SOURCE: www.newsdesk.se

A state-controlled gaming company – who is a member of the World Lottery Assocation (“WLA”) - has obtained permission from its government to arrange Internet poker in cooperation with Svenska Spel and Boss Media. The WLA Company will use Svenska Spel’s and Boss Media’s solutions for security and supervision.

“This is a great acknowledgement of our Internet poker”, says Svenska Spel CEO Jesper Kärrbrink.

The government of the WLA Company follows the Swedish example and allows the state-controlled gaming company to arrange Internet poker for its local citizens.

Boss Media will deliver and operate the technical gaming platform and Svenska Spel’s solutions for responsible gaming, security and supervision shall be integrated into the gaming platform that will be delivered by Boss Media. The delivery is expected to be made early in 2008.

“It is satisfying that we will deliver our products to yet another WLA-member. We are particularly content over the cooperation with Svenska Spel who has helped us develop the tools for responsible gaming which will be a fundamental part in the gaming companies’ interactive gaming offers in the future,” says Markus Holm, executive vice president and head of business development at Boss Media.

The concession of the current government to its controlled gaming company effectively states that the new net poker site must be arranged in cooperation with state licensed members only.