On 9 September 2021, 888casino acquired William Hill International's European business from US owners Caesars Entertainment for a purchase price of £2.2 billion. In 2021, 888casino stopped offering sports betting in New Jersey as it prepares to launch its regulated Sports Illustrated-branded sportsbook in the state. Ĩ88casino has been awarded eCOGRA's Safe and Fair assurance seal. In 2017, 888casino signed a deal to include slot games from Berlin-based Merkur Interactive Services GmbH, part of the Gauselmann Group. In 2015, Gaming Intelligence magazine described 888casino as 'the only truly pan-European casino.' By 2015 the site was licensed and operating in Gibraltar, New Jersey, Denmark, Spain and a number of other countries and territories. Casino-on-Net was re-branded as 888casino in 2010 to unify the look and feel with other 888 brands. In 1994, the Free Trade & Processing Zone Act was passed in Antigua and Barbuda, opening the way for the development of legal online casinos. Aaron Shaked claims to have come up with the idea of the online casino while attending a dentistry conference in Monte Carlo. History Ĭasino-on-Net was established by brothers Aaron and Avi Shaked along with partners Ron and Shay Ben-Yitzhaq, also two brothers, in 1997. It is one of the Internet's oldest casinos, and in 2013 it became the first exclusively online casino to be licensed in the United States. 888casino, formerly Casino-on-Net, is an online casino founded in 1997 and based in Gibraltar.

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