January 15 - The industry has seen a number of online casino closures and
takeovers over the last few months and in a sign of the difficult economic times, the Playboy Casino and Poker
room
has closed its doors.
An email was sent out this week by Playboy Gaming, advising customers that
effective January 29th they will no longer be able to play at the Playboy Gaming
sites.
Playboy Gaming have had a rough ride in the online gaming space. They
launched on the Cryptologic network in 2006,
not long before the introduction of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act
in the US. The Playboy
Casino and Poker Room were therefore never available to US citizens, which
eliminated a major part of their target market.
Cryptologic trades on New York Stock Exchange and was a pioneer in online
gambling. The loss of the Playboy brand comes soon after another brand, Omni
Casino, defected to Playtech. Q3 2008 reports for Cryptologic show a loss of
well over $5 million, so it's not a year to remember.
Nevertheless,
Cryptologic continues to make waves in the online casino space with some of the
best games out there. In January they launched three new games including Marvel Super Hero, Spider-Man, a new adventure slot game
called Dragon Sword, and an enhanced version of Atlantic City Blackjack, one of
the company's most popular casino games.
Players can try the games at
Intercasino.com.
"At CryptoLogic, branded casino games are one of the pillars of our strategy,
and today we extend our lead in this highly profitable segment even further,"
said Brian Hadfield, CEO and President of CryptoLogic's. "CryptoLogic's original
Spider-Man slot game was one of our most successful games ever, and we have high
hopes for these new games, which deliver a truly unique customer experience."
If you enjoyed the Cryptologic casino games offered by Playboy Casino, we
recommend you switch to
Intercasino.com where you can continue to play all their wonderful games
including the superb Marvel Comic Hero slots.)
(Cryptologic casinos unfortunately do not accept real money players from the
United States.).)
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