Playtech
| Playtech Ltd. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | IM00B7S9G985 |
| Seat |
Isle of Man , UK
|
| Number of employees | 3,261 (2013) |
| sales | € 367 million (2013) |
| Branch | Software manufacturer , gambling |
| Website | www.playtech.com |
Playtech Ltd. is a listed gambling software company based on the Isle of Man .
history
Sportech, the Playtech sports division, was completely sold in early June 2013 and posted a net profit of £ 7.65 million. The reason given was that they no longer wanted to deal with such relatively poorly regulated industries, since Playtech is globally active.
Due to the gambling ban, many online casinos operated with Playtech software announced in January 2015 that they would be leaving the German market.
In February 2015, Playtech acquired YoYo Games for £ 10.65 million (USD 16.4 million). YoYo Games is the manufacturer and developer of the game development software GameMaker: Studio.
In 2016, Playtech bought shares in Vienna-based Best Gaming Technology, which offers software solutions in the sports betting area.
In March 2017, Playtech instructed all business partners and online casinos to take the slot machines with the superheroes from Marvel off their offer by the end of the month. The background was the non-renewed license for the slots by the Disney group , which took over Marvel in 2009 for around $ 4 billion. As early as 2013, a company spokesman stated that the group would let all its licenses for games of chance expire because slot machines would not be compatible with the image of a family-friendly company. Since April 1, 2017, Playtech's Marvel slots are no longer available in online casinos.
Locations
After Playtech was founded in 1999 and the headquarters on the Isle of Man had been completed, the company grew steadily, so that today the company has 12 locations. These are stationed in Sweden , Russia , Estonia , Latvia , United Kingdom , Germany , Ukraine , Bulgaria , Gibraltar , Cyprus , Israel and the Philippines . In this way, the workforce grew to over 3,600 employees.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2013 , www.playtech.com, accessed on May 28, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-02-16-yoyo-games-sells-to-playtech-for-USD16-4-million YoYo Games sells to PlayTech for $ 16.4 million (English)