CryptoLogic Inc. has won a contract to supply its gaming software to a British sports betting company hoping to offer on-line poker and casino games to millions of its international sports customers.

The Toronto company said Wednesday it had struck a deal with ukbetting PLC, a licensed on-line sports bet taker and the largest independent Internet sports content provider in the United Kingdom.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Under the agreement, the British company will use the Internet poker and casino software licensed by a CryptoLogic subsidiary to target ukbetting's monthly user base of 3.5 million European sports fans.

CryptoLogic president Lewis Rose said the deal "is a great opportunity that continues CryptoLogic's positive momentum in the key growth areas of its business."

"Poker continues to be the big growth market on the Internet, and we are aggressively seizing this opportunity," Mr. Rose said.

CryptoLogic hopes to eventually increase revenues from online poker to about 10 per cent of its overall business this year, from about one per cent in 2002.