Donaco insists online gambling launch on track for October

Asian casino operator Donaco International insists it’s on target to meet the October launch date of its Cambodian online gambling operations.

Last week, Donaco CEO Joey Lim suggested that his company’s Star Vegas casino in Poipet, Cambodia might not make its stated October launch of online gambling operations. Lim told a Malaysian business paper that it could take “maybe six to seven months to develop the platform” and integrate it with the property’s CRM tools.

Fast forward to Tuesday, when Donaco filed papers with the Australian Stock Exchange indicating that its junket marketing partner Vivo Tower Limited had prepared an area in Star Vegas “for 12 online gaming tables, to be operated by third party junkets.” This online gaming area is “expected to commence operations within the next month.”

Cambodia permits many of its casino operators to conduct online gambling activities, provided they don’t accept local residents as customers. Last October, Donaco announced that it was in possession of an online gambling license and was exploring ways to utilize this heretofore untapped revenue channel.