Mahjong Logic Partners with Open Bet
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- Created on Thursday, 07 June 2012 00:57
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:00
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DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN - Mahjong Logic, Ltd., a leading peer-to-peer online Mahjong software provider, has signed a partner agreement with OpenBet, allowing OpenBet licencees to offer Mahjong Logic’s turnkey Mahjong solution. With over 20 major customers in the online gaming industry and over 100 partners worldwide, OpenBet brings credibility and reach to help continue expanding the online Mahjong market worldwide.
Jonas Alm, Chief Executive Officer at Mahjong Logic, said: “OpenBet has many top worldwide customers, such as William Hill, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Betfair, SkyBet and several Canadian lotteries. This partnership reinforces our belief in bringing the best online Mahjong product to the world.”
OpenBet has been awarded many of the online gaming industry’s top awards, including eGaming Review’s Sports Betting Supplier of the Year, for three consecutive years. OpenBet has a proven platform with an open API that makes integration of online Mahjong an easy process.
Digital TV
OpenBet customers will eventually have playing access not only through the web, but also mobile devices, retail outlets and interactive digital television, with a single log-in and a centralised player Account.
Max Francis, Commercial Partner Manager at OpenBet, commented: "As the Asian market continues to grow it is important to facilitate and extend customer choice. Partnering with Mahjong Logic gives our customers access to online mahjong products from a global supplier that people can trust.”
Mahjong Logic: www.mahjonglogic.com
Open Bet: www.openbet.com
The chances of that happening are slim to none. At least slimmer than say, forcing non-alcoholic venues...
When DMJL was approached by Spielbank Hannover in 2011 about providing know-how and material for a Mah-Jongg tournament with money prizes the board discussed, if a cooperation seemed possible and worthwhile - the publicly available board minutes from March 2011 reflected on this (originally in German - inofficially translated [and commented] here): Apart from earnings for the association a cooperation promises a possible contact to the responsible regulatory authority [to gain higher legal certainty about DMJL's self-organised non-gambling tournaments] and obviously the development of contact to a potential sponsor, namely the Spielbank herself. The board decided unanimously that a cooperation was desirable.
To draw a line between the paid-for support of legal gambling and DMJL's very own activities, the board also decided (also unanimously), that DMJL would only act as a service provider for the said tournament, but would not want to benefit from publicity in the course of gambling activities, so that it would not be (even mistakenly) seen as an organiser of such. More over the board stressed the importance of an adequate distinction (in rules, exposition of differing procedures etc.) between events of gambling and mind sport.
There was not a minute of discussion within the board, before Uwe Pelzer terminated the cooperation with the Spielbank/RP5 - no information about his findings, no questions, no suggestions, he just acted on his own. So, Frauke, the board was neither unable nor unwilling to find an answer to the question, if this said (and before unanimously supported) cooperation should've been terminated - it was simply not asked.