MAHJONG MADNESS FROM MICROGAMING OPERATOR

(495) (21-September-2006)

Vegas Partner Lounge to offer Microgaming's Mahjong Mania software with 28Mahjong

The Vegas Partner Lounge group will be offering its newly licensed Mahjong Mania software on 28Mahjong.com soon to the growing following of the Asian-inspired game.  Mahjong already attracts an estimated one billion players worldwide, and is predicted to be one of the fastest growing market segments over the next five years.

The announcement comes at a time when online gambling companies are increasingly turning their attention to the huge potential of the Asia Pacific region. Microgaming's virtuoso software version, developed in partnership with Dynasty Gaming subsidiary Mahjong Mania , the full thrill and complexity of the game is brought to a new on-screen level of sophistication and tension, with big winnings at stake.

Mahjong is the most ancient of games to be updated by the rapidly expanding online gambling industry. The 136 to 152 tile game that some say was developed by Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher in about 500 BC, still manages to offer modern day players all the tension and excitement of other internet games.

In addition to Mahjong Mania, Microgaming will continue to offer operators an unrivalled games rollout schedule of four new games per month.

Roger Raatgever , CEO, Microgaming, says: "Localisation is vital if one is to secure long-term success in new markets.  Key to that is cutting edge software that offers a dependable, rich gaming experience for experienced and novice payers alike. Microgaming has an unparalleled ability to explore new boundaries for our operators in global online gaming. We are confident that it will provide the estimated 1 billion Mahjong players worldwide with the first aggregate online version of the most widely played game in the world. This is just the beginning."