Lucrative Deal For BetOnSports Gambling Group

Published: Friday, November 25, 2005 Online-Casinos.com

LUCRATIVE DEAL FOR BETONSPORTS GAMBLING GROUP

PAGCOR gives its blessing to Phillipines sports betting deal...but no football.

Gambling group BetonSports scored a coup this week with the announcement that the Phillipine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) had given its blessing to its collaborative contract to provide online sports betting with local Internet firm Philweb.

Soccer is specifically excluded from the arrangement, Philweb said in the announcement. Philweb is licensed by Pagcor as its official service provider for online gambling.

BetonSports recently acquired the Chinese operations of Easybet, and the Phillipines deal is another illustration of the companys growing penetration of the Asia-Pacific sportsbetting market.

The company's Costa Rica unit which offers wagering on nearly all US sports has recently encountered difficulties with a US government crack down on gambling advertising that resulted in the cancellation of about $10-million worth of its advertising campaigns during the crucial American football season.