Playtech Software

Playtech develops unified software platforms for the online gambling industry, primarily targeting existing online operators wanting to upgrade their system; sportsbooks looking to diversify and land-based operators making their online debut. Playtech gaming applications - online Casino, Poker, Bingo, Mobile Gaming, Live Gaming, Land-Based Kiosk networks and Fixed-Odds games - are fully intercompatible and can be freely incorporated as stand-alone applications, accessed and funded by players through the same user account and managed by the operator by means of a single powerful management interface. Founded in 1999, Playtech has over 550 personnel distributed globally, around eighty percent of whom are engaged in research and development of current and future gaming technologies.

Playtech is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. The group's head office is located in the Isle of Man. Its main countries of operation consist of Estonia, Bulgaria, the Philippines and Israel.

In March 2006 the company floated on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) making it the world’s largest publicly traded online gaming software supplier. Investor interest in the IPO on both sides of the Atlantic was a clear endorsement of the company’s product offering, business model, client base and future prospects.

The success of Playtech’s initial offering - Online Casino systems - led it to expand its range of products and platforms to include Poker, Bingo, Mobile Gaming, Fixed-Odds Games, Live Gaming and Land-Based Kiosk Networks. Playtech's unified platform gives added-value by allowing operators to market different products to different player types while enabling the players to login and fund several gaming activities using a single username-password combination, without needing to open new accounts or repeatedly register the same credit card for each activity.

A unique selection of games has been specially designed by Playtech to reflect the gaming habits and cultural nuances of players from around the world, including a range of progressive jackpot games featuring big prize money and interactive, animated bonus stages. Players can choose between online RNG games or Live videostreamed gaming, where they play opposite live dealers who they can see, chat with and even tip in real-time. Mobile gaming allows for real money online play via mobile devices while land-based kiosk systems, featuring sleek multimedia terminals and a brandable PrePaid Card payment system, are also available.

All Playtech’s products support multiple currencies and are available in several European and Asian languages, all expertly translated by native gaming enthusiasts using local gambling parlance.

The Playtech gaming platform can be fully integrated with other existing software systems. Operators can either migrate their entire player database, with all essential user account information remaining intact, or can run their existing software in tandem with the Playtech system, using a number of proprietary mechanisms that preserve database homogeneity and dual-system synchronization.

Playtech works closely with clients to identify the optimum business solution for their operation. Operators can choose to license the gaming software on its own and handle all day-to-day aspects of the business in-house, or can outsource certain services – like hardware supply and maintenance, hosting, technical assistance and 24*7 customer support – to Playtech’s affiliated third-party providers. Whatever business model the operator chooses can be easily modified to match their future needs.

Playtech’s clients include successful online operators who migrated their systems to the Playtech platform like bet365, well-known brand name casinos like Casino Tropez and Club Dice Casino and organizations with deep land-based roots. Playtech’s current focus is on Europe and Asia; in the UK, the company has strengthened its foothold in the blossoming sportsbook industry with such household names as The Tote and Betfred.