Dynasty Mahjong For IGH
Published: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
DYNASTY MAHJONG FOR IGH
New Asian game for Premier Set and Heathorns sportsbooks
Dynasty Gaming, which licenses the Mahjong Mania online game has landed
another lucrative contract with the signing of Interactive Gaming Holdings
last week.
IGH is the parent group behind online sportsbooks Premier Bet and Heathorns,
arguably the world’s oldest bookmaker.
Thomas Taulé, chief executive of IGH, said: “It is our intention
to have the game integrated and ready to go live within the next month. We believe
it is important to continually add quality gaming products to our existing mix
and are confident demand exists within our client base for an online version of
mah jong.”
Dynasty Gaming will install its software on the recently redesigned Premier Bet
website with the objective of increasing the existing number of Asian customers
already playing on the site. Mahjong is the most widely played table game in Asia
and Dynasty will be offering an aggregate play, cash-wager version of the game.
Adriaan Brink, president of Dynasty subsidiary Mahjong Systems, said: “We
are pleased to have entered into an agreement with IGH, particularly in light
of the substantial Asian client base within the Premier Bet operation.”
Dynasty Gaming has been focusing its activities on exploiting mahjong’s massive
popularity offline in China and across the Chinese-speaking world and transferring
it online.
The company recently signed a letter of intent with Asian offline gaming giant
Ho Group (see earlier InfoPowa reports), which also operates sites such as Drho888.com,
to form Ho Majiang. The company will be a licensee of Dynasty's Mahjong software
in China and will promote itself exclusively in that country through the use of
prepaid cards. The intention will then be to float Ho Majiang on the Hang Seng
Exchange in Hong Kong to raise capital to fund new business activities.
