28/01/2005 Ladbrokes uses Spin to offer secure mobile casino

Friday 28 January 2005, London... Ladbrokes eGaming, a subsidiary of Ladbrokes Limited, the betting and gaming division of Hilton Group plc, has become one of the world's first betting and gaming companies to offer a trusted and secure mobile casino to its players via a large selection of mobile phones and other wireless devices.

The Ladbrokes mobile casino offering employs the first complete mobile casino system recently launched by Spin3, the leading innovator in mobile casino systems, and Microgaming, the leading developer of e-gaming solutions.

The Spin³" wireless casino system, GameWire", offers a graphics-rich Java based mobile gaming system developed by Spin³ that is powered by Microgaming's integrated gaming and casino management software.

"By combining our integrated gaming and casino management technology with graphic-rich games, advanced player management capabilities and reporting tools, customers such as Ladbrokes have been able to benefit from a complete mobile casino that will set the standard worldwide," said Dion Hatton, Product Manager of Microgaming.

"Through the Spin³" system, Ladbrokes is aiming to target the exploding mobile gambling market predicted by industry analyst Juniper Research to US $16 billion in revenues by 2008," said Matti Zinder, CEO, Spin³.

By utilising the Spin³ wireless casino system, casino operators, mobile network providers and any company with an internet presence can now offer existing and potential mobile users a trusted and secure mobile casino which today consists of six live, real-time casino games, including blackjack, roulette, scratch card and one of the only progressive wide-area slots games, Treasure Nile, where players have a chance to win continuously growing jackpots right from their mobile device.


About Spin³

Spin³ is responsible for the development and marketing of the leading wireless casino system worldwide which is comprised of the suite of GameWire" and SpinFone" casino applications. Spin 3 has partnered with Microgaming, the leader in e-gaming systems, to provide the back-end and casino management system to complete its offering. Spin 3 is a privately owned company.


About Microgaming

Established in 1994, Microgaming is a leading supplier of online gaming solutions. Microgaming's mission is to develop software and management systems that allow our operators to manage reliable, credible and profitable online gaming enterprises and to champion the interests of the player through fair play, transparency initiatives and the promotion of responsible gaming.