and with Orbis’ input, we will be in a position to do this,” Andy Harris, Head of Product Development, Victor Chandler said.
Following on fromur earlier Online-Casinos.com & InfoPowa reports, we can now advise that WPT Enterprises, the company behind the World Poker Tour (WPT), has launched WPTonline.com, the WPT-branded real-money poker and casino site. Complementing its TV coverage, WPT aims to spread its message throughout the UK’s online poker community with professional training, educational sessions and merchandise. Steve Lipscomb, president and chief executivr of WPT Enterprises, said: "We want to give our players every opportunity to participate in the entire WPT experience, which is why online players will be given opportunities to enter WPT land-based tournaments as well as WPT Invitational events."
G2E served as the launchpad for skill gaming provider GameAccount's new Tournament Blackjack, a person-to-person (P2P) skill-based version of the blackjack casino game. The game launched at the 2005 Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas. Players can take part in ‘Heads-Up!’ play against each other, rather than against the house, and start out with an imaginary chip stack of US$10,000. Andy Bell, casino and gaming manager for GameAccount licensee BetCORP, said: “Tournament Blackjack represents a compelling opportunity for operators to generate incremental revenues from existing customers and re-activate lapsed customers.”
777betz.com, the online sportsbook, casino and poker operator, has launched a multi-table poker Texas Hold’em platform. James Po Ho Cheung, president of 777, said: "Our poker enthusiastic members will find the final version of multi-table poker worth the wait. The table options and the number of players will make our multi-table poker an exciting addition to our website."
