Life contract for 888

Gibraltar-based online gaming operator 888 Holdings has announced that its Dragonfish independent business-to-business division has signed an deal with Linden Labs to provide e-payment, fraud and customer support management services.

Founded in 1999, Linden Labs is the firm behind Second Life, one of the world's leading three-dimensional virtual environments, and Dragonfish revealed that services would be delivered via its back-office functionality and advanced cashier interface.

”Today's agreement extends our offer of total gaming services into total payment services and highlights the increasingly diverse nature and strength of Dragonfish's operations,” said Gabi Campos, Managing Director for Dragonfish.

“We have many gaming partners interested in our e-payment solutions but this is a giant step beyond our core operations into the retail environment. It's an excellent complementary business for Dragonfish, which will provide incremental revenues.”

Dragonfish stated that its e-payment solutions are unique and combine payment optimisation technology and fraud management including anti-money laundering with around-the-clock multi-lingual customer operations to assist customers' deposits and withdrawals reactively and proactively.

“Second Life residents log into the virtual world from nearly every country around the globe and participate in a virtual economy that will exceed $500 million this year,” said Mark Kingdon, Chief Executive Officer for Linden Labs.

“Dragonfish has a strong track record in unlocking new markets through its unique and secure payment processing solutions and, as Second Life continues to grow internationally, we're pleased to work with them to provide easy and secure payment options for our users outside of the United States.”