A Labour government would continue working to attract new gaming investors and to sustain the industry.

Speaking during a visit to Betfair Offices in Sta Venera, Dr Muscat also called for a strategy for social gaming.

Social gaming, he said, would create new quality jobs and the gaming industry was a sector without political controversies. A new Labour government would work to attract new investors.

Betfair is the largest online betting exchange bases in Europe and one of the largest globally. It will be branching out into social gaming.

The company processes around 300 bets per second, 70 per cent of which are related to sports.

In Malta, the company employs around 170 people in Malta.

Dr Muscat was accompanied by MPs Charles Mangion and Karmenu Vella, the latter one of Betfair's directors.

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