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SERVER PROBLEMS FOR SPORTINGBET
(654) (10-October-2006)
World Gaming failure highlights the need to find another host
The UK newspaper The Guardian reported that Sportingbet suffered another
blow to its US-facing online gambling business this week after World
Gaming , which hosts its web servers in Antigua, announced it may be
forced to cease trading.
World Gaming, which had, until recently, been the subject of takeover
talks with Sportingbet, suspended trading in its shares earlier this
week, saying there was a "fundamental uncertainty" over its
ability to continue trading (see previous InfoPowa bulletins).
A spokesman for Sportingbet refused to comment, but the newspaper says
that the company is understood to be urgently seeking alternative web
server providers willing to be linked to the controversial industry.
Sportsbook.com and other US-facing bookmaking and casino websites all operate
on World Gaming servers in Antigua. Only its Paradise Poker site is operated
separately. Last week World Gaming announced it "may be in technical
default of its loan conditions", blaming the imminent enactment of
the legislation in the US. |
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