Betcris

BETCRIS
Gambling
Industry Entertainment
Founded 1989[1]
Headquarters Costa Rica, San José
Parent Townview Trading LTD
Website betcris.com

BetCRIS (Costa Rica International Sports) is a company founded in 1989 that offers online gambling[2] services, including sports betting, online casino games, online bingo and mobile gambling and live betting.

The company is headquartered in San José, Costa Rica with satellite offices in Mexico, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru and 12 other countries. The company opened the first sportsbook in the Dominican Republic in 1989.

In 2003 BetCRIS was the victim of numerous attacks and extortion which resulted in their website being offline for almost a month.[3][4] In 2007 the company set up the first sportsbook in Rwanda where they entered into partnership with Rwanda Lotto.[5]

Controversy

In 2006, the company offered bets on whether a hurricane would hit the mainland US. This prompted angry responses from Louisiana's governor, Kathleen Blanco.[6][7]

In the same year the company also took bets on when Fidel Castro would die. A disproportionate number of bets were taken from the Miami area.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Betcris.com: About us
  2. ↑ "200 firms sign up to offer online gambling".
  3. ↑ Ratliff, Evan (3 October 2005). "The Zombie Hunters" – via www.newyorker.com.
  4. ↑ Business Week: Gambling Sites, This Is A Holdup Archived January 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Kagabo, Frank (30 June 2008). "Rwanda: Hedging Your Bets" – via AllAfrica.
  6. ↑ New York Daily News: Storm Bets on Web Raise 'Cane Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Gamblers place their bets on 2006 storm season". www.tmcnet.com.
  8. ↑ Campbell, Duncan (4 August 2006). "As Castro starts recovery, gambling website takes thousands of bets from exiles on when he will die". the Guardian.
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