New Games For Paddy Power - Dragon Dice

Published: Friday, April 08, 2005 Online-Casinos.com

NEW GAMES FOR PADDY POWER

Dice additions to sportsbook offering

The Irish betting group Paddy Power has made another interesting interactive gaming move, building on its recent introduction of online casino and online poker room businesses.

Working with Electracade Limited, a technology company specialising in the development of online, mobile, fixed odds and iTV gaming platforms, the Irish company has launched two new products.

The new games, Dragon Dice and General Mayhem are available within the 'games' tab of the Paddy Power sportsbook. The highly themed games offer state of the art graphics and audio content. Dragon Dice rolls ten dice, offering the player four different bet options split into either Keno or prediction style bets whilst General Mayhem lets the player predict the outcome of five one-on-one dice battles.

Electracade claims to have made a significant investment in building an extensive portfolio of interactive gaming products including slot machines, Hi Lo games, Keno products and numerous original gaming concepts. The deal with Paddy Power represents Electracade's first product release, says Director Mark Paling.

PaddyPower already have an existing relationship with backend provider Orbis, using their OpenBet system. Their recent decision to utilise Orbis' Fixed Odds Games Framework (FOGF) enables the bookmaker to further capitalise on this growth market area and offer their players a wider and enriched gaming experience.

IN THE MONEY

But still stepping down "for personal reasons"

And as a follow on to the Paddy Power story, the Irish publication The Examiner reports that the outgoing chief executive of Paddy Power plc, John O'Reilly, received a pay rise of almost 90 percent last year, bringing his 2004 pay package to Euro 883,000, up from Euro 466,000

The company's annual report for 2004 shows that, for the first time, Paddy Power paid out over Euro 1 billion in winning bets from Euro 1.165 billion wagered with the company.

Paddy Power chairman Fintan Drury announced that the board has begun the process of recruiting a new chief executive to replace 54-year-old Mr O'Reilly. A fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, Mr O'Reilly is stepping down for "entirely personal reasons."

Drury said O'Reilly was on a one-year rolling contract and will remain as chief executive until at least the end of 2005...