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Playtech subsidiary’s BetTracker brings online innovation to the betting shop

27 Feb 2017

Playtech BGT Sports has issued a statement advising that the company is set to launch its innovative BetTracker product, an app that allows punters to transfer their sports bets to their mobile devices after placing them in-shop. Gamblers are then able to watch their bets progress and when appropriate cash them out on the system, …

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Playtech upbeat on FY-2016 results

23 Feb 2017

Online gambling software and games developer Playtech has posted its FY-2016 results, flagging a busy year with many achievements. Highlights of the report include: * Total revenues up 12 percent y-o-y at Euro 708.6 million: 20 percent revenue growth at constant currency; 13 percent revenue growth excluding acquisitions and at constant currency; and 48 percent …

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Playtech deals with Captain Up

20 Feb 2017

Playtech licensees will enhance their real-time engagement and retention capabilities following the signing of a strategic partnership between Playtech and Captain Up. As a Playtech Certified Partner, Captain Up will integrate its platform within Playtech’s IMS player management system enabling licensees to create further loyalty through the use of gamification, in game communication, social and …

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Betfred partnership with Playtech extended

9 Feb 2017

Betfred will continue its decade-long partnership with Playtech until beyond 2020 in a multi-year extension to its existing contract. Betfred customers will continue to enjoy Playtech casino content, progressive jackpots, over 600 slot titles, bingo, poker, live casino verticals and promotions which include Betfred Casino’s participation in Playtech’s exclusive licensee £500,000 cash casino network promotion …

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Playtech clinch major licensing deal with Warner Bros.

7 Feb 2017

Playtech has entered into its largest ever, multi-year, branded games content deal with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, on behalf of DC Entertainment. The exclusive agreement allows Playtech to develop a wide catalogue of DC-branded film and television properties into omni-channel slot, bingo and roulette casino games and covers movie titles such as Batman v Superman: …

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Playtech acquires Eyecon

7 Feb 2017

Playtech has acquired the entire issued share capital of Australian online gaming software developer, Eyecon Limited and Eyecon Pty. Ltd(Eyecon) for a maximum total consideration of GBP 50 million. Eyecon, founded in 1997, offers an established games portfolio of over 70 games, with a particular focus on bingo audiences. The company distributes its content through …

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New Playtech slot rewards cross-channel play

6 Feb 2017

Playtech’s latest release “Tiki Paradise” epitomizes the definition of a true omni-channel offer. The game, exclusively released with Coral this week, rewards customers with enhanced features and bonuses unlocked through retail, online and mobile play. Tiki Paradise is a five-reel, 10-payline slot game with wins awarded when three or more symbols are in view from …

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Playtech poised to launch Superman slots

5 Feb 2017

Playtech is reportedly poised to launch its new Superman I and Superman II branded slots with the release of previews on YouTube. Superman I is a 100-line slot based on the 1978 blockbuster movie. It features hidden cash prizes and multipliers in the Crystal Bonus. Players are tasked to defend Hoover Dam over 10 locked …

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Playtech open live casino studio in Riga

1 Feb 2017

Due to a “huge surge in client demand”, Playtech has announced the opening of a new live casino studio in Riga, Latvia. The 8,500 square meter studio has been built on top of the city’s fortified 16th century walls in the heart of Riga Old Town and features unrivaled, state-of-the-art technology, the company said. “Every …

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Mecca Bingo renews Playtech contract

30 Jan 2017

Rank Group’s Mecca Bingo has extended its decade-long partnership with Playtech in a multi-year agreement. Playtech Bingo will remain Mecca’s exclusive bingo and games software provider and will continue to develop dedicated content for the leading UK bingo brand. “The network is performing well with stakes and active players at their highest ever levels and …

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More new games released in February

29 Jan 2017

The first two months of 2017 have already been marked by an extraordinary number of new or imminent game release announcements from several developers, with the latest coming from Playtech, ELK Studios, NextGen and the little-known Fugaso. Playtech has just launched Fields of Fortune and Roaring Wilds; the former is a 5 reels and 25 …

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Latner appointed Playtech legal counsel

13 Jan 2017

Legal expert Alex Latner must have impressed Playtech as the online gambling company’s adviser whilst he was a 20-year veteran partner at the London law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner – the company has appointed him its permanent General Counsel. Latner replaces David McLeish who departed Playtech last year, and will continue to give the benefit …

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Playtech launch live casino studio in Bucharest

11 Jan 2017

Catering to “a huge demand in licensees,” Playtech has opened a new live casino studio facility in Bucharest, Romania. The facility, one of many that are situated in countries such as Manila, Latvia, Spain and Belgium, offers licensees live blackjack, roulette and casino hold’em for desktop and mobile channels. “This is just the beginning of …

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Executive moves and a trading update from Playtech

10 Jan 2017

Online gambling and financial services group Playtech plc announced Tuesday that chief financial officer Ron Hoffman is to move up to the CEO position in the group’s financial products division and will accordingly step down from the main board of directors. Hoffman joined Playtech in 2004 as one of its earliest recruits, and has played …

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Man of Steel – Playtech release another branded online slot

3 Jan 2017

Playtech has released another in its series of Marvel-DC Comics superhero themed slots, this one titled Man of Steel and featuring the perrennial hero Superman. The slot is a 5 reel, 60 pay-line game with outstanding graphics, animation, authentic movie soundtrack and a host of features that include two bonus rounds (the Crystal bonus and …

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New branded game coming from Playtech

2 Jan 2017

Playtech online slot fans are speculating that the company’s next big branded game release is likely to take place this (January) month and will carry a theme based on the fiction superhero comic series Green Lantern. The Green Lantern licensing was included in a deal with Warner Brothers-DC Comics announced early 2016 that included Batman …

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Playtech completes share buy-back program

21 Dec 2016

Over the past week online gambling and financial services group Playtech has been steadily executing the board’s decision to buy back shares out in the market, and on Wednesday the company announced that it has completed the initiative. In a company statement Playtech revealed that it has purchased a total of 5,280,000 ordinary shares at …

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Playtech expands major contract in Finland

20 Dec 2016

Online gambling and financial services group Playtech and Veikkaus, the lead brand behind the Finland’s enlarged FRV Finland group made up of the recently merged Veikkaus, RAY and Fintoto companies, have agreed a landmark contract that will guarantee growth in the Finnish market. Building on six years of partnering with RAY, Finland’s Slot Machine Association, …

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New live dealer Christmas Roulette from Playtech

9 Dec 2016

Playtech’s live dealer arm, Playtech Live has launched a dedicated live roulette room operating from a fully custom-built studio bursting with colourful Christmas decorations. The advent of the room will see players presented with a fully bespoke table layout and greeted by a host of Christmas characters, with dealers dressed head-to-toe in festive costumes. Christmas …

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Playtech in first shares re-purchase move

7 Dec 2016

Playtech’s advisory earlier this week that it is to embark on a Euro 50 million share re-purchase initiative (see prevous  reports) has been quickly followed by a notification from the company that it has bought an initial tranche of 780,000 shares at prices ranging between 797.75 and 816.63. The volume weighted average price paid per …

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Playtech to buy back Euro 50 million in shares

6 Dec 2016

The Playtech plc group, which comprises both online gambling and financial services elements, announced Tuesday that it intends to buy back up to Euro 50 million of its shares. In a statement, the company said that the decision reflects continued confidence in the growth and prospects of the business and its high cash generation, and …

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Big demand for Sagi’s Playtech shares

30 Nov 2016

Demand for Teddy Sagi’s 32.3 million Playtech ordinary shares offered for sale in a bookbuilding sale Tuesday (see previous report) has clearly been keen; in a follow-up statement Wednesday Playtech advised that Brickington actually sold 38.7 million shares at 850p per share. The advisory notes that due to strong investor demand, Brickington agreed with its …

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Major Playtech shareholder cashing in

30 Nov 2016

The Playtech online gambling group has advised investors that Teddy Sagi – its biggest shareholder – plans to sell almost a third of his Playtech stock, a move that at today’s share price of GBP 9.19 could realise the Israeli billionaire a cool GBP 296 million. Sagi’s proposed sale of 32.3 million Playtech shares will …

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Playtech establishes new BGT Sports division

28 Nov 2016

Gambling services supplier Playtech has appointed Austrian entrepreneur and founder of BGT, Dr. Armin Sageder, as chief executive officer of its newly established division, Playtech BGT Sports. Playtech Sports companies BGT, Geneity, Mobenga, Unilogic and the company’s internal Sports Trading team have been brought together under the new business division. Sageder, reporting directly to Playtech’s …

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