In accordance with the agreement with Italy's largest remote gaming service provider, Microgame, Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment AB will serve as a casino provider of choice for Microgame.

Being Italy's largest independent remote gaming service provide, Microgaming manages in excess of 1.3 million game accounts on behalf of its Italian authorised customers. Its market share in poker currently stands at 25 percent while that for sportsbetting is 28 percent.

Johan Ohman, Chief Executive Officer for Net Entertainment said: "It is encouraging that one of the dominant incumbents has selected Net Entertainment as its strategic casino partner, thereby giving us a substantial footprint in a totally new market."

"We are very happy to join Net Entertainment to our exciting gaming project for the new emerging Italian casino games market," said Fabrizio D'Aloia, Chief Executive Officer for Microgame. "The worldwide recognition of Net Entertainment's expertise in developing and marketing casino games will be strategic for Microgame in maintaining its leadership in the Italian online gaming market."