BLACK WIDOW AND GRAND BANKS LAUNCH ON PLAYTECH PLATFORM
17 July 2002
Playtech is proud to announce the arrival of two new licensees to its stable of online casinos.
Yet two more successful online casinos - Black Widow Casino (www.blackwidowcasino.com) and Grand Banks Casino (www.grandbankscasino.com) - have left their current software providers in favor of the increasingly popular Playtech platform. Featuring 50 different casino games, including numerous progressive slot games, and player retention features such as immediate game history and full-size slots to mention, the new Playtech-powered casinos are bound to be a hit with existing players.
Esther Abramowicz, Marketing Director at Playtech, said that the two newest licensees mark yet another successful online operator who realized that the Playtech solution can offer him the edge needed in today's online gaming market. By using the Playtech platform, the operator can offer his players a greater variety of enhanced games, such as the new Multi-hand Blackjack and big jackpot Progressive Slots, and he also acquired a powerful management tool that will help him stay on top of things.
Grand Banks and Black Widow raise the number of Playtech powered casinos to 13, with new and exciting news to come in the near future.
About Playtech
Playtech specializes in developing unified gaming platforms for the online gambling industry. The company's gaming products - online casino, Live Gaming, bingo, and soon-to-be-released poker - are fully intercompatible and can be freely incorporated into a single platform as stand-alone, plug-and-play gaming applications. Both download and Flash versions of the software are available, in several European and Asian languages and currencies. Founded in 1999 by a team of ecommerce entrepreneurs and multimedia specialists, and guided by seasoned land based operators, Playtech today has over 115 employees distributed globally, around two-thirds of whom are engaged in research and development of current and future gaming technologies.
LAND-BASED CROATIAN CASINO LAUNCHES DIGITAL PLATFORM
1 October 2002
Casino Solei, located in Umag, Croatia, today became one of few fully licensed land-based casinos in Europe to offer real money gaming online. CasinoSolei.com has been launched from Solei's online operation in the gaming jurisdiction of San Jose, Costa Rica.
Casino Solei has operated in Croatia along the Slovenian and Italian borders since July 22, 2000. The newly-launched online enterprise, www.CasinoSolei.com, is being operated by Casino Solei's Costa Rican subsidiary which obtained a 10-year renewable license from leading casino software provider, Playtech. The software features both "play for fun" and "play for real money" player modes as well as player retention tools like VIP scoring, live chat and real time game and transaction histories. CasinoSolei.com will be the first Playtech licensee to offer a choice of 70 games, including 9 Table games, 10 Video Poker machines, Keno and 50 Slot machines.
Playtech's Director of Marketing Esther Abramowicz said that one of the elements in running a successful online casino is the ability to harness advanced technologies to the benefit of both the player and casino operator. The Casino Solei development team has invested a great deal of R&D devising a system which sets both new standards in user experience and offers the casino owner an unprecedented degree of analysis, management and fine tuning of the casino environment. The software and technology used has been vetted by leading regulatory bodies for fair play and random game output; Casino Solei will continue to subject their system to the close scrutiny of these and other licensing institutions in the future, thereby ensuring 100% credibility and reliability.
In the early sixties, Croatia became the first country in the Communist block to legalize casino gambling. The country's long gaming past lead to the creation of the Croatian Gaming Board, whose regulatory committee keeps a close watch over the operations of land-based casinos, including Casino Solei's operations in Umag. The same high standards of business practices are mirrored in Casino Solei's licensed online operation in San Jose, Costa Rica. The company has also hired the services of a consultancy firm with the over twenty-five years' experience in the industry. This experienced group will advise and train Solei Casino's management and staff in such issues as practicing and encouraging responsible gambling amongst its players. Casino Solei.com is dedicated to preventing underage persons from gaining access to their site and has implemented measures to detect and block players below the age of 18 - yet further proof of the casino's reluctance to allow its operation to be tainted by lax business morals. To help prevent credit card fraud, the casino demands full player identification and credit card verification before real money deposits are taken; suspicious cases will be required to fax documentation to the casino or may be blocked altogether.
Casino Solei.com's President Mr. Borut Lozej said that his plan is to create a pampering casino environment where players can relax and play from their own homes. Slated for release soon is a complimentary point system - or 'comps' - where players can choose to convert their points for cash, spend them in the land-based facility, or use them to purchase gifts on offer at the casino website. The casino's table and Slots' limits will target a wide range of players: 5-cent Slots and 10-cent Roulette are available at the lower end, whilst higher rolling players will enjoy individually set game limits based on their deposit or credit line. Casino Solei.com will regularly post game statistics on the site homepage including individual game performance and overall payback percentage. Playtech's licensees are currently producing an average payback rate in excess of 97%, audited and validated by an independent accounting firm.
Casino Solei.com's President Mr. Borut Lozej said that company's objective is to enter the estimated $4bn market with the same high quality service, atmosphere, security, and dependability offered at their land-based operation in Umag. As a medium-size European casino, Solei hopes to dramatically expand its market throughout Europe and on the internet worldwide. Research has shown that many Internet players prefer playing in online versions of real land-based casinos rather than spend money in casinos belonging to unknown Internet entities.
Corporate contact details:
Borut Lozej - President, CasinoSolei.com
Tel: +506 242-4938
Dragan Pavlovic - Casino Umag D.D.
Tel: +385 52 741-301
About Playtech
Playtech specializes in developing unified gaming platforms for the online gambling industry. The company's gaming products - online casino, Live Gaming, bingo, and soon-to-be-released poker - are fully intercompatible and can be freely incorporated into a single platform as stand-alone, plug-and-play gaming applications. Both download and Flash versions of the software are available, in several European and Asian languages and currencies. Founded in 1999 by a team of ecommerce entrepreneurs and multimedia specialists, and guided by seasoned land based operators, Playtech today has over 115 employees distributed globally, around two-thirds of whom are engaged in research and development of current and future gaming technologies.
KIWI CASINO COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO PLAYTECH SOFTWARE
11 November 2002
Kiwi Casino officially announced today the completion of the re-launch of its online casino product on the Playtech casino software platform. Originally launched in October 2000, Kiwi Casino has been using software developed by Cryptologic Inc. until the transition to the new software was made last month.
Since its inception, Kiwi Casino has offered players added confidence due to the fact that it is owned by one of Australasia's most respected land-based casino groups, Christchurch Casinos, well known for its government regulated land-based casino properties in New Zealand. Kiwi Casino was voted Best New Online Casino by Gambling Online Magazine in 2001.
Commenting on the software move, Kiwi Casino says: "We wanted to provide players and affiliate partners with an improved package that met their needs in an environment that has changed significantly over the past two years…players are loving the new software and all it has to offer and our trading results to date speak for themselves. We are pleased that we now have a great complementary product to our successful online bingo product, Kiwi Bingo."
The new Kiwi Casino offers players over sixty new richly themed games including bonus game machines and progressive jackpots, improved payment options and enhanced player account features such as graphical game history. Kiwi Casino comments "The 'Goblin's Cave' and 'Triple Profits' type multi-spin slot machines where players can place holds on symbols of their choice, playing for progressive jackpots, have already scored a real hit with players, as have the variations on some of the traditional casino games such as the 'Blackjack Switch' game. Of course offering players the full range of payment options also helps the product".
The Playtech software opens new doors for affiliate partners who promote the site. Along with the benefits of promoting a successful product from a reputable company, Kiwi Casino can now offer affiliate partners more aggressive revenue sharing deals, full online reporting and management systems and multi-tier marketing options.
About Kiwi Casino
Kiwi Casino is an independent offshore operation forming part of Australasia's very finest land-based casino group - Christchurch Casinos, based in Christchurch - New Zealand. Kiwi Casino is set on a mountainside plateau in wilds of beautiful New Zealand, a civilised adventurer's paradise of beaches, mountains and temperate rainforests. New Zealand is a country about the size of Japan and is situated in the South Pacific Ocean east of Australia.
RUBY BINGO LAUNCHES ON NEW BINGOLAND NETWORK
11th June 2003
The first of a new generation of online bingo games, Ruby Bingo, is to launch today, Wednesday June 11th.
Ruby Bingo will be the first to join a new world-wide bingo network, BingoLand, which is expected to become the online bingo venue of choice during 2003.
This announcement follows over 12 months of extensive research and development by market-leading gaming software developer, Playtech. BingoLand is taking the first bingo network license from Playtech and Ruby Bingo will be the first game on the new network.
Ruby Bingo will be operated by InterContinental Casinos Limited, adding to their portfolio of online gaming sites including market-leading brands such as BingoFun, Zany Bingo, Zodiac Bingo, USA Casino and New York Casino.
Ruby Bingo is the first bingo game to be developed specifically for the new generation of online bingo players, with compelling graphics and animation, fully featured chat with player photos, powerful tools to enable players to review past games or buy into future games and even to continue playing when their PC is turned off. As well as classic US 75-ball bingo, Ruby Bingo includes built-in scratch cards, slots, multi-line, multi-reel progressives and video poker. Additional features include unparalleled player reward, referral and affiliate programs.
After six weeks of extensive testing with over 200 experienced players, Ruby Bingo has met and exceeded expectations - already receiving hundreds of accolades from players involved in the test program.
All players joining Ruby Bingo will receive a 100% bonus on their first deposit and 50% bonus on all other deposits - equaling the best in the industry. These bonuses, combined with the comprehensive player reward scheme will make Ruby Bingo one of the most attracting bingo venues on the Internet.
About InterContinental Casinos Ltd
InterContinental Casinos Ltd is the gaming arm of an international investment group based in Switzerland and Antigua with expertise in the gaming and computer industries.
ONLINE GAMING GIANT GOLDENPALACE.COM LAUNCHES NEW SOFTWARE ON PLAYTECH PLATFORM
12 June 2003
GoldenPalace.com recently released a new version of its flagship operation Golden Palace Casino on the state-of-the-art Playtech platform along with four other casinos-Grand Online Casino, Flamingo Club Casino, Aspinalls Online Casino, and Gold Nugget Casino. All the casinos will continue to operate under the auspices of the Kahnawake Gaming Commission while using the Playtech software.
Since 1997, GoldenPalace.com has achieved great success in the extremely competitive online gaming industry. So why the transition to the Playtech platform?
"Despite our taking the online casino market by storm for several years in succession," explains GoldenPalace.com CEO Richard Rowe, "we felt that that the time was right to offer a second version of our product to provide customers with a choice."
However, finding a third party vendor that could provide the flexibility GoldenPalace.com had grown accustomed to with their proprietary platform would not be easy.
"It wasn't until we began talking to Playtech," continued Rowe, "that we found a third party vendor who shared our vision, had the resources to address our requirements, and were willing to mold their product around our business model-not the other way around."
Playtech Marketing Director Dana Ziv spoke of the delicate balancing act involved in replicating such popular brand names:
"Replicating these casinos on the Playtech platform meant preserving the look and feel of the original, while simultaneously offering a new user experience with over 55 games like progressive jackpot bonus games, multi-line/multi-spin slots, and Playtech's exclusive Blackjack Switch. There are also a host of other features like refer-a-friend for cash, real time game and transaction histories, as well as the latest payment options and multi-player chat."
Unique among software providers, Playtech's universal platform enables its growing range of gaming applications to be freely incorporated as stand-alone, plug-and-play devices-all accessed by players through the same user account and managed by the operator through a single powerful management interface.
Promoting the new Playtech platform should be easy for GoldenPalace.com, as their offline marketing tactics like the recent streakers at the French Open and UEFA Cup Final in Spain, have been recognized worldwide.
More on Playtech
Playtech specializes in developing unified gaming platforms for the online gambling industry, primarily targeting existing online operators who want to upgrade their system, and land-based operators making their online debut. Playtech gaming applications-online casino, bingo poker and Live Gaming-are fully inter-compatible and can be freely incorporated as stand-alone, plug-and-play devices. Both download and Flash versions are available, in several major European and Asian languages. Founded in 1999 by a team of seasoned land-based operators, multimedia specialists, and e-commerce entrepreneurs, Playtech today has over 115 employees distributed globally, approximately two-thirds of which are engaged in research and development of current and future gaming technologies.
More on GoldenPalace.com
Founded in 1997, GoldenPalace.com provides high-quality online gaming, incorporating advanced technology, software, and infrastructure with the highest standards of service in the gaming world today. Due to an extensive online and offline marketing strategy, GoldenPalace.com has been featured on a number of prominent media outlets including CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, ESPN, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Howard Stern Radio Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, The MSG Network, The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo!, AOL, MSN, and many more.
PLAYTECH ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF "WINAJACKPOT" PROGRESSIVE PORTAL
18 June 2003
In a move to consolidate the runaway success of their progressive jackpot network, gaming software developer Playtech has launched WinAJackpot (www.WinAJackpot.com), a portal dedicated to broadening the appeal of its hit progressive jackpot games and to generating a rich added source of traffic for its licensees.
The WinAJackpot site provides an ideal platform for Playtech to showcase players' favorites like FruitMania, MegaJacks and the giant Sunny Progressive, and will soon feature revamped versions of other popular progressive games boasting themed, interactive bonus stages with 3D animation. Games, which Playtech Marketing Director Dana A. Ziv believes "will set a new benchmark in player involvement and entertainment."
The WinAJackpot.com site will also feature real-time progressive counters, a 'latest winners' list, game previews and player testimonials, plus profiles of all Playtech licensed casinos connected to the progressive network. First time users will be able to get a detailed look at the various games on offer before choosing to play for fun or for real money in one of Playtech's licensed casinos profiled in the site.
"The recent migration of some major league operators to our gaming platform has created a wave of new players," said Ziv. "This has resulted in a sudden swelling of jackpot prize money, which in turn attracts more players - and operators - in a self-feeding cycle of success breeding success. Everyone comes out on top - us, our licensees and their players".
PLAYTECH LAUNCHES LAND BASED KIOSK SYSTEM IN TANZANIA
2 October 2003
Built on the proven success of its licensed online casino systems, Playtech announced today the launch of Baraka Casino – the first of a new generation of land-based kiosk networks aimed at the growing remote game terminal and electronic slot machine market. An identical online version of the casino was also launched – www.BarakaCasino.com.
Baraka Casino offers players a choice of over 60 games, accessed through a richly themed casino ‘lobby’, and available at game terminals situated in locations throughout the Republic of Tanzania, on the east coast of Africa.
The joint proprietors of the Baraka Gaming Group, which operates Baraka Casino, described their search for a third party vendor who could deliver a highly entertaining, yet centralized, easy to manage gaming operation – one ideally suited for the multi-location environment they had in mind.
“Impressed by our online system,” explained Playtech marketing director Dana A. Ziv, “Baraka approached us for their land-based solution. The result was a product that sets new standards in terms of sophistication, customization and transparency.”
Playtech’s kiosk system offers a wide range of payment methods, including pre paid cards and scratch cards, in addition to a specially tailored client and range of game terminal styles and interface peripherals. Many variables can be adjusted at different levels of the network – from individual terminal settings such as game speed and sound effects to agent- and network-level variables such as session length and bet and deposit limits - all configurable by the network operator through a single management console.
The launch of Casino Baraka compliments Playtech’s growing portfolio of tier 1 operators from around the world, the list of which can be found at www.playtech.com/portfolio.php.
More on Baraka Gaming Group
Baraka Casino is an independent offshore operation, part of the Baraka Gaming Group fully licensed and registered in Antigua. The management team has a proven track record in land based operations and is committed to running Baraka casino according to those high standards - with the utmost professionalism and with customer satisfaction as its ultimate goal. Land based features found in Baraka Casino and unavailable elsewhere include “European Roulette” with a maximum bet of up to $5,000 and other sophisticated betting options.
Website: www.barakacasino.com
NORTH AMERICA’S FIRST ONLINE SPORTSBOOK TO OFFER FANS CASINO THRILLS
2 October 2003
Sports fans in search of a richly themed gaming experience need look no further than Sports Interaction Casino – the result of a collaboration between leading sportsbook Sports Interaction and Playtech, developers of high-end gaming platforms. Sports Interaction Casino will operate under the auspices of the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.
Available in both download and Flash versions, Sports Interaction Casino boasts over 60 games, a sophisticated 3D Lobby, a host of innovative user retention features such as real time game and transaction histories, VIP rating, a cash-convertible Comp Points scheme and participation in Playtech’s progressive jackpot network, WinAJackpot.com.
Sports Interaction, established since 1997 and located in Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Canada, was the first online sportsbook to be fully licensed and regulated in North America. By offering an entertaining yet easy to grasp online betting service, backed up by 24-hour customer support, Sports Interaction succeeded in wooing many traditional sports fans put off by the complexity of early online betting sites.
By offering the same level of functional simplicity, excellent customer service and quick payouts in the Sports Interaction casino, which has made the sportsbook such a hit, they aim to meet the high expectations of their existing members while targeting a broad sports-entertainment audience across the world.
“The challenge for us,” remarked Playtech marketing director Dana A. Ziv, “was to encourage Sport Interaction’s existing customers to try a new gaming experience - but spare them the headache of having to open new player accounts and register credit cards.”
The result was the close integration of the two parties’ systems and the co-development of a mechanism to allow players move funds freely between the two systems as well as full account synchronization between sportsbook and casino. The benefits of such a thorough integration to both operator and player are clear. By providing fans with a one-time account registration capability, the user experience has effectively been unified across the two systems and ensures the highest possible ratio of casino signups from amongst existing players. The launch of Sports Interaction Casino compliments Playtech’s growing portfolio of tier 1 operators from around the world, the list of which can be found at www.playtech.com/portfolio.php
More on Sports Interaction
Sports Interaction, established since 1997 and located in Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Canada, is the first online sportsbook to be fully licensed and regulated in North America. Subject to Las Vegas type regulation overseen by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, Sports Interaction offers sports fans an unparalleled sports betting service which is simple to use, convenient and safe with such features as 24-hour online access and customer service and the world's easiest to use Internet betting system.
Website: www.sportsInteraction.com
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