Current and future licensees can now leverage Mahjong Logic’s new Isle of Man license

Douglas, Isle of Man – January 20th, 2012 (www.mahjonglogic.com) – Mahjong Logic, Ltd., the leading peer to peer online mahjong software provider worldwide has just upgraded its Isle of Man online gaming licence to include “business to business” capabilities.

”We are proud of the fact that our gaming licence is granted in the Isle of Man and now all our licensees will have the flexibility to leverage upon the world’s top gaming licence based on their individual needs”, said Jonas Alm, Mahjong Logic CEO. ”With this new upgrade in licensing we are now able to offer our licensees a network services licence, standard licence or sub-licensing.”

The Isle of Man is considered by many as the premier online gaming jurisdiction to be licensed in. The Island’s robust Player Protection rules set it apart from competing jurisdictions- giving both operators and players peace of mind. This was most evident following “Black Friday” in 2011 when one of the Island’s largest licensees successfully returned all deposited monies to their players. “The introduction of this level of licence gives us the ability to satisfy every model of gaming business in the Isle of Man from those selling their platform capabilities to other businesses to those with direct customers,” said Garth Kimber, former Head of iGaming Development for the Isle of Man.

New Licensee Kashbet.com

Douglas, Isle of Man – November 22nd, 2011 – Mahjong Logic has just announced the signing of KashBet.com as a new licensee to its ever growing list of world-wide customers. Kashbet.com uses a model of leveraging the “best of bread” technology partners which now will include Mahjong Logic for the online mahjong component. This will strengthen their efforts in Asia and also Europe where Kashbet has a strong and growing presence.

”Kashbet.com has the experience and diversified online game audience to be really successful for online mahjong”, said Jonas Alm, Mahjong Logic CEO. ”Their business model is well equipped to handle our seamless backend integration. They are very experienced with running successful gaming companies and have great capabilities to cross sell across new game platforms including online mahjong.”

Licensed in Isle of Man via Keen Ocean Entertainment, kashbet.com has all the pieces in place to further grow the world wide online mahjong market. A large percentage of their player base is Asian and very familiar with the game of mahjong.

”Kashbet.com is thrilled to round out our gaming platform with the world’s most popular game in Mahjong,” said Jerry Tse, CEO of kashbet.com. “Mahjong Logic brings the expertise and know how in ensuring that we succeed in the online mahjong world. They are well respected in the industry and have already existing partnerships with our other software vendors. This background made this deal very easy for us to form and we look forward to a very positive partnership for many years to come.”

Mahjong Logic signs with Bodog88.com

Mahjong Logic has signed with Bodog88.com, the Asian facing licensee of the world’s largest betting brand, to ensure their customers have access to the best mahjong experience on the web.

”Bodog88 is one of our largest licensee brands to date and this deal shows the continued growth in demand for online mahjong throughout the world”, said Jonas Alm, Mahjong Logic CEO. ”Mahjong Logic is pleased to launch our product with such a well recognized brand which has always been cutting edge and ahead of the curve when it comes to online gaming.”

Bodog88 has gained a strong foothold in Asia and having online mahjong strengthens their offering.There is an estimated 700 million Mahjong players worldwide. Mahjong is considered to be the national pastime game of China and is one of the most widely played games in the world. Online gaming companies are now turning to online Mahjong as the “next online poker” especially for their Asian players and expansion plans into the region.

”Bodog88 has searched long and hard for the best peer to peer online mahjong solution and we have found the perfect partner in Mahjong Logic,” said Robert Gustafsson, Managing Director of Bodog88.com. “Asia is the world’s fasting growing market for online gaming and having mahjong is an absolute must for us in this region.”

Mahjong Logic Signs New Licensee 66mahjong.com

Douglas, Isle of Man – November 8th, 2011 – Mahjong Logic Limited, the leading peer to peer online mahjong software provider worldwide has just announced the signing of 66Mahjong.com as a new licensee. With a strong foothold in the hospitality industry throughout Asia, 66mahjong.com will initially focus on the Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore markets.

”Our banner year continues as we look forward to finishing strong and also continue strengthening ourselves in the Asia region”, said Jonas Alm, Mahjong Logic CEO. ”We foresee many benefits with the leveraging of 66mahjong’s strong hospitality relationships and we also appreciate their past investments into two of the top internet companies in Asia. Their track record is one of foresight and good decision making.”

66mahjong.com plans to market both online and offline using television, land based tournaments, and affiliation with well know Asian brick and mortar operations. The game itself will be available in English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese and Japanese along with 5 rule sets to cater to all of Asia and the remaining world.

”66mahjong.com is extremely excited to have the number one game in Asia, mahjong, offered online via our new platform,” said William Hu, CEO of 66mahjong.com. “Mahjong Logic is the perfect solution and partner for what our online objectives are for the region. “The game flows smoothly and offers our players a peer to peer experience which is unmatched anywhere.”

Mahjong Logic Announces the Launch of MahjongFestival.com

Douglas, Isle Of Man – August 31, 2011 – Mahjong Logic, Ltd., the leading peer to peer online mahjong software provider worldwide has launched mahjong-festival.com in partnership with recent partner Plus-Five Gaming.

MahjongFestival.com arrives in conjunction with the UK’s largest land-based Mahjong Festival. Both Mahjong Logic and Plus-Five Gaming are major sponsors of this first time ever event. The festival will begin and be played throughout the 2nd and 3rd of September at London’s Hanover Square and is free to participate. Tournaments will run approximately every hour and all mahjong enthusiasts 18 and over are welcome to participate in this historic event which runs in conjunction with “Poker in the Park”, ‘Europe’s biggest Poker Festival.

Organizer Michael Caselli said, “The addition of mahjong is not only a way to involve the large Chinese community from nearby China Town in our festival, but we also hope it will introduce a large number of poker players to what is one of the most widely played skill games in the world.”

For Mahjong Logic this continues a positive trend for a record setting year in terms of new licensees. Mahjong both online and offline are becoming more mainstream.

”We feel there is no better time to launch this new site than immediately prior to the launch of the Mahjong Festival in London,” said Jonas Alm, Mahjong Logic CEO. “The event shows the popularity of mahjong worldwide and we are thrilled to be partnered with Plus-Five Gaming as we look to further promote one of the world’s most popular games here in Europe.”

”Plus-Five Gaming is excited to be a part of this prestigious land based event as well as a complimentary online brand launching at the same time.” said Mark Jones, Marketing & Business Development Director of Plus-Five Gaming,. ”We saw this opportunity to launch our new mahjong offering and at the same time allow our many customers who have asked for online mahjong to immediately take part in both the event and our online brand. Mahjong to us is looking more and more promising as an emerging game.”

Mahjong Logic Signs New Japan facing Licensee DoraMahjong.com

Douglas, Isle of Man – July 19th, 2011 – Mahjong Logic, Ltd., the leading peer to peer online mahjong software provider has just announced the signing of a new licensee targeting Japan. Dora Mahjong will utilize its massive traffic and affiliate resources to establish the brand as the most popular site in Japan for online mahjong. Mahjong is the most popular table game in Japan with more than 10 million players and over 10000 mahjong parlors.

”We are excited to expand our presence in Japan which remains a country where the game of mahjong is extremely popular”, said Jonas Alm, Mahjong Logic CEO. “Other than Pachinko, the game of mahjong is the most popular in Japan. We are extremely happy to be working with a leader in the region who has set high standards and goals.”

Mahjong Logic is able to offer DoraMahjong.com two local versions of the Riichi mahjong rule set both in a four player version and also a three player Kansai rule set. Both are extremely popular in Japan which will ensure player liquidity. Japan has 90.9 million Internet users which is the third most in the world behind China and the United States. This constitutes an internet penetration rate of 71.4% and combined with the popularity of mahjong shows major potential for future growth.

”DoraMahjong.com is excited to launch mahjong as a key offering for our current game portfolio,” said Mr. Magnus Rask, CEO of DoraMahjong.com. “We chose Mahjong Logic due to their expertise in the market and their unrivaled turnkey solution, which enable us to offer the best possible online mahjong solution to our customer base. Also, Mahjong Logic was able to provide us with the necessary payment solutions as well as world class customer support which is a necessity when targeting the Japanese market”

Mahjong Logic Announces Licensing Partnership with Plus-Five Gaming

Douglas, Isle of Man – July 5th, 2011 – Mahjong Logic, Ltd., the leading peer to peer online mahjong software provider worldwide has just announced the signing of a new licensing agreement with Plus-Five Gaming. Plus-Five Gaming has leveraged the world’s leading online gaming software to have one of the most comprehensive online game networks in the world.

2011 has been a stellar year and Mahjong Logic enters the second half of the year with yet another solid partner to promote the game of online mahjong worldwide. The partnership allows Plus-Five Gaming to look toward the Asia market with a product that is the most played game throughout the region.
”This partnership opens the door to an additional player base for the emerging game of online mahjong,” said Jonas Alm, Mahjong Logic CEO. “Plus-Five Gaming has a large list of reputable online gaming partners and licensees with a reach to a market that we are confident represent a large growth potential for our company.”
With the recent “Black Friday” indictments and uncertainty moving forward for online poker market, online mahjong becomes an attractive alternative for growth for peer to peer online gaming. The game has wide spread popularity in an ever growing marketplace in Asia and many jurisdictions view mahjong as a true game of skill which allows for more valid payment processing solutions.
”Plus-Five Gaming is thrilled to partner with the world’s top provider of online mahjong solutions,” said Mark Jones, Marketing & Business Development Director of Plus-Five Gaming. ”This was a gap in our product offering and many of our partners and licensee customers have asked for an online mahjong solution. Now we can finally satisfy this demand with the Mahjong Logic solution, which is comfortably the best in the market.”

Mahjong Logic Signs Multi-year agreement with Network Media for EGASS

Network Media has announced that market leading mahjong gaming service provider Mahjong Logic, has signed a multi-year master license agreement for their EGaming Affiliate System Software (EGASS).

”Mahjong Logic is excited to add EGASS to our current platform and offer a market leading affiliate system to our licensees,” said Jonas Alm, CEO of Mahjong Logic. ”EGASS has the solution and expertise which ensures our licensees an all-inclusive system which will help grow our overall player and affiliate base.”

As a result of this agreement, Mahjong Logic’s gaming licensees will benefit from a comprehensive suite of powerful features, functions and integrated business management tools to effectively build, manage and grow their affiliate marketing businesses through the EGASS platform.

”We are delighted that Mahjong Logic has chosen the EGASS solution for its licensees’ affiliate programs” says Network Media’s Managing Director, Ian Jewers. ”Mahjong Logic is the market leading mahjong gaming service provider and we look forward to working with them as they push forward in the exciting and fast growing mahjong gaming market”.

Network Media Services

Network Media Services (NMS) is the name behind a new generation of performance marketing software developed to manage, automate and exploit third party distribution models on the internet. NMS was an early pioneer of online marketing systems, developing solutions for affiliate networks and advertisers from 1997. These systems are still serving millions of advertisements and financial transaction processes every day and are used by over 100,000 affiliates each month.

EGASS (EGaming affiliate software system) caters for new start up and existing gaming operators and can be customised to suit the specific needs of each individual operator. EGASS provides the gaming operator and affiliate partners with a powerful management solution that is easy to use with a full suite of business intelligence tools that help maximize both operator and affiliates business objectives.

By default operators and affiliates can choose to operate and switch between English, Swedish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, Japanese and Chinese language sets. Any additional languages can also be catered for on demand. EGASS also supports all local currencies simultaneously.

For more information, please see the EGASS website at egass.com

Mahjong Logic Announces Strategic Partnership with HoGaming

Douglas, Isle of Man – May 23rd, 2011 – Mahjong Logic, Ltd., the leading peer to peer online mahjong software provider worldwide has just announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with HoGaming. HoGaming is the world leader for live dealer games featuring high end quality streaming video, and the partnership marks the broadening of an Asian powerhouse for live dealer and online mahjong which continues to grow in popularity across the region. This new partnership will allow HoGaming’s licensees to easily add online mahjong using their existing setup including single sign-on across systems and seamless wallet.

”HoGaming is dominating the live dealer space worldwide and it is an honor to be associated with them. This now shows the ever growing demand for online mahjong,” said Jonas Alm, Mahjong Logic CEO. ”Mahjong Logic is extremely excited to be partnered with HoGaming. The Ho family is known worldwide to be leaders in gaming and online mahjong is now a part of that dominance.”

The combination of live dealer streaming and peer to peer online mahjong seem like a perfect fit. The most popular game for HoGaming is baccarat which is loved and cherished by Asian players worldwide. The same is true with mahjong which has an estimated 700 million player base and allows online players a side game while continuing to play online live dealer games.

”Mahjong Logic allows our company to seamlessly incorporate peer to peer online mahjong which is a game our customers have been asking for.,” said Peter Kjaer. ”Operating in the Asia region ultimately requires us to offer the region’s most popular game in mahjong. Mahjong Logic gives us instant player liquidity and the confidence in launching this new game for all our operators and their customer base worldwide.”

For more information please contact:
Jonas Alm, CEO, Mahjong Logic Limited
Mob: +46 70 817 94 91
E-mail: jonas.alm@mahjonglogic.com

About Mahjong Logic:
Mahjong Logic is the leading peer to peer online mahjong software provider in the world today offering a full turnkey solution. Mahjong Logic is licensed and regulated by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Council and compliant with the independent player protection and standards body eCOGRA. Mahjong Logic offers a complete suite of online Mahjong solutions where licensees can choose from a variety of software setups and solutions.

About HoGaming:
HoGaming is an international gaming and entertainment business based in Hong Kong. It has been providing live dealer gaming content in Asia for all of the 21st Century. HoGaming’s operations centre in the Philippines supports the best in breed technology that powers the live dealer / live gaming environment. The dealers operating in the Philippines are all trained in accordance with Macau regulations, by the training staff from the famous Grand Lisboa Casino in Macau, before working in the live dealer environment.

Mahjong Logic Signs New Licensee Tycoonbet

Isle of Man – April 12th, 2011 (www.mahjonglogic.com) – Mahjong Logic, Ltd., the leading peer to peer online mahjong software provider worldwide has just announced the signing of Tycoonbet as a new licensee. Tycoonbet already has a strong online casino and poker games platform and will now integrate online mahjong as part of their consumer offering. As an up and coming operator, Tycoonbet will focus on building a strong presence in Canada and China.

”2011 continues to be a strong performing year in which we build on 2010’s strong performance”, said Jonas Alm, Mahjong Logic CEO. ”Having another operator with a presence in Asia proves that the game of online mahjong along with our turnkey software are viable and in great position for future growth. Tycoonbet is no exception as they and many other brands have scoured the world for the best possible mahjong software and have settled with Mahjong Logic as software provider.”

Tycoonbet has secured a strong foothold with Greater China and the overseas Chinese market in Canada. The game of mahjong is extremely popular in both regions and compliments all current casino offerings in place. Online mahjong offers the region’s most popular game to a player base already familiar with the game.

”Tycoonbet is excited to add online mahjong to our current platform of games,” said Candy Lee, CEO of Tycoonbet.com. “Mahjong Logic has the platform and expertise which ensures our players a positive experience and will grow our overall player base. We have searched the market for the right online mahjong partner and could not be happier securing this partnership with Mahjong Logic.”