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Playtech remains strong in first half of 2010

Posted by Robert Alexander on 31 August 2010

LONDON, U.K. - Online bingo software and network provider Playtech has had a successful first six months of 2010 with gross income up by over 30 per cent to €87.9million. The company has also been busy forging new partnerships this year; with the acquisition of Virtue Fusion and a deal in place with William Hill, Playtech is going from strength to strength.

Playtech expands its Italian Bingo operation

Posted by Robert Alexander on 29 July 2010

ROME, ITA. - Playtech, a leading bingo software provider has announced that Snai and Eurobet, two of the biggest gaming operators in Europe, have signed up to join its ever expanding Italian bingo network. Both are set to begin operations soon, seeing Playtech become the market leader in Italian online bingo.

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Bingo boosts Playtech sales in early 2010

Posted by Robert Alexander on 28 July 2010

LONDON, U.K. - Bingo software provider Playtech has announced that its revenue between April 1st and June 30th (Q2) of this year is up by two per cent on the previous quarter thanks to strong growth in bingo and casino revenues. It added that poker had seen a marked downturn in this time.

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Bingo With Added Community Spirit

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 20 July 2010

Tuesday 20th July 2010 (London, UK) – Playtech’s Virtue Fusion Alderney has today launched Multi Balls, a new multiplayer game where players compete against each other for a share of a Community Jackpot. The networked prize pool is accumulated from players on separate games. Matching combinations of balls then pay multiple amounts based on the total [...]

Playtech’s New Blockbuster

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 1 July 2010

Thursday 1st July 2010 (London, UK) – Playtech will exclusively provide Meccabingo.com, part of Rank Group plc, with a bingo variant based on the popular television quiz show Blockbusters through Virtue Fusion Alderney. Released on Tuesday 20th July 2010, Blockbusters Bingo is the latest branded offering from Playtech which creates licensed games in many areas of its best of breed product offering.

Playtech wins at EGR B2B Awards

Posted by Robert Alexander on 22 June 2010

LONDON, U.K. - Playtech continues to be one of the strongest players in the online gambling software industry as it again picked up a string of awards at the EGR B2B Awards ceremony. This follows on from an excellent performance at the Online Bingo Summit last week.

Playtech Wins Three EGR B2B Awards

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 16 June 2010

Tuesday 15th June 2010 (London, UK) – Playtech picked-up three awards at last night’s EGaming Review ceremony, recognising its best of breed Poker and Bingo products. Held at Old Billingsgate, London, the event saw Playtech win both Poker Network of the Year and Poker Software Supplier of the Year, for its leading iPoker network. Playtech was the [...]

Bingo winners at eGaming Awards 2010

Posted by Debbie Archer on 15 June 2010

Virtue Fusion, Dragonfish and NYX Interactive were the bingo winners at last night’s 2010 eGaming Business to Business Awards. Olympic silver medallist Steve Cram handed out the awards at the black tie ceremony held at London’s Old Billingsgate conference centre. Dragonfish beat Microgaming and Virtue Fusion to win Bingo Network of the Year while Virtue Fusion beat [...]

The Best Online Bingo Software Award Goes To… Virtue Fusion Alderney

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 10 June 2010

The Playtech-owned company also judged winner in Best Online Bingo Innovation category by industry panel Wednesday 9th June 2010 (London, UK) – Playtech was a double winner at last night’s Online Bingo Summit Awards through its Virtue Fusion Alderney platform. Virtue Fusion Alderney, the world’s leading developer and licensor of internet bingo products, picked up the Best [...]

Bingo helps boost Paddy Power

Posted by Debbie Archer on 18 May 2010

DUBLIN – Bookmakers Paddy Power said that a strong trading performance in the first four and a half months of 2010 had been boosted by substantial growth at Paddy Power Bingo. Gross win in bingo, casino and games grew by 32% while bet volumes in the Paddy Power’s online sportsbook grew 39 per cent. Profits were [...]

Playtech announces Bingo Licensing agreement with Boylesports

Posted by Lisa Tudge on 17 March 2010

Playtech-owned Virtue Fusion Alderney becomes online bingo supplier to Irish bookmaker Playtech Ltd, the leading software provider to the online, mobile, TV and land-based gaming sector, is pleased to announce that it has established a bingo licensing agreement with Boylesports.

Online bingo in Italy legal again

Posted by Robert Alexander on 9 March 2010

eGaming Review magazine has reported that online bingo in Italy is once again legal after a regional court reversed its decision to suspend laws regulating the game in the Italian market.

Bingo mentioned rarely by William Hill and Playtech

Posted by Debbie Archer on 21 October 2009

William Hill and Playtech have both released trading updates in the last 24 hours and neither company sought to mention their online bingo operations in any detail. Playtech said that operational highlights included “launch of a new version of Playtech’s bingo product which will be further boosted by increased liquidity contributed by existing and new licensees” [...]

Playtech and NetPlay TV team up on live bingo

Posted by Debbie Archer on 9 July 2009

NetPlay TV, the parent company of Bingos.com, has raised £12.8 million in new funding and signed a deal to provide Playtech with live bingo and other gaming products. Playtech will take live bingo, blackjack, roulette and a fixed odds draw from NetPlay TV under a five year licensing agreement. As part of the deal NetPlay TV [...]

Parlay royalty revenues drop sharply

Posted by Debbie Archer on 6 April 2009

Parlay Entertainment’s exit from the United States online bingo market meant a sharp drop in revenues for the company but management claim they are in good shape for the future. Like-for-like royalty revenues for the fourth quarter 2008 fell 53% to $871,661, dragging total fourth quarter revenues down by 38% to $1,241,621. Chief executive Scott White said: [...]

Svenska Bingo launches in Sweden

Posted by Debbie Archer on 23 March 2009

A new bingo site for Swedish bingo players has been launched called Svenska Bingo. The site is powered by Virtue Fusion software and is the first time the popular UK online bingo software has been used to power a Swedish language bingo site. For Swedish players it will make a big difference as almost all Swedish-facing [...]

William Hill Bingo up 169% in one year

Posted by Debbie Archer on 27 February 2009

William Hill Bingo was the star performer in the William Hill group last year, delivering growth of 169%. The bingo operation, which is grouped together with skill games for financial reporting purposes, saw explosive growth on the back of a TV advertising campaign and extensive advertising of William Hill Bingo in the group’s betting shops. Overall revenues [...]

CAP bingo awards baffle industry

Posted by Debbie Archer on 30 January 2009

The 2nd Annual Casino Affiliate Programmes Awards, which were held last night in London, saw three winners in the bingo categories. Two winners were widely accepted as being reasonably fair within the industry but most bingo insiders were left baffled by the decision to award Playtech the title of Best Bingo Software. One bingo software rival said: [...]

Which bingo sites are on Virtue Fusion software?

Posted by Debbie Archer on 4 December 2008

About Virtue Fusion Virtue Fusion claim to be the largest dedicated online bingo software company in the world. They have a stellar list of the world’s top gambling companies using their bingo software. Virtue Fusion holds an Alderney gaming licence and is in the process of applying for a Maltese licence. Virtue Fusion is run by Alex Haig-Thomas [...]

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