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chosen, will greatly contribute to our online success. Betware has played a key role in integrating all the best of breed products we want to offer to our players.”


Cirsa entered into an agreement with Betware last October to launch and operate its online operations on the Betware Gaming Platform, utilising poker, casino and bingo software provided by Microgaming.


Betware CEO Stefán Hrafnkelsson said: “This launch is a proof of Betware’s strength in gaming platform development. We strongly believe that CIRSA has put together a team that is sure to find success in the exciting days to come in the Spanish gaming market.”


Casino Gran Madrid meanwhile has also been working closely with Playtech’s development and customer support teams to devise a suite of products tailored to meet the unique demands of its players, offering a huge variety of games specifically designed to appeal to the gaming patterns of CGM's customer base.


Mor Weizer, Chief Executive Officer of Playtech, said: “We are delighted to have secured this agreement with one of Europe's largest and most respected land based operators. We expect this to be a significantly value accretive relationship, exemplifying our strategy to increase the number of regulated markets in which we operate.”


Elsewhere Codere received three general licences, Comar was granted two whilst Group Orenes and Group Peralada were allowed one each. Grupo Peralada will launch its casinobarcelona.es website soon saying that online gamblers may play poker, roulette, black jack or baccarat ‘with the security and reliability of Casino de Barcelona.’


SPAIN IS ALREADY THE


THIRD LARGEST OFFLINE


GAMBLING MARKET IN EUROPE.


six unique licences and became the first land-based casino to go live.


Sonia Carabante, Cirsa’s Director of eGaming, said: “We are very happy to be the first land based operator that has launched nationally in Spain. We are confident that the excellent combination of technical providers, which we have


Another Catalonian group MGA said it would launch goldenpark.es in conjunction with British partner Stan James with an investment of €2m, half of which will be spent on a national advertising campaign.


Loraine Schoevers, Director of Prima Networks Spain, awarded a casino, poker and bingo licence to be powered by Microgaming, added: “The long-awaited regulation of the Spanish market is excellent news for operators and players alike. We are delighted to be providing our market-leading software to some of the largest operators in Spain. Our reliable, flexible solutions, combined with a large games rollout programme, makes us a very attractive proposition.”


Aland-based PAF and Goalwin meanwhile


“We are very happy to be the first land based operator that has launched


nationally in Spain. We are confident that the excellent combination of


technical providers, which we have


chosen, will greatly contribute to our online success. Betware has


played a key role in integrating all the best of breed


products we want to offer to our players.” SONIA


CARABANTE, Director of


eGaming, Cirsa..


“We are delighted to have secured


this agreement with one of Europe's


largest and most respected land


based operators. We expect this to be a significantly value accretive relationship,


exemplifying our


strategy to increase the number of


regulated markets in which we operate.”


MOR WEIZER, CEO, Playtech.


“We have, with the help of Ongame, created a truly


unique white label


offering for Spanish operators. In


addition to our own two brands,


goalwin.es and pokermambo.es,


we will also power pokerloco.es. We


appreciate working with a company like Ongame, which is as


innovative and fast- moving as we are.” CHICCO MERIGHI, President,


Goalgaming.


are joining Ongame’s poker network in Spain. The consumer brands represented by these companies are: paf.es, goalwin.es, pokermambo.es (Goalwin) and pokerloco.es (Goalwin white label). Another two operators have confirmed joining Ongame and will be go public during the upcoming weeks.


“Ongame has been one of the main providers of online poker for PAF during the last seven years and we are pleased to announce that Ongame will power our brand in the Spanish market as well,” said Arvid Klingström, Head of Poker at PAF. “PAF has a strong brand in Spain


WE HAVE, WITH THE HELP OF ONGAME,


CREATED A TRULY UNIQUE WHITE


LABEL OFFERING FOR SPANISH OPERATORS.


which is further boosted by our acquisition of the Unibet player community in Spain.”


Chicco Merighi, President of Goalgaming, added: “We have, with the help of Ongame, created a truly unique white label offering for Spanish operators. In addition to our own two brands, goalwin.es and pokermambo.es, we will also power pokerloco.es. We appreciate working with a company like Ongame, which is as innovative and fast-moving as we are.”


“We’re proud to once again be one of the first poker networks in a major regulated market,” said Peter Bertilsson, Managing Director of Ongame. “We have established direct contacts with all major land-based operators in addition to the online operators. Negotiations with several operators are ongoing.”


Spain’s media companies have also got in on the act with Telecinco’s Mediaset, Grupo Planeta, Antena 3 and media group VeoTV’s Unidad Editorial all being granted licences.


It’s not as if Spain’s fledgling regulated online sector is launching from a standing start. Spain is already the third largest offline gambling market in Europe whilst its online sector accounts for 5.7 per cent of the total gambling market. Online poker accounts for 19 per cent of the online betting market, which as a whole is expected to grow in Spain by 15 per cent to €504m during 2013.


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