Potential for Deal
The Microgaming and Betware partnership has really caught a lot of media
attention lately because the marketing agreement between the two companies will
give the Mircogaming powered online casino games initial access to the
profitable and emerging US market. This aspect of the deal can certainly not be
overestimated, but the deal actually has a few implications outside of Canada
that are also going to be hugely lucrative for both of the gambling companies
involved. Betware’s side of the new deal will bring more Microgaming online
casinos and games into some of Scandinavia as well as several other European
countries.
Betware is an international supplier of lottery gaming as well as many other
full service gambling solutions. The key to this new partnership though really
does lie within the fact that Microgaming is about to be one of the first
international online casino software development companies to enter into a
strong partnership and integration with the international lottery systems.
Lotteries all over the world are really beginning to enter into the internet
arena with internet based lotteries and the Microgaming integration will allow
these lottery sites to expand out and also offer a selection of games that
compete with the online casinos within the market as well.
There is a huge trend internationally toward full service gambling sites – that
means online casinos that offer betting, and lottery sites that offer poker,
poker sites featuring skill games, etc. All of the major sites in the market are
offering selections of games that compliment the main content of the site and
the Betware and Microgaming partnership allows these two companies to begin
offering this type of service. |