Want to buy an online casino? Before I go on, let me first say this isn't one of
those "Own Your Own Online Casino" scams either. What that means is that if you
want to own this particular online casino, you are going to have to pay a
healthy price tag. The online casino I am speaking of is one you might have come
across - Acropolis Casino. But wait, scratch everything I said. While I wouldn't
necessarily call it a scam, per say, I have a feeling that something just isn't
right with this deal.
First of all, the owners - Grouse Entertainment NV - who
is the subsidiary of Leisure and Gaming Plc., is apparently going to be sold off
by L&G, thus explaining the sale of Acropolis. Why not just sell Grouse
Entetainment? Has the company dissolved? Why no word on this? Secondly, they are
only asking for $500,000. I know this is a big number to most of us, myself
included. However, in the world of online casino gambling, it really isn't.
If Acropolis had bottomed out and wasn't making good money, I could
understand that price. However, Acropolis claims that since the start of 2007,
they have been bringing in an average of $100,000 in profits per month and
$16,000 in EBIT per month. They also claim they have a database of 24,000 non-US
real money players. And all this without any recent marketing.
I don't know about you, but getting a return on your investment in only five
months sounds too good to be true. On top of it all, the website isn't even up
and running. Does anybody honestly think those 24,000 players are going to come
back to gamble. Sounds more like an email list if you ask me. Granted, Acropolis
did seem legitimate when they were up and running. Their software is licensed by
Playtech and the company owns an online casino gambling license through Curacao.
I really do wish them the best and hope that Acropolis Casino gets a new life.