Jadestone Networks recently announced they have signed the World Series of Backgammon for their new backgammon network. Jadestone Networks is a Nordic based operator and owner of multiplayer gaming networks. The areas the network owns are DiceArena and GamArena.

Jadestone’s DiceArenas just launched in June with a multiplayer platform and have partnered with Nordicbet, PAF and Bwin. Robert Henrysson the CEO at Jadestone commented: “We’ve already seen that backgammon is a tremendously popular game. All of our partners are hungry to launch our new version and player numbers in the network have grown every day since early June. We want to become the largest network and to be the first choice for dedicated backgammon players across Europe and this partnership with the WSOB underlines just how serious we are.”

The Managing Director for the World Series of Backgammon, Andy Bell, also commented: “We’ve been building up to this online backgammon launch on our WSOB site for some time, but we think it was worth the wait; the Jadestone platform is absolutely the right solution for us. From July 24 all backgammon enthusiasts will be able to play online via our site and qualify for WSOB offline events in cities such as Cannes and Prague and for the WSOB Championship in London this October where the expected prize pool will top Euro 300 000. We have a strong field of players lined up to get rolling on our new online site.”








- 2009-07-20