Gibraltar 21 December, 2011 – Today Bet24 launches poker for both iPhone and Android devices and will join the exclusive club of poker operators offering real money poker on the smartphone platform. Ongame rolled out the first ever real money poker app for iPhone in January, and presented its Android equivalent in July.
We’re certain that mobile poker is the future. Just imagine sitting on the bus and getting the full game experience on your smartphone. We are thrilled that Ongame is the first network offering both Android and iPhone poker clients, and we can’t wait to offer them to our players.
From today, December 21, Bet24 will offer its poker product to millions of smartphone users worldwide. The Android version is available for download at www.bet24.com. The iPhone app can be downloaded in App Store in the United Kingdom and Austria today and will be the first ever real-money poker app launched in Denmark on January 1 2012.
Enormous possibilities open up now that poker is a game that players can take with them anywhere. Everyone recognizes that mobile poker is the future, and we expect to integrate many more of our partners over the coming months.
Android and iOS already represent a vast majority of the global market for smartphones, and are projected to sell 450 million devices in 2011.
The mobile poker app comes in a clean design optimized to ensure a fluid player experience, with crisp graphics and intuitive one-button game-play. High resolution photo available upon request to carl.zide@ongame.com.
About Ongame
Ongame is one of the world’s largest B2B poker providers. The global network includes more than 25 of the e-gaming industry’s strongest brands and operators, and has up to 45,000 concurrent players at peak hours. Ongame also operates regional networks in France and Italy. The company offers both operators and their players a wide variety of cash games and tournaments to choose from, every hour of every day. Ongame Network Ltd is headquartered in Gibraltar and is a subsidiary of bwin.party digital entertainment plc, the world’s largest listed online gaming company. Further information about Ongame can be found at www.ongame.com.
About Bet24
Bet24 is a holder of gaming licenses in Malta, a member of the European Union. Bet24 Poker is operated by Nordic Betting Limited and powered by Ongame Network Ltd, which has a network license issued by the Gibraltar Government. Bet24 is owned by Modern Times Group, MTG, and offers odds on sport events, casino, poker and games in 16 different languages on www.bet24.com, and has active clients in more than 70 countries.
For more information, please contact:Carl Zide, Communications Manager at Ongame, +46 701 64 70 13, carl.zide@ongame.com
