1996 Events
August- Orbis is established in West London
1997 Events
September- First implementation of a Sports betting application is started through a joint venture between City Index and Sporting Life for Betonline.co.uk
1998 Events
June- Betonline.co.uk goes live for the World Cup in France
1999 Events
February- Ladbrokes chooses Orbis to develop their online sportsbook
March- TotalBet is released for the UK Tote on OpenBet
May- Blue Square is established from the City Index venture and their new site is launched in time for the Shergar Cup
2000 Events
February- Ladbrokes.com, based in Gibraltar, is released on OpenBet and is the first multi-lingual and multi-currency implementation
March- Littlewoods Bet Direct launches Bet247.com. This is Orbis' first lottery module implementation
March- Surrey Sports goes live on OpenBet. (Now known as SkyBet)
April- Paddy Power goes live
June- Macau SLOT release their internet site for Euro 2000
July- Blue Square launches sports betting on NTL and Telewest using OpenBet
August- Littlewoods and Blue Square go live on WAP
September- Stanley Leisure introduce stanleybet.com on OpenBet
November- Freebets promotional module goes live on Littlewoods' Bet247.com
December- Skybet WAP TV (Bet TV) is launched on OpenBet
December- Orbis is acquired by NDS Ltd., a News International Company
2001 Events
March- Playboysportsbook.com goes live - a white label site run by Ladbrokes & powered by Orbis' Oxi replication
June- Sports.com goes live on OpenBet
July- Ladbrokes Balls, a scheduled numbers game, is released
August- Macau SLOT goes live with cash betting and TeleBet software for a 600-person call centre
September- TeleBet is introduced to our UK customers' call centres first with Ladbrokes and shortly followed by Blue Square
October- Rank Group Plc launches Rank.com including Mecca Games
December- Tattersalls in Australia select Orbis to provide the technology and infrastructure for tatts.com
2002 Events
January- Ladbrokes becomes available on on BSkyB's Sky Active service
March- MGM Mirage chooses Orbis in association with Wagerworks, to develop their inline Casinos
July- Rank selects Orbis and Wagerworks to create HardRockCasino.com
July- TRNI American pool betting is launched on Blue Square. This is Orbis' first pool betting module implementation
September- VISiTV's iRace (a virtual horse racing TV channel running 24/7) is developed on the OpenBet platform
October- Lucky Squares, a scheduled numbers game, is launched for Blue Square
December- MGM Mirage launches playmgmmirage.com and is the first Vegas Casino to go live on the internet using the OpenBet platform
December- PaddyPower migrates their call centre software to use TeleBet on the OpenBet platform
2003 Events
March- OpenBet API - Ladbrokes together with VeCommerce release voice recognition telephone betting for Horse and Greyhound races
April- SkyBet Vegas is launched - fixed odds games for interactive TV, using the OpenBet Games product
May- Fancy a Flutter? NDS, Orbis and Rank launch a dedicated interactive TV service, offering fixed odds style games using OpenBet Games
September- Pool betting for Horse races is launched through Orbis for MJC/SLOT and Blue Square Tote
November- BetDirect TV for Littlewoods, goes live on the Sky Active channel
December- UK Betting site is released on OpenBet version 4.5
December- Stanley upgrade their call centre operation to run on OpenBet, TeleBet and also benefit from Single Account
December- 'Hotshots' and 'Trio Hi Lo' Games are released on Ladbrokes
2004 Events
February- Skybet Bet TV redesign is released
March- Sky Vegas Live channel is launched on the OpenBet platform
March- 100index trading application is launched on Blue Square
May- The spreadbetting firm Cantor Index sets up a fixed-odds sportsbook, using OpenBet as the back end
June- Stanleybet launches UK's first SMS gambling service, using mobile technology from m-connected in conjunction with OpenBet API
June- Paddy Power goes live with the first full Java service for mobile betting, using OpenBet API and mobile technology from mfuse
June- UKBetting offer Games of Skill - such as Darts and Golf - integrated with OpenBet
July- Bet Direct launches Balls Direct on Sky Active
August- TotalBet introduces Promotions and Games on its OpenBet platform
November- Orbis signs up two new customers for OpenBet: Paradisebet and SAMVO
December- Fancy a Flutter web games go live, running on the same OpenBet system as its interactive TV games
2005 Events
February- New Affiliate Manager product is launched
April- Orbis signs up IGH as a customer
May- OpenBet Games: success continues with 100th online game
May- Blue Square launches e-betting shop on the Openbet platform
September- Orbis acquires Nt Media, a leading games concept & content company
September- Victor Chandler Games signs up with Orbis
2006 Events
January- Orbis launches OpenBet Casino at ICE
March- Sky Vegas Live Roulette channel is launched using the OpenBet platform
April- Centrebet and Tote sign up as new customers
2007 Events
January- Parlay sign a partnership agreement with Orbis for its OpenBet Casino and Fixed Odds Games Modules
March- Australia-based Lasseters Corporation selects Orbis' OpenBet Casino module for its online casino at Lasseters.com.au
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