Two Online Gambling Companies Merge to Build Player’s Trust
The IGGBA which stands for the Interactive
Gaming, Gambling and Betting Association has just made partners with the
Association of Remote Gambling Operators, ARGO. This partnership will
make a new company called the Remote Gambling Association, RGA. The
iGGBA represents the trade and is especially interested in online
casinos. Online casinos everywhere associate themselves with the iGGBA
because it is a trustworthy name in the gaming industry. The iGGBA is
also interested in regulations of the trade, be there for online casinos
gamers and to host many conventions, some even in their own name such as
the iGGBA conference held last month. iGGBA is recognized by all Gaming
councils and is based out of Great Britain.
The purpose of these two companies merging is said to
strengthen the industry of online gaming and online casinos in general will be
affected. Its main focus is on presentation as the face of online gaming relies
on whether or not there are trustable companies in the industry.
Online casinos spend a lot of money using only secured
software providers and aim at displaying an image of pure trust ability and they
would not allow for any association to enter under their wing that was not top
of the presentation ideal. As mobile gaming is going to hit the market soon the
ARGO is also starting to move some attention from online casinos to mobile
casinos. The online casinos market is said not to be too affected by the mobile
phone market as many of them will merge into partners and some association will
definitely occur between mobile gaming and online casinos. There will be more of
a relationship here then there is between online casinos and land casinos
because they are more in the same industry then the latter.
The chairman of ARGO Ian Spearing said that this
partnership is the strongest one in the world of online casinos and gaming in
general. Spearing states that only positive things will happen from this merger
and he is very happy to be a part of it. The General Secretary of ARGO, Clive
Hawkswood is said to become the CEO of RGA and states that he is very excited
about his upcoming position. Hawkswood claims that this partnership had been
discussed for a while and when realizing its full potential it had to be jumped
on. It was a careful merger that took into consideration all forms of online
gaming. For example, sports betting companies, online poker rooms, bingo rooms,
lottery rooms and online casinos at large are going to be represented. This
merger is officially being worked out and is said to begin August 1, 2005. The
money needed to invest in this merger existed as the revenue from online casinos
is huge. Online casinos representatives have not released comments on the merger
although online casinos will be happy with the merger because it positions
online casinos with more strength. They are therefore in a strong position when
discussing the future of online gaming.
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