IS MANSION MOVING TO PLAYTECH?

4 May 2007

Betting group has a big investment in online poker to care for

The millions of dollars that gambling group Mansion has been investing in building its online poker presence is becoming almost legendary, but is it paying off in terms of player liquidity for the standalone?

Apparently not, to judge by a report in E Gaming Review this week, which approached Mansion for confirmation of unsourced rumours that it is about to move on to the Playtech iPoker Network with effect from the end of June. When approached, neither Playtech nor Mansion would comment.

Asked to comment on the story by EGR, a spokesperson said: “This is not a rumour I can substantiate. There have been a number of network providers who have come forward offering their services, but it is not something I can comment on.”

In the past few years Mansion has put millions into promoting its online gambling interests, including over $5 million on big-money daily tournaments and a reported GBP 34 million on a four-year sponsorship deal with Tottenham football club and the Mansion Pokerdome in Las Vegas.

The company has presumably been hit as hard as its opposition by its enforced withdrawal from the USA on the heels of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which must have seriously depleted its player base. Other discouraging signs are Mansion's recent decision to shut down its sportsbook business, re-routing clientele to the Mansion sports-betting exchange.

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