Online Gambling Popular with Israelis
24 February 2005
ISRAEL – As reported by Haaretz: "Israelis really like playing casino games, they're quite hooked on it," said Ira Gladnikoff, vice president of Swedish online gambling company OnGame. She added that Israelis are particularly prevalent visitors on online gambling sites. "That's why we will be running a site specially in Hebrew, despite it being such a small country."
"OnGame runs the online site www.pokerroom.com, considered the fifth-largest online poker web site in the world. Some 3.5 million surfing punters a day place around $13 million on bets.
"The local potential is so great that OnGame will be launching a campaign to teach Israelis how to play the game.
"…Gladnikoff, a Swedish Jew who has family in Israel, thought up OnGame's venture in Israel, for which the company is to spend $100,000 in the first stages…"