Company Out of Online Gambling Business
The house just went bust.
Less than a year after SegaCasino.com and SegaPoker.com launched in Britain, the experiment with online gambling has ended for the company, reports UK based Casino Online. About 125 games were offered, some branded with Sega characters. Sega’s European blog even touted the use of company IP in announcing a formal opening this past January.
The casino was, at best, an experiment–one that, while apparently popular, did not yield much revenue for the company. So, no more deposits are being taken as of last week. Those with Sega Casino accounts can still cash out, and will be paid back via the same means a user deposited. The casino website is still open for such transactions.
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That was a gamble for Sega, yeah. But I kinda found it interesting that they were involved with something like that. Sega’s all about games. No wonder Sonic’s always hitting up the casinos.
Let’s face it, the casino business wasn’t that good for Sega. Does any one here gamble at Segacasino.com? I mean really.
I knew it won’t work for Sega the second they anounnced it. Stick to your video game business Sega. It may be the only thing that you’er good at, and with your recent history of medicore games I don’t think so. Just give a redesigned MegaDrive with built-in Sonic 3 cartridge and I’ll call it a day.
I thought Sonic Team made Sonic Games.
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While Sega’s IPs certainly have their appeals for adult audiences, I always thought it was weird that they built an online casino using them, considering the fact that gambling is only legal for ages ~17+ and the games’ target audiences is ~12.