Las Vegas Sands, owner of The Venetian, Sands, Palazzo and Paiza brands, will launch its own online casino and poker room for the United Kingdom market. The company has partnered with Cantor Gaming for this project.

Cantor Gaming, an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald, will provide a state-of-the-art gambling service that will target Great Britain and enable Las Vegas Sands to enter a market that presents more potential than the USA market after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

The online casino and poker room provided by Cantor Gaminng will feature Las Vegas Sands brands, like The Venetian, Sands, Palazzo and Paiza. The website will be operated pursuant to the laws of the British Channel Islands and it will not accept U.S. players.

The site will offer all the popular casino games: baccarat, blackjack, roulette, video poker, slots and online poker. It will be launched during the second quarter of 2007.