VIP Sports Launches Interactive Horse Betting

24 July 2002

VIP Sports has successfully launched a new live interactive horse-betting site to coincide with the opening day at both Delmar and Saratoga racetracks.

The site offers full card daily thoroughbred racing with play-for-fun or real-play options on a wide variety of thoroughbred tracks. It also incorporates live track information including scratches, current lines and a wealth of horse racing news stories.

VIPhorses.com is integrated into the VIP network of sites, which means that users who already have an account with VIP sports can log onto VIPhorses.com.

The Web site is also offering generous bonus promotions and giveaways for the horse racing public in coming weeks.

"We offer a 20 percent signing bonus on all NETeller deposits until Aug. 1, a 5 percent reload bonus, suggestion bonuses as well as a referral bonus for users who refer their friends," said Daniel van Dijkman, marketing manager of VIP. "We have also added a loyalty rewards program so whether you win or lose you, for every dollar that you bet you get one loyalty point that can be redeemed for cash or for prizes."

VIPhorses.com was created using the new horse book system from software supplier Interactive Gaming and Wagering, a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Entertainment Holdings/Equities Inc.

"We are delighted to offer this innovative new betting site to all our players--old and new--and we are sure they will love the huge quantity of real time news and content we have incorporated into the site," said Alistair Assheton, general manager of VIP.