888casino

Also known as 888 casino, Casino-on-Net, 888casino.com

888casino, formerly Casino-on-Net, is an online casino brand owned by Evoke plc. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Gibraltar. It is one of the Internet's oldest casinos, and in 2013 it became the first exclusively online casino to be licensed in the United States.

Key facts

Company.name: 888casino
Company.logo: 888casino_logo.svg
Company.foundation: 1998
Company.location: Gibraltar
Company.area_served: Worldwide
Company.industry: Gambling
Company.products: Online casino
Company.parent: Evoke plc

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: online gambling
Country: United Kingdom
Parent organization: Evoke plc
Industry: online casino
Official website: pt.888casino.com

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inception: 1997-00-00
social media followers: 11355
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United States
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==History== Casino-on-Net was established by brothers Aaron and Avi Shaked along with partners Ron and Shay Ben-Yitzhaq, also two brothers, in 1997. Aaron Shaked claims to have come up with the idea of the online casino while attending a dentistry conference in Monte Carlo. In 1994, the Free Trade & Processing Zone Act was passed in Antigua and Barbuda, opening the way for the development of legal online casinos. Casino-on-Net was re-branded as 888casino in 2010 to unify the look and feel with other 888 brands. By 2015 the site was licensed and operating in Gibraltar, New Jersey, Denmark, Spain and a number of other countries and territories.

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