# X& D+ N" N6 w) h5 y3 o188BET遇到危机了 都上报纸了 看来确实问题不小 是不是欧洲战线拉得太长了啊 2 T7 E( Z; v: [1 z( M' n9 A: u[attach]198009[/attach]# t7 A, r0 Y% F& J
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Jobs gloom at e-gaming firm 5 m, m/ I4 M0 f3 a . n' i3 Z; @% [% d/ NPublished on Saturday 23 July 2011 06:45 1 r! M9 A8 `, K; A: ~. r4 m: B# S+ k* B! W" O
STAFF at a Douglas-based online gaming company say they are expecting redundancies.3 ` \- f) X9 V! g' V3 D
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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.7 L3 u9 o" m; q- m- c, C9 @* n
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The company also has several centres in Asia, including the Philippines and Singapore. $ t) {" w1 @: l8 h' A A- c; X* T- Q+ @' U
About 35 people are employed by the company in the Isle of Man – and iomtoday understands staff have been told there will be redundancies. 9 w) c3 T/ g' ?: \0 h/ H+ p Z/ [5 {# v% V6 n! K. U+ eNo-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.+ B& C) d7 A$ ]# p9 K% D% @1 ?
9 W) R4 e) @. i6 L‘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. ' N5 d9 b" {0 k; u" t* R6 d& X8 O, |4 R$ U2 j
‘The review is expected to be concluded within the next month.’ $ f9 S' \, r* u5 W9 P5 ]' m0 ?) W# g& c& d/ p5 ^$ H! F
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.1 V4 `) ?; Q0 {" a
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The company is owned by Cube Ltd which is licensed and regulated by the island’s Gambling Supervision Commission. 2 o, o h2 N( u 7 n2 z/ r, J# P) v* s7 n! W: ]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,+ E0 p! r2 X* ~. g. q& ~$ n: @2 A, F
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The network services licence is designed to recognise business-to-business gaming operators (see page 2).! V# B0 y$ ~3 s; I" L7 e
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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.$ s3 ?) c' w# n0 Q+ P
6 u1 j, ]$ G3 B3 Q0 @But Garth Kimber, the Manx Government’s head of e-gaming said the Gambling Supervision Commission would remain the prime regulator in the island. 6 _. U* ]! j ^& k) q: l : r* m F7 @( R+ u# m2 s! dHowever this move could still reduce revenue to Manx coffers if British players had to pay duty in the UK rather than the island.! z& V! N. C4 ?0 r
( S' P. g6 Y8 V: H4 d3 b* i9 RThe e-gaming industry brings in about ￡4.2 million in revenue from players around the world.- J* a+ f8 x3 F9 o
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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 @& n. n8 S7 c/ ~
* M/ Z1 l; c( t) o6 [Meanwhile, staff at finance firm Credit Suisse are facing an uncertain future.( G/ } `: {# F& j
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Despite 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. g' ]! A! b$ E6 V/ j( Y; d- ] 7 v, _1 w& j* @‘This involves realigning resources to growth areas and adjusting capacity to meet client needs and to manage costs across the business.’' S: i5 s; l K/ D: R1 Y/ `! f/ U% b
, Y6 N) o% x6 e a* i! o$ UNine 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. 8 W2 v; J3 d& J! K6 m+ J6 ~ . ^ [8 X' U+ z5 k' S$ A) k( HThe company employs 42 people in the island and operates from an office in North Quay, Douglas.作者: jiuhe 时间: 2011-7-31 20:15
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