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Company History
1997
888 was founded in 1997 in the British Virgin Islands as Virtual Holdings Limited. In the same year, its Antiguan subsidiary obtained a gaming licence in Antigua where it based all of its management, gaming servers, member support functions and technical and payments staff. 888’s platform and first proprietary product, Casino-on-Net, was launched in May 1997.
1998
Random Logic Limited was established in 1998 in Tel-Aviv, Israel to provide research and development and marketing services to 888.
2002
888 launched its second casino product, Reef Club Casino, in June 2002. In 2002, 888 Holdings launched its 888.com brand and also its multi-player online poker room, Pacific Poker. 888 Holdings also established an additional marketing office, Virtual Marketing Services (UK) Limited, in London in 2002 to source its offline advertising in the UK.
2003
in July 2003, 888 obtained a gaming licence in Gibraltar. At that time, 888’s headquarters, management and operational centre, including all of its gaming and deposit servers and its dedicated member support centre, were moved from Antigua to Gibraltar. Towards the end of 2003, 888 launched version seven of Casino-on-Net.com.
2004
In August 2004 888 introduced a pilot programme for skill games (888.tv and 888.info). In October 2004, 888 Holdings launched access to a betting exchange platform, Betmate.com, to non-US members.
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