3 v0 G" l: n4 WPublished on Saturday 23 July 2011 06:45 % U* e: `0 _# J4 J% }: y1 J1 e+ `6 F+ o/ d' P u6 n
STAFF at a Douglas-based online gaming company say they are expecting redundancies.& V* S$ u5 ?4 Q8 T" n. r$ q# T
( e9 e( N% g) p188BET, 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. ) g" j9 x* ^+ ~/ c: p$ V( H$ A9 `9 F6 L% H% M5 N3 s
The company also has several centres in Asia, including the Philippines and Singapore.3 q* q4 m. T, T; @
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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.% R# q# g1 H( b6 P/ w
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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., U' R8 F* a6 ^
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‘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. / N% Y' b; t/ d5 b" Q$ f5 n$ X. c& s7 j1 g% Q+ b
‘The review is expected to be concluded within the next month.’+ ?5 L; c6 }* d! F1 j5 x) d1 p
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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. U: K- l( K4 y0 x5 k ?, C0 ] 2 v9 P0 P U4 T% r; g! u2 W( O$ KThe company is owned by Cube Ltd which is licensed and regulated by the island’s Gambling Supervision Commission.0 c" |, q" \" L" W
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News 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, 6 C+ {$ B) D+ t/ q' U3 {2 G ! M7 v/ p+ @! ^# G6 F1 NThe network services licence is designed to recognise business-to-business gaming operators (see page 2)." ]4 p4 q7 }: m: X3 e) D
D I$ K: J8 B7 Q" mLast 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.) g5 @4 S7 D9 ^0 N5 r
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But Garth Kimber, the Manx Government’s head of e-gaming said the Gambling Supervision Commission would remain the prime regulator in the island.2 g5 ?7 S8 V f
! ?8 w M; ]7 q' H, u& sHowever this move could still reduce revenue to Manx coffers if British players had to pay duty in the UK rather than the island. 7 a5 w1 j4 @ G G , g2 L6 n. f; @8 ~& y; \5 o! |The e-gaming industry brings in about ￡4.2 million in revenue from players around the world. : R0 v, a/ I- T) _! v+ G$ O2 f8 [. b- G. p- g7 f4 h4 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. 7 y& r9 Z1 {- C( i# U; N u! Q) a z& Y* |- h
Meanwhile, staff at finance firm Credit Suisse are facing an uncertain future.$ V0 h0 d U) M3 c( `3 L
2 g, w6 t+ ?, U+ K/ 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.7 B8 M1 f, T1 |. \" \
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‘This involves realigning resources to growth areas and adjusting capacity to meet client needs and to manage costs across the business.’ / W! `& M7 l1 s" g2 S+ X1 F& p 4 B5 s5 [ M8 G3 |7 zNine 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.5 ]: z: p, v R
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