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Manx firm signs US casino deal

Manx-based online payment processing company Optimal Payments says it’s signed a deal with the owner’s of Caesar’s Palace casino in America.

Optimal’s deal with Caesars Interactive Entertainment will mean it’ll provide payment and related services as CIE enters the American online poker market.

CIE is part of the Caesars Entertainment Corporation, which owns resorts and casinos on four continents.

Joel Leonoff, Optimal Payments’ president and Chief Executive Officer, says the deal is a first step in a strategy to expand into the regulated US market.

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