The online betting group talked down the possibility of making a renewed bid for Empire Online now that it has sold its poker assets.
“If someone could bring us an American sports betting book, we\’d be interested,” said Andrew McIver, Sportingbet Finance Director.
Speaking to Reuters, McIver also indicated that recent reports of low American football betting margins were not worrying the company.
The company will release its results next week and McIver described football margins over the last six months as “not bad.”
Sportingbet is keen to enter the Asian market, as well as increase its presence in France, Italy, Germany and Portugal.
“I see a joint venture as the most likely way into Asia. We\’ve looked several times and we will continue to look. We know we can\’t yet have covered every base,” said McIver, who was not worried about the US bill to prohibit internet gambling.
“It\’s been tried so many times, but it can\’t get the support,” he said. “Personally, I believe the risk of it succeeding goes down each year.”
In separate news, investment bank Morgan Stanley, while hosting an online gaming conference in London, claimed that it continues to think that the passing of a US anti-online gambling bill is unlikely.
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