Sky Bet and Open Wager launches a new social casino service

February 2, 2015

Social gaming is becoming more and more popular with every passing day due to numerous new offerings appeared on the market. The problem of monetization is of a great interest to various gambling operators. But this process is not fast.

The Sky Betting and Gaming announced about their intention to work with OpenWager on the new project of a social casino. The UK operator Sky Betting and Gaming has four brands, Sky Poker, Sky Bingo, Sky Vegas and Sky Bet. CVC Capital Partners with funds of $46 billion bought a great number of stake in Sky for $800 million in December 2014.

OpenWager is a company founded in San Francisco in 2013 specializing in supplying, developing, publishing and operating brand new casino products. It has offices in Hungary, in Budapest and in Romania, in Bucharest.

The launched service is called ‘Sky Hollywood Slots’. It will have some original offers and it will be possible for use with iOS, Android and other platforms. (to understand what slots are, check Money Game Slot)

Bruce Bale, Sky Bet’s head of social games, told, “Recent years are marked with a greater attention to social gaming sector, so it will be silly to miss such an opportunity to use our knowledge in real money gaming entertainments for a new sphere. With such a brilliant partner as OpenWager, which is an expert in social gaming, we will surely attract the gaming markets of Asia, Western Europe, Canada and the US.”

The Chief Executive Officer at OpenWager John Cahill, also admitted, “Working together with the Sky Bet, there won’t be a problem for us to offer the highest quality gaming facilities to the customers. Our service ‘Sky Hollywood Slots’ will please not only Sky Bet’s permanent visitors, but newcomers too.”