MULTI-TABLING According to Poker Players Research Ltd., 36 percent of online money poker players say they regularly play on more than one table at a time, a significant increase over last year.
Thirty-six percent of North American players admit to multi-tabling compared to 32 percent of Europeans who say they do. This means North American players are slightly more likely to multi-table than Europeans, though the numbers vary greatly in Europe from country to country and from site to site.
Female players are as likely to multi-table as males, though they are less inclined to play four or more tables at the same time. The highest percentages for regularly playing at four or more tables at a time are among the British at 11 percent, followed by the Scandinavians at 7 percent.
REBRANDING Betfair, the betting exchange, inked a sponsorship deal with the Melbourne Racing Club to have the Sandown Park Racourse rebranded as Betfair Park.
Along with the name change, Betfair gained on-course presence via signage and race sponsorship involvement at Sandown and Caulfield Racecourses. The deal will also allow Betfair to promote in the days following up to races at events through spring to autumn.
The sponsorship officially begins on Saturday.
“In establishing this new relationship with Betfair, we fully acknowledge and respect both Tabcorp and the current wagering model,” said Warran Brown, Melbourne Racing Club’s chief executive. “The TAB since its privatization has been the financial backbone of the Victorian racing industry and will so remain. But this sponsorship arrangement recognizes the additional revenue opportunities for racing by embracing technology and innovation.”
BUGNO OUT On Thursday, Tabcorp Holdings announced the resignation of Walter Bugno, chief executive of the Australian gaming company’s casinos division.
In a prepared statement, Tabcorp said Mr. Bugno, 48, will leave the company in early 2009 to pursue a business opportunity based in London. The company is actively looking on a global scale for his replacement.
“Walter has made a valuable contribution to Tabcorp,” said Elmer Funke Kupper, Tabcorp’s chief executive. “He has managed the casinos division through a turbulent period and has put in place the first building blocks to turn our casinos business into a world-class operation.”
SIGNED Evolution Gaming, a live-dealer casino game provider, has signed a deal with Bet-at-home, a German operator. The company said the deal with Bet-at-home was its 13th deal in 2008.
“Live-dealer gaming will open up significant opportunities for us to reach new audiences and excite existing customers,” said Franz Oemer, chief executive of bet-at-home.com.
SHARING Yesterday Casino Data Imaging announced it has signed an agreement with Australia-based eBet for the companies to share analysis technologies.
In the agreement, CDI wil license its casino data visualization software, CasinoCAD(C), to eBet for the company’s EPS 2.0 gaming tracking system. George Levine, CDI’s spokesperson, said this newly established relationship will speed up CDI’s research and development efforts for future phases of gaming analysis.
“Tapping into eBet's wide range of specialized tracking programs opens up new development opportunities for our company,” Mr. Levine continued. “The end result is furthering our technologies and providing continued value to our customers.”
EXTENDING On Friday, Gtech Corporation announced the extension of its contract with the Georgia Lottery Corporation by three years.
Through 2013, Gtech will provide online lottery technology and services as well as products and expects to receive revenues of $125 million during the three-year period.
“Gtech is very proud of our partnership with the Georgia Lottery, which dates back to the startup of the lottery in 1993,” said Jaymin B. Patel, Gtech President and chief executive. “In the 15 years since that time, we have been privileged to support the lottery in their rollout of online games, including KENO, and the tremendous growth of their retailer network to more than 8,100 retail locations today, making them a best-practice retail lottery.”
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