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SOLNA, Sweden, Nov 29, 2007 - (Hugin via ABN Newswire) - Solna, Sweden (29 November 2007). 24hPoker has signed an agreement with Cantor Gaming, the UK-based provider of online and mobile gaming services and affiliate of global financial services company, Cantor Fitzgerald, that will see Cantor Gaming launch new poker sites on 24hPoker's network, 24hNetwork.
An immediate result of this cooperation will be the addition of poker to the gaming site www.pub-casino.co.uk which is operated by Cantor Gaming and Punch Taverns, one of the UK's leading pub operators with a chain of 9,000 pubs. Poker will go live on pubcasino.co.uk by the end of January 2008. Following this, poker will then be added to www.tooncasino.co.uk and subsequently other sites.
Peter Åström, Chief Executive of 24hPoker said "Cantor Gaming is a well respected company in the industry and we are proud that they have chosen to partner with us."
Manu Gambhir, Managing Director of Cantor Gaming said, "We're delighted to be working with 24hPoker, one of the world's leading poker platforms. We look forward to providing poker to our customers, and especially our high net worth players who want comfort in knowing that they are transacting with a highly regulated group."
For more information, please contact: Peter Åström, CEO, 24hPoker, +46 73 600 85 01 Pia Rosin, Corporate Communications Director, 24hPoker, +46 70 753 22 46 Timo Kindred, Marketing Communications Executive, Cantor Gaming, +44 20 7894 7292
About 24hPoker 24hPoker Holding AB is a Swedish gaming group that develops proprietary software systems for online gaming operations through its subsidiaries 24hPoker AB and B2B Poker AB and operates one of the world's largest poker networks, 24hNetwork. 24hPoker launched online poker in 2001 and conducts gaming operations via foreign subsidiaries. The Group also sells and develops turnkey gaming platforms for players that want to conduct gaming operations under their own brand via 24hNetwork. www.24hpoker.se
About Cantor Gaming Cantor G&W LP is an affiliate of the global financial services provider Cantor Fitzgerald, which has over 50 years' experience of highly secure real-time transaction processing, management and execution. Cantor Fitzgerald has long been committed to the development and utilisation of cutting-edge technology and intellectual property.
Cantor Gaming offers online, mobile and WiFi solutions to the gaming sector. It operates online casinos for a number of partner companies and was the first company licensed as a manufacturer, distributor and operator of a mobile gaming system by the Nevada Gaming Commission. The Las Vegas Sands organization selected Cantor Gaming as its exclusive provider of mobile gaming services at The Venetian and The Palazzo in Las Vegas and in other jurisdictions where permitted by law.
Cantor Gaming's on-line casino solution is specifically designed with larger companies, media groups and influential brands in mind and is hosted from jurisdictions which regulate online gaming, including Malta. For more information please visit www.cantorgaming.com.