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sportsbook software. OpenBet has worked closely with BCLC since they launched their initial online gaming site when the casino game was delivered on OpenBet’s platform.
Paddy Power is able to deliver up to the second market and price information which OpenBet’s LiveServ and LiveOdds will publish directly to the user’s browser in real time. A similar arrangement between Paddy Power and OpenBet was deployed with French betting organisation PMU when it regulated online gaming a couple of years ago.
Rhonda Garvey, VP of eGaming BCLC said: “Working with OpenBet and Paddy Power provides us with the expertise to deliver the very best sports betting products for our players and one that very few companies in the world have the expertise to deliver. Our players now have access to a much wider variety of sports on a site that is safe, secure and regulated.”
OpenBet now supplies gaming solutions for three of the five provincial lotteries in Canada – BCLC, Atlantic Lottery and Loto-Quebec. The company’s sports betting platform is now also used for ALC’s
Pro.Line sports wagers through retail and online platforms.
David Loveday, CEO of OpenBet said: “The gaming world has changed a lot over the years and operators are no longer looking for someone to simply deliver an online offering. Canada is paving the way for how online gambling is going to be implemented in regulated markets going forward. They are looking for reliable partners who can develop an offering that is adaptable to the ever changing landscape we work in.
“OpenBet has demonstrated its ability to partner with leading lottery providers such as BCLC, Loto Quebec and the Atlantic Lottery, to create innovative solutions that can adapt and evolve to customer needs and provide the assurance of complete compliance needed in highly regulated markets.
OpenBet has played a pivotal part in the development of the Canadian online gambling market. We provide the underlying platform and backend support to three of the provincial lotteries in the country that have developed an online presence to extend the reach of their existing gambling offering.
“The work we are doing with BCLC, Loto Quebec and Atlantic Lottery is groundbreaking in that territory and in each case it has been our ability to provide a truly flexible approach that has
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In 2010/11 in the
charitable gaming sector there were 340 Class A
licences issued and Class A gaming events earned
$19.5m whilst there were 4,400 Class B licences which earned $8.9m gross revenue.
delivered a successful solution that fits all the strict criteria that is required to offer a secure and enjoyable gambling solution for their customers.”
CHARITABLE GAMING In 2010/11 in the charitable gaming sector there were 340 Class A licences issued and Class A gaming events earned $19.5m whilst there were 4,400 Class B licences which earned $8.9m gross revenue. There were eight Class C licences issued and these events earned around $2.6m and some 4,381 Class D licences which earned $2.8m.
Charitable gaming organisations earned
around $36m through licensed gaming activities whilst community organising received $171m in gaming revenue.
• Licences for charitable gaming are granted for either Class A (more than $20,000 in gross revenue), Class B ($20,000 or less), Class C (for a gaming event to be held in conjunction with an approved fair or exhibition) or Class D ($5,000 or less)
• Under Class A and B the following types of gaming events can be conducted – Ticket raffles, independent bingos, Wheels of Fortune, Social occasion casinos, poker tournaments.
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