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<TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="WIDTH: 100%; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 7.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 7.5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; PADDING-TOP: 7.5pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top>BetCRIS goes live with new skill gaming site</TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 7.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 7.5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; PADDING-TOP: 7.5pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top>Costa Rica-based sports betting giant BetCRIS has gone live with a skill gaming sub-site, through a deal with <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1
lace w:st="on">UK</st1
lace></st1:country-region> software firm Gameaccount.</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 7.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 7.5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; PADDING-TOP: 7.5pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">In a surprising move for the pro-bettor-based BetCRIS site, users can play games such as mah-Jong, solitaire and rummy for as little as a few cents per game.
It is part of a wider move by the firm to diversify into gaming, with bingo, lottery and virtual horseracing also in the works.
Although it is one of the largest sportsbooks catering to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">US</st1
lace></st1:country-region>, BetCRIS is believed to have a relatively small recreation player base.
But in recent months it has put together one of the widest portfolio of non-betting products in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">US</st1
lace></st1:country-region>.
It has also added a wireless wagering service through a deal with mobile technology firm Phantom Fiber.
BetCRIS is also the subject of takeover rumours, with the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Costa Rica</st1
lace></st1:country-region> giant slated to acquire one of its largest competitors.
Earlier this year it took over struggling Costa Rica-based sportsbooks PlayASAP and BetAtlantic.
BetCRIS stepped in to guarantee all customer balances, and PlayASAP is now under BetCRIS management although it continues to provide its own separate lines and odds.
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