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    Question Who is Sector Media N.V (E-Commerce Park)?

    Who is Sector Media N.V (E-Commerce Park)? Is it a reliable company?

    This place (data center) is associated with some online casino sites.

    However, I do not really understand what it is.

    I do understand that it is a data center where several different companies are doing several different businesses.
    I can also guess that the systems to run the site are built there, but the actual management staff is not there.

    The reviews on Google don't say much good about them.

    I don't want to write an article without having a good understanding of what the company is actually like.

    Does anyone know more about the structure and operation of the organization? Or do you know where I can find a reference?

    There are sometimes websites that call their data center a base, but do not disclose any information about their operations. Is there any reason or disadvantage for not revealing this information?

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    Looks like the the E commerce park is a data center in Curacao
    https://www.e-commercepark.com/
    It looks like they offer server space, co-location as well as cages etc, that many larger data centers do.


    Not much info on Sector Media
    https://opencorporates.com/companies/cw/101979

    http://www2.curacao-chamber.cw/excerpt.asp
    Description English1a. To organise, market, promote, manage and operate all types of remote gaming activities and sports betting activities, comprising all types of games, betting transactions, the operation of betting exchanges, interactive casinos, bingos lotteries and other interactive games and to carry out any activities ancillary thereto by offering goods or services to persons who participate in lincesed online gaming;
    b. To act as buyers, sellers either by wholesale or retail or correspondence, promoters, importers, exporters, bailees, commission merchants and commission agents and brokers in respect of all types of plant machinery, equipment, merchandise, goods, products and raw materials without restriction as to type or volume, and whether for immediate or future delivery, and whether on a cash or margin basis, in particular software and hardware required in the electronic gaming business;
    c. To purchase or otherwise acquire and import equipment required by the company in order to carry out its objects.
    2. The company is entitled to do all that may by useful or necessary for the attainment of its object or that is connected there with in the widest sense, including participating in any other venture or company.
    3. The business of the company shall exclusively be conducted in an economic zone as expressed in the National Ordinance dated in the twelfth day of February two thousand and one (P.B. 2001, number 1.
    Most data centers can have really huge investments into infrastructure, getting redundant provider loops, battery and generator backup and so many other things that it is logical for a data center to house multiple companies, whether they are directly involved in any one of the companies they host or not is a corporate decision.

    Whether there is a direct connection with the data center and the gaming company provider, beyond asking them directly, they are under no obligation to disclose such, (with exceptions to some public company restrictions in some countries)

    On the surface, it just appears the gaming company uses space in a data center in E-Commerce Park. Whether they also sub lease space to other gaming companies or not, that is a possibility, but not disclosed or information I have seen.

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    Thank you for your answer, RICK.
    I have actual experience with several sites that are based on Sector Media N.V. I've been using them for a while now, and I've never had any problems or troubles as a user.
    As far as I've used them as a user, I haven't had any problems or troubles, and so far there doesn't seem to be any fatal problems from the reviews on the Internet.

    I don't think there is anything wrong with the data center itself.
    However, I am concerned about the information that a completely different operator probably has the same gaming license and the same operating infrastructure (data center), and I have a question.

    I don't know if this is a personal thing or a Japanese thing, but without knowing the actual status of the company, I am cautious.

    I wished I could explain that they are not an opaque site, but now I have given up. I will try to learn more.

    Thank you very much

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    The e-commerce parc is a simple but huge storage/office building in curacao where various gambling authorities are located. There are a handfull people/companies that have a license to offer casino licenses to customers. I believe there are 6, but can also be 7,8 or a bit more. Most of the owners have dutch roots.

    From what i know a group of people who operated casinos in Monaco ended up in curacao and started the first gambling authority called Antillephone. One of the founders was Steven vd Velden. Before they started with gambling in curacao they ran premium phone numbers. They had huge exclusive contracts with companies like tmobile and basically every premium number (sex lines etc.) in europe ran through them. It also had to do with the location as traffic from usa could be transferred through curacao to europe...forget what the exact story was behind that, but those guys earned billions with it.

    Most of the people from that group also helped startup companies. Basically they help finance them in the beginning and take them to the stock exchange. When the last thing happens they step out and take tens of millions. They do this over and over again. They have build payment companies like Dialxs and Adyen. Steven also invested in Elephant Talk and some other things. The big boys network. Working with directors from big banks like ABN Amro among other things. One famous thing they said to me that i will remember forever, during a meetup last year: Elephants dance with Elephants....and sir, you are not an elephant Basically saying i will never be able to join them, and they prety much saw the whole conversation with me as time wasting lol

    Some members of that group went their seperate ways over the years. As all board members had a master license, most of them ended up creating their own licensing companies. 99% of them are located in the e-commerce parc. Antillephone hs been sold in 2021...new owner still sites there. Dont know the new owners name though, although Robbert still is director there from what i heared. Robbert was Stevens main operation-guy.

    One of the board members doesnt run a licensing company. He helps companies that want a license to setup everything in curacao. So, setting up the entities, legal stuff, contracts and so on. This is a huge business as well. Most of the licensing companies in curacao have several demands when it comes to their license. For example, you need to have an office in curacao. You also need to host your player database in curacao and things like that. So what happens is that they increase their earnings this way big time. Some ask 600 a month to rent a tiny server just for the player data. So always check this upfront as there are also options for 20 bucks a month. And gues what this goes through the guy that arranges the legal entities and stuff like that. He ask huge fees as well...and he also has a deal with his previous partners so all customers end up renting hosting stuff through their locations...the e-commerce parc.

    So basically its a money making network where old friends all help each other... I havent heared of Sector Media but perhaps that is the new owner of antillephone or one of the licensing companies at e-comerce parc.

    So long story short. at e-commerce parc you have a bunch of licensing companies (mostly1-4 employees in office), server space for hosting and some administration companies...all related to gambling.

    Also lots of the companies there sell adress for shell companies, some located in e-commerce parc as well. So, to supply casinos with “fake” office space...what i mean with fake is that nobody actually works in the office. They are purely created for tax purposes and to be eligable for a casino license..also part of th money machine.

    All curacao licenses come from one of the six companies who are allowed to do this. Keep in mind that they sold some of their customers master licenses, meaning that the customer in turn is allowed to resell sublicenses of his own. For example we had one in the past...for 100 dollar a month we could arrange an additional casino license which we sold for 350/400 a month to our customers..
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    Thank you very much for providing us with your valuable story. I kind of understand the situation.

    Concrete information that is not guesswork or speculation is very helpful. I was rather surprised XD
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    When i do a search on google i end up at japanese casino called Wonder Casino. Target market Japan and Denmark. When checking those sites i see that Sector Media used an Antillephone casino license, so the company i talked about earlier. That doesnt make them legit though, as antillephone is a bit shady to say the least.

    I cant find much info about wonder-casino .com. When i check google wayback it launched in 2018 and went offline in 2020. According to below site it had a BBIN license before the curacao license...and although i have never heared of BBIN the writer makes it sound like it was a bit shady.

    Sample: https://the-onlinecasino.org/wondercasino-license/

    Not sure how you ended up with Sector Media, but it looks like it was an operator in the past. Cant find much more info about them which doesnt always say anything as most of these curacao companies are pretty anonymous. On the other hand, most are anonymous for a reason and the fact that the casino is down does say something...
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    Thank you for your research.
    Yes... In the beginning, Wonder Casino had some problems, such as license switching, server downtime, and long term maintenance of the payment service. (The problem seems to be fixed now that it's been reacquired and rebuilt.

    And I know of at least three sites, including one in Japan, that are based on Sector Media N.V (E-Commerce Park).

    "casino-wonder.com, yous777.com, and bet-channel.com."

    Frankly speaking, I find them more suspicious and uncomfortable than the other major casino sites.

    However, I have experienced those sites as a user, and I feel that they are on par with other major sites and are well run. (For one user, that is lol)

    Each site has its own quirks. I guess you could call it individuality... (I don't think they are run by the same staff.)

    It's good for me as an individual, but if you ask me if I can confidently introduce it on my portal site, I'd say "No" right now.

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