LONDON, Aug. 25, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technologies, applications and services company, has today announced its specialist gaming subsidiary company, ROK 8 Ltd., has signed a distribution agreement with leading games provider Inspired Gaming Group plc, for the deployment of a suite of virtual games through ROK's online and mobiles sales channels in China, the USA, India, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil.
Under the terms of the agreement, Inspired Gaming Group, the leading player worldwide in the Open Server-Based Gaming (Open SBG(tm)) market, will provide ROK with a suite of new gaming titles to include Virtual Football, Virtual Motor Racing, Virtual Horse Racing, Virtual Greyhound Racing, Virtual Speedway and Virtual Numbers Draw.
Luke Alvarez, CEO of Inspired, commented: "Working with ROK allows us immediate entry into the fast-growing mobile gaming market internationally online and via ROK's mobile industry sales channels. Their established presence in the mobile space and their aggressive expansion plans mean that we can get our industry leading gaming products out to an even wider audience."
Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman and CEO of ROK, added: "We believe Inspired have the best portfolio of high quality 3-D gaming products available and, as a fellow innovator in the market, partnering with Inspired is a natural step for ROK as we continue to deploy our existing suite of revenue-generating services around the world."
About Inspired Gaming Group:
Inspired Gaming Group plc (INGG) is the leading player worldwide in the Open Server-Based Gaming (Open SBG(tm)) market and is also the leading provider of analogue and Open SBG(tm) machines in the UK for the leisure and gaming markets.
The Group provides Open SBG(tm) software systems and Open SBG(tm) digital and networked terminals in 10 countries today. The Group owns and/or supplies software or services to approximately 50,000 machines, of which in excess of 20,000 are already on the Open SBG(tm) platform.
The Group's customer base includes bars, casinos, bingo halls, licensed betting offices, holiday parks and other out of home leisure venues. Key customers include the major gaming companies such as Gala Coral Group, William Hill, Betfred, Bourne Leisure and Stanleybet.
About ROK:
Founded in 2004, ROK Entertainment Group is a mobile technologies, applications and services development company and has amassed a suite of revenue-generating mobile services which it licenses to Mobile Operators and Handset Manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in the UK, ROK is best known for its award-winning mobile TV services which streams video -- live and on demand -- over 2.5G, 3G and Wi-Fi(r). In addition, ROK has 5 patent awards and many more patent applications in place.
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Forward-Looking Statement:
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