Digimedia is going to be the company that will running a good number of the South African/Israeli based/owned MGS casino groups. At the moment we have the following:
Referback (Digimedia - ex Bellerock)
Fortune Lounge (Digimedia)
Brightshare/Jackpot Factory
Red Flush Group
Wintingo
Wagershare/Palace group
Am I missing anyone?
Don't know how I missed this one
Seems about right, for now. Though, don't think this will be the last of it by a long shot.
Even though players etc etc have been led to believe all these casino groups are operated/owned by seperate entities/companies/shelf companies/subsidiaries/trust funds they've all been owned by the same owners from day one. Well before Digimedia teamed up with Carmen Media/Referback/ForwardSlash (ex Bellerock), FL/FA & Carmen Media/Bellerock (these supposedly seperate companies/owners) were sharing server space and who knows what else
Jackpot Factory/Brightshare/Spiral Solutions. That was kept well hidden. The problem is though, when people try to hide this much stuff and keep it dark, human error/mistakes always upset the apple-cart. As was the case with AllSlotsUSA, who initially claimed it was a seperate entity and not connected or associated to Spiral Solutions/Brightshare. That worked fine until a Brightshare Affiliate Manager forgot to engage the VPN (to spoof a different IP). They must have been busy that day cause they also used their Brightshare name instead of their ASUSA name.
WildJackCasino claimed it had been sold. It wasn't sold at all. Merely transfered to a subsiduary company owned by the identical owners of all these casinos et al.
These casino companies et al own multiple processing companies/subsiduaries. Not long ago, a dispute was raised with Brightshare by an affiliate, hit with chargeback fees. Normally a chargeback incures a $100 fee. Brightshare claims it gets hit with a $38 fee. Then there has been payments made by suposedly unconnected entities. Trying to manage so many IP blocks, DNS routing and domains for so many casinos, affiliate programs et al would be a major headache and why is likely not all loose ends have been tied up securely.
I should clear a misconception while I'm at it. EuroPalace Casino was a white label, set up by the founder (Laurent Malka) and ex CEO of EuroPartners. He was good buddy of Nitesh (ex upper management of Osiris Trading/FL et al). Nitesh was a part owner in Sunset Slots et al. I believe he's now left the industry.
EuroPalace had a supposed soft-opening in January 2010 but according to sources, didn't offically open till April 2010. The affiliate program attached to EPC, WinGate, used identical software to FA. While FA/FL always maintained support and processing were the only things they handled for EPC, it's my opinion, they also operated the affiliate program too. That's neither her nor there now because EPC is now under ownership of FL/FA/Digimedia et al and has been for some time.
What concerns me the most though in all of this, is the spam from these groups. The claims it's always a rogue affiliate. I'm not entirely sure is 100% true.
Getting back to AllSlotsUSA, when their goose was cooked, they did an under-the-table deal with Jackpot Capital, unbeknown to their ASUSA affiliates. These tagged players were sold to Jackpot Capital. ASUSA claimed they lost on the deal too and like their affiliates, were also shafted. Something else I find hard to believe. These owners are shrude operators with years of experience. So how could they be shafted so easily
Its even been claimed, the Moshal family owns all the casinos above et al. Its been purported they own 35% of the online gaming industry. It's also claimed they founded Microgaming and to this day hold a controlling interest/shares in Micrograming. Given eCOGRA start-up-funds came from Microgaming and Virtual Holdings. If the Moshal family does in fact own these casinos and has a controlling intrerest in MGS etc etc, then up until eCOGRA was sold to the Directors EG - Beverage et al in 2011... How much influence did they hold over eCOGRA...
Member Representative Directors
John Anderson, Virtual Holdings (aka 888.com).
Roger Raatgever, Microgaming.
Karl Magnusson, Vice President & CAO of OnGame.
Well that just opens another can of worms
Last but not least, Grand Prive Group springs to mind. Albeit this is speculation but... what if the Moshal's own/owed that too?
It seems odd both Microgaming and eCOGRA were clueless to the double databased being used. Especially since everything is tied back to MGS tracking players, deposits etc etc. And, it's not the first time an accusation of a double databases being used by an affiliate program. Lloyd Apter a well respected AM and the ex Brightshare program manager, came out at the GPWA and accused Brightshare of untagging players and using a double database.
Now Brightshare/Spiral/Jackpot Factory and WildJack Casino are connected to Digimedia...