CryptoLogic成立合资公司进入中国市场
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2007-1-22
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7 t+ R$ I$ V2 {) G1 E世界最大的博彩软件开发公司之一CryptoLogic，已经同中国软件开发公司Brilliance Technology和一家加拿大游戏开发发行公司Game 568 Network签定了旨在开拓中国市场的协议。根据协议，三家公司将合资成立一个新公司，共同发展中国大陆、台湾、澳门和香港的市场。CryptoLogic负责开发适合中国市场的扑克和娱乐场产品，Brilliance则负责为网络与移动用户提供游戏平台，同时争取获得中国福利彩票中心的许可，运作真钱娱乐场网站。
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: s1 h& P4 g% _( ?CryptoLogic亚太分公司常务董事Shailesh Naik表示“CryptoLogic较早就认识到亚洲的网络博彩游戏市场有巨大潜力。同这些有经验而且值得尊重的合作伙伴一起，加上CryptoLogic的革新精神，我们会不仅在中国，甚至在亚洲产生巨大的影响。
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http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/172869
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CryptoLogic bets on China
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January 19, 2007
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Canadian Press
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SINGAPORE – Canadian-based gambling software provider CryptoLogic Inc. (TSX: CRY) has set up a joint venture "to penetrate the high-growth, high-potential Chinese market."
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The memorandum of agreement announced Friday with the Beijing-based Brilliance software group and 568 Network Inc., a two-year-old Canadian game designer, contemplates a new company that will adapt CryptoLogic's online casino and poker offerings and develop new games aimed at players in China, Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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2 w6 I! Q- }& F! _Brilliance Technology Co. is to establish a division delivering the games in two modes – play-for-fun subscriptions for Internet cafes and mobile devices, and play-for-money sites.
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" I6 D: l! k+ l4 g/ M/ E2 H2 |Financial terms of the venture were not disclosed, but CryptoLogic said it will initially have a minority interest with an option to raise its stake to a controlling position.
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' B/ B5 } N& k) ~( s"This is the first major step in executing one of our cornerstone strategies: to expand in Asia, a key growth market for CryptoLogic," stated Lewis Rose, president and CEO of CryptoLogic, which is currently shifting its head office to Dublin but intends to remain operationally centred in Toronto.
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$ D" ` C4 A" Z3 ?"The agreement brings to CryptoLogic substantial game development and IT skills uniquely suited to the Asian gaming market, and provides well-placed resources in China to guarantee that our first steps are successful ones," Rose said.
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Li Fu Hua, chairman of Brilliance Technology, said there is a huge Asian appetite for online gaming and the joint venture will "penetrate the market quickly, deeply and legitimately."
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3 W" Y" x4 h. {6 e: ]Game568, headquartered in Markham, north of Toronto, already has a Shanghai subsidiary creating games for the Chinese market.
