Making Deals -- Online gambling company betinternet.com is acquiring Oddsalive Ltd. , a bookmaker based in Malta. Oddsalive specializes in soccer betting in Scandinavian markets. Betinternet.com will buy all of Oddsalive's issued share capital for US $1 and says it will honor all customer deposits and trade creditors. Oddsalive has 14,000 registered customers and during its latest financial year it received revenues of $10.9 million.
From Down Under -- Australian media reported yesterday that Darwin-based International All-Sports would merge on May 1 with Ferncourt Pty. Ltd. , which is operated in Adelaide. Mark Read, owner of International All-Sports, said the combined entity would become "Betfair's biggest customers."
Tidbit from the UK -- The U.K. publication The Observer reported last weekend that Betdaq is employing aggressive marketing strategies to compete with Betfair, it's person-to-person betting competition. The marketing efforts include Betdaq signing up bookmakers by walking around the ring at Epson and offering its services via mobile phone.