Playtech Signs Deal with Spanish Network
Playtech, the international developer, designer and licensor of software for the online, TV, mobile as well as land based gaming industry, has announced that it has signed a major new deal with the largest television network in Spain.
In terms of the new deal Playtech will provide the Spanish Group, Mediaset Espana, with its complete suite of innovative products which will in future be operated under a local gaming license.
Media Espana will be supplied with Playtech’s casino, poker, bingo, live dealer games, mobile and TV products. The television network intends focusing in particular on Playtech’s TV product and profiting on the mass market appeal of this platform.
The agreement between the two parties is a very important step as Mediaset Espana is currently listed among Spain’s 35 strongest companies on the main Spanish stock exchange IBEX 35 with a EURO 1,780 M market capitalization to date. Mediaset Espana’s decision to sign the agreement with Playtech will result in the television network joining the gaming industry’s leading provider in an extremely successful market for online gaming.
Mediaset Espana is known to be one of the largest media companies in the whole of Europe and the biggest in Spain. It operates approximately six digital channels as well as two mainstream terrestrial channels.
Founded in 1999, Playtech develops unified software platforms and content for the online and land based gaming industry and also provides a huge range of ancillary services which includes hosting, marketing and CRM services. Playtech’s leading gaming applications include poker, casino, sports betting, bingo, live gaming, casual, as well as fixed odds games.
Beat the Heat Online Tourney at Omni Casino
Popular Playtech powered Omni Casino has announced that it is running a great tournament at the site that offers a prize pool of $13,500.
The Beat the Heat Slot Tournament will run from Sunday, July 15 until Tuesday, July 31and features three betting ranges so as to appeal to players with different levels of bankrolls.
The Beat the Heat Prize Booster is a special add-on to this online slots tournament that will see an additional $200 added to the winning prize of those players who manage at least 95,000 money eligible spins during the entire period of the tournament.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays will see an updated leader board posted within the casino lobby as well as at the tournament webpage displaying the latest rankings.
The player gaining the most spin points between the leader board updates will be awarded a $100 Hot Slots prize at each leader board update.
On Monday, July 16, players are offered the Beat the Heat bonus when Omni Casino players have an opportunity to claim a $40 bonus on their first deposit of a minimum of $25 made on that day. All Omni Casino players that have total deposits of $300 or more during July 2012 can contact the Omni Casino Customer support in order to claim a free play bonus on Monday, July 16 and be credited with $15 free. Players must adhere to the wagering requirement of 10 times the bonus on online slots games with a cap of $500 on the winnings.
Omni Casino has also revealed that the great Christmas in July promotion will launch at the online casino on Monday, 23rd July, 2012.
South African Player Wins Big at Casino Tropez
Casino Tropez, the popular Playtech powered online casino, has revealed that a lucky player from South Africa, known only as “Guil” had a couple of massive payouts over a period of only two days of wagering online at the site.
Guil was wagering on two leading online slot games and won over ZAR 4 million on Thursday, June 21 and Friday, June 22 2012. ZAR 3.3 million was won by him on the online slot game Desert Treasure on the Thursday and another ZAR 400.00 on the same game on the Friday. Guil also won a total of ZAR 450.00 wagering on the Gold Rally slot game on those two days.
The symbols on the reels of the Desert Treasure slot game include a camel, an Arab and the oasis with high value card symbols being associated with dangerous creatures that are found in the desert such as snakes, spiders and scorpions.
The wild symbol is the golden snake which offers a fixed jackpot payout of 10,000 coins.
The scatter symbol is the Bedouin girl that awards scatter payouts as well as 10 free spins with tripled payouts.
The Desert Treasure slot game also offers a bonus game and the trade mark Playtech Dollar Ball game which is the main attraction in this slot game. This game allows players to play a type of bingo game for a $1 side bet during the spinning of the wheel and can lead some lucky player to a progressive jackpot win.
Casino Tropez is an online casino of the Euro Partners and is licensed by the Directorate of Offshore Gaming of Antigua and Barbuda.
Playtech launches into Social Gaming
Leading online gaming software and services provider Playtech has announced that it has signed a deal with Skywind Holdings, a company linked to Playtech’s largest shareholder, Teddy Sagi, in terms of which the group will be propelled into the fast growing social gaming arena.
The agreement will see Playtech gaining access to over 150 developers that specialize in social gaming solutions and real money mobile software. The real money gaming software that comprises the platform, rummy and poker will be licensed on a permanent basis while the rest of the social and real money software will be licensed for an initial three year term.
Playtech will pay Skywind the sum of EURO 6 million per year as well as 20 percent of the revenue it generates through the software.
According to the chief executive officer of Playtech, Mor Weizer, Social Gaming offers excellent growth opportunities for real money gaming organizations to apply their technological and marketing expertise. Weizer added that Skywind’s software license delivers a cost effective entry into social gaming, expanding Playtech’s real money offering, especially its market leading mobile capabilities.
Playtech has been keeping close watch of developments in the social gaming arena and has been examining numerous ways of entering the market.
The group revealed that the agreement with Skywind will see Playtech devoting resources to launching a full B2B social gaming model with immediate effect so as to maximize the time to market advantage created by entry into the software license agreement. Playtech added that the group anticipates that such investment and overall licensing costs will produce positive results for shareholders over the medium term
New Mobile Offering by Casino.com
Casino.com, one of the leading online casinos, has announced that it has launched a mobile offering that will give players “on the go” an opportunity to access the casino whenever they want from wherever they are in order to play their favorite games on the Playtech powered platform.
Mobile players at Casino.com will now have a chance to enjoy the huge range of titles, blackjack, video slots, roulette, scratch cards and many more from the mobile platform.
Mobile players can use their mobile devices and smart phones including iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S, iPad, iPad 2 and 3, Android 2.2 and 2.3x and Android 2.2 and more on the no download mobile domain.
Players wishing to open an account on the new platform can do so by clicking on “My Menu” or “Join and Play” and then “signing up for a free account”. Confirmation of their acceptance will be sent by SMS within 24 hours of joining. Existing players at the online casino may use their passwords and information in order to log in.
New players are eligible for a lucrative welcome bonus when signing up for the first time and making a deposit. This welcome bonus is worth a whopping $3,200 and includes weekly reloads.
All new mobile customers at Casino.com can participate in the Happy Monday promotion and stand in line to be eligible for offers worth $500.
Players are entitled to receive 50% of their bonuses up to $50 at the end of the month.
Loyalty points are given to players each time they play at the site and because Casino.com is powered by Playtech, they have access to hundreds of innovative casino games.
