DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, January 24,
2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
- Playtech's Virtue Fusion Becomes Online Bingo Supplier to
Nordic Gaming, Including NordicBet.com, Triobet.com and
Tobet.com
Playtech Ltd, the international designer, developer and licensor
of software for the online, mobile, TV and land-based gaming
industry, has established a bingo licensing agreement with Nordic
Gaming for NordicBet.com, Triobet.com and Tobet.com.
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Nordic Gaming will become Virtue Fusion's second major
Scandinavian bingo licensee, confirming its capabilities in the
region. It will see Nordic Gaming add online bingo to its
sportsbook, poker, casino and games offerings at all three of its
sites through Playtech's award-winning Virtue Fusion platform.
Playtech's Virtue Fusion is the world's leading developer and
licensor of internet bingo products and operates in 12 languages
and six currencies. Nordic Gaming's localised and specialised
offerings will benefit from their feature-rich products and
unrivalled prize pool liquidity.
Mor Weizer, Playtech's Chief
Executive, said: 'It gives us great pleasure to announce this
agreement with Nordic Gaming, an operator with impressive B2C
marketing capabilities and a strong local profile. The deal expands
Playtech's increasing portfolio of significant operators across
Europe and to what is already a
strong presence in the Scandinavian region.'
Ben Clemes, Nordic Gaming Head of
Casino Operations, said: 'Launching bingo is something that we have
been planning for a long time and we at Nordic Gaming are very
confident that we have chosen the right partners to do this with in
Playtech and its Virtue Fusion network.'
About Playtech
Playtech develops unified software platforms and content for the
remote and land-based gaming industry. Leading gaming applications
include casino, poker, bingo, sports betting, live gaming, casual
and fixed odds games. Playtech provides licensees with the tools to
maximise cross-selling opportunities, player loyalty and yield, all
through the powerful management interface - the IMS. The system's
fully integrated, cross-platform capability enables players to
access online, broadcast, mobile and server-based gaming terminals,
through a single account.
New licensees include existing online operators upgrading or
diversifying their offering, land based casino groups, government
sponsored companies such as lotteries, and new entrants making
their online gaming debut, particularly in the newly regulated
markets.
Founded in 1999, Playtech is headquartered in the Isle of Man
and has over 1,000 employees located in development centres in five
countries, the majority of whom are engaged in research and
development of current and future gaming technologies.
http://www.playtech.com
About Virtue Fusion
Based and licensed in Alderney, Virtue Fusion, the world's
leading developer and licensor of internet bingo products and
winner of 'Best Bingo software' as voted by the industry at this
year's Bullet Bingo Summit 2010, was acquired by Playtech Ltd in
February 2010.
The Virtue Fusion multi-lingual and multi-currency European
network offers the largest bingo prizes to be found, with peak
traffic of over 9,500 concurrent players driving over GBP100,000,000 in total stakes-per-month.
Developing bingo and networked gaming solutions for the online
gambling industry, some of the world's best-known gaming operators,
bookmakers, land-based operators and media companies use Virtue
Fusion's bingo solutions, including Unibet, Maria Bingo, Bingo.com,
Mecca, Ladbrokes, William Hill, Sky, Bet365, Crown Bingo, Virgin
and Paddy Power.
http://www.virtuefusion.com
Nordic Gaming Group Nordic Gaming Group Ltd. has been expanding
rapidly in Europe since its
founding in 2002. All three of its brands, NordicBet, Triobet and
Tobet, offer a competitive gaming and betting service that attracts
customers from all over the world, but their main focus is on
European sports, including a wide range of local sports in their
target countries.
The NordicBet brand focuses on Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Triobet is NGG's Baltic brand,
covering Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Tobet, meanwhile, is geared toward
the lucrative Polish, Hungarian and Romanian markets. For further
information contact:
Playtech Ltd +44(0)20-7861-3232
Mor Weizer, Chief Executive Officer
Ross Hawley, Director of Investor Relations
c/o Pelham Bell Pottinger
Square in the Air +44(0)20-7239-8242
Ollie Drew
Pelham Bell Pottinger +44(0)20-7861-3232
David Rydell / Olly Scott / Guy Scarborough
SOURCE Playtech