% \" t3 Z3 N1 a: x% mPublished on Saturday 23 July 2011 06:45, G' `% U' L# h8 }8 m
! u g J4 A) nSTAFF at a Douglas-based online gaming company say they are expecting redundancies.. j' Z7 V1 |+ L2 e
% }& y7 u3 c7 N+ `+ w+ |188BET, whose head office is registered at Clinch’s House on Lord Street, offers an on-line casino as well as betting on sports worldwide from football to motor racing.! E7 v. `: z$ J' m6 F' W
) j- G6 x1 I0 {7 M4 B" b; h& j* iThe company also has several centres in Asia, including the Philippines and Singapore.7 p. }* [0 r( k" Q2 |
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About 35 people are employed by the company in the Isle of Man – and iomtoday understands staff have been told there will be redundancies. $ t$ G9 U( s$ a: V: r6 Y& R- y* h; ] @8 ~2 _/ o) J# f& T1 o
No-one was available at the Isle of Man office to comment on the situation, however the company released the following statement through its public relations agency: ‘188BET is currently undergoing a strategic review of each area of its global activity as part of an internal restructuring of the business.' e. a+ z7 K& j
4 U# T7 ^6 Y; O( j- B‘Having established itself as a leading brand in the global gaming market through innovative partnerships with a number of Premier League Football clubs, 188BET is now considering how best to deploy the company’s resources for the next phase of the brand’s growth. 8 k: J; ]* q& U, v% q* D& Z7 d) }) U! ]- z
‘The review is expected to be concluded within the next month.’ & ^7 H2 Z1 r3 n4 G: E q6 m' j. ?% ?) r! N
The organisation sponsors football teams Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic and is the official betting partner of Chelsea, Liverpool and several other association football clubs.; m @( w9 p ]7 b
2 q& A7 h1 L( w2 K7 H! r6 I6 `; KThe company is owned by Cube Ltd which is licensed and regulated by the island’s Gambling Supervision Commission.5 m" z$ }4 [9 Q! H: w$ | m3 K; o
" ]% u6 O4 a9 o9 E5 aNews of uncertainty at one of the main players in the Manx e-gaming sector will come as a blow to the government which has identified e-gaming as a key area for expansion and just this week launched a new licence aimed at attracting more operators to the island, 8 `6 M8 b1 Z2 H9 e( B! s% R; ~# g * h, D# p: A/ yThe network services licence is designed to recognise business-to-business gaming operators (see page 2).) ~! M, c9 e$ e1 ~; B
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Last week, the Manx authorities also said UK proposals to regulate offshore online gambling should not be seen as a threat. The UK Government has announced plans to introduce laws forcing all gambling operators with British customers to obtain UK licences, irrespective of where those companies are based.1 P o7 A/ R/ u" w9 u/ G
% O6 g$ q* D4 g% S2 |7 t" rBut Garth Kimber, the Manx Government’s head of e-gaming said the Gambling Supervision Commission would remain the prime regulator in the island.0 a4 B6 Q- V e4 k
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However this move could still reduce revenue to Manx coffers if British players had to pay duty in the UK rather than the island.1 g5 r5 Q; F* r l W5 ?! F
6 B0 B" @- t: z) C3 C1 zThe e-gaming industry brings in about ￡4.2 million in revenue from players around the world. 1 \4 C7 m+ F' ]3 C/ ^9 P3 g1 m+ r8 |5 A% n8 K
Economic Development Minister Allan Bell MHK said he had received assurances from the UK there will be a ‘lighter touch approach’ to the island’s industry and there was recognition of the high level of regulation here. 9 W0 d- E; @, y( S4 m" Z: j) T4 D* _, H6 X4 J. L
Meanwhile, staff at finance firm Credit Suisse are facing an uncertain future.9 ?/ [% M/ ~0 v0 r z
3 L4 i% W9 r1 }; Z e/ ~/ fDespite rumours of job losses and in the Isle of Man and that staff have been told the island operation is to be scaled back, a Credit Suisse spokesman refused to comment on redundancies, opting instead to say: ‘We continue to be proactive about monitoring the size of our business relative to client opportunities and market conditions. : o. A0 @) R& D( B7 b9 S+ g' G2 k/ N4 R( O0 D3 g2 ~
‘This involves realigning resources to growth areas and adjusting capacity to meet client needs and to manage costs across the business.’ $ e) F4 B: F; i ; }1 z$ k6 w5 F S# K! R) YNine jobs were lost at the financial services firm when the company announced, in September 2009, it had decided to move its trust operation from Victoria Street, Douglas, to Guernsey.: c/ M8 W7 L0 t6 _/ r
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