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Speirtech develops MMS gambling service

Speirtech, a Dublin based company providing mobile casino platforms, said that its recent demonstration with Logica of interactive casino games on mobile handsets was the first time this has been achieved in the MMS arena.

The demonstration of mobile gaming was performed using Logica's MMSC's mobile application interface and Speirtech's MGP (Mobile Gaming Platform). According to the two companies, this joint venture produced an application that gives mobile or gaming/casino operators the power to deliver one shot games like the mobile fruit machine to the mobile user via a colour animated multimedia message.

Speirtech says the multimedia message plays like a PowerPoint presentation, informing the user of their bets, using animated graphics to spin the reels on screen and finally providing the user with a game result.

At present Speirtech's MMS gambling system is not commercially available, although the company says it is in talks with several interested parties.

Mobile gambling is expected to be worth at least E700m worldwide by 2006 according to research by the Irish wireless consultancy, Alatto.