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Talks of Merger between Online Casino Operators

Two of the world’s larges Internet gambling companies, PartyGaming PLC and bwin Interactive Entertainment AG are presently in talks about a possible merger that could result in the creation of a multi-billion pound “gambling giant” that could control about 15 percent of the European online casino market.

It was reported recently that PartyGaming Plc, trading on the London Stock Exchange and valued at approximately 1 billion pounds and Austrian bookmaker, bwin Interactive Entertainment AG, trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange and valued at about 1.2 billion have been negotiating a merger for quite some time in an attempt to form a huge online casino, poker and sportsbetting operator with a value of more than $4 billion.

Despite these ongoing talks bwin’s head of investor relations, Konrad Sveceny, reported that negotiations were still at a preliminary stage and that they are also having some successful talks with many other competitors, including Italy’s Gioco Digitale.

At present bwin has the largest European market share among publicly listed online casino operators with 8 percent, PartyGaming is second with 6.3 percent and the closest competitor is the U.K.’s second-largest bookmaker, William Hill with 4.5 percent.

The fact that Bwin has one of the largest online sportsbook operations in the world and would like to increase its online poker numbers while PartyGaming has the fourth largest online poker room and wants to expand its sports betting business would see a merger between these two companies make a lot of sense.

There is bound to be a surge in mergers and acquisitions among gambling companies in Europe due to the anticipated opening of the U.S. online casino market.

Bwin makes a deal with Dragonfish

Bwin, a very popular and well respected online gambling giant is about to make another move when it comes to infiltrating the Italian gambling market. They have announced that they have made a deal with the B2B division of 888, Dragonfish. Under the new deal, Dragonfish will provide Bwin with both third party and in-house games as part of their new online casino which will be geared for Italians. This deal will include slots, table games, video slots, and video poker. This will be very exciting for the Italian market. They will get to reap all of the perks of this new Bwin venture. Bwin strives to offer players all they could want and it shows. Bwin is the first online company to re-launch skill games which allow Italian players to be able to play for real money. Another interesting bit of information is that the company’s logo appears on one of Italy’s most famous football clubs jersey, Ac Milan. Bwin is already a very well known name within the online gambling community and this is just one more step for them to show the online gambling world that they know how to provide what it is that players want to see and be a part of. Italian players will want to make sure they check out what it is that Bwin has to offer them, the site will have a lot of great features and plenty of game selection so players will feel right at home when they are on Bwin.

Bwin Poker Offering Generous Welcome Bonus

Bwin Poker is one of the more known online poker sites. It has proven to have what it takes to make it to the top of the list when it comes to great places to enjoy online poker. When it comes to choosing an online poker site, players will have certain things they like to see in the site they decide is the right one for them. Players will of course want to see a good selection of games, a user friendly design, trustworthy software, dependable customer support, secure banking options, and other options that are important to them. However, bonuses are also a very big thing with online poker players. Players want to know that they are being given the opportunity to take advantage of a generous bonus offer when they choose an online poker site to join. Bwin Poker is offering its players a great welcome bonus; it is worth 200% of their deposit. This is great for those new players just starting out. This bonus is good for as much as $200 which is enough cash for players to play quite a bit of online poker with if they play their cards right. New players will still want to be sure they read the terms and conditions of the bonus so they have a very clear understanding of how it all works and how they will need to go about clearing it to have access to the funds.