iGaming Business – Online gambling software designer and supplier Playtech has reported a 15% year-on-year increase in total revenues to €176.8 million ($237 million) in the first half of 2013 from €153.8 million the previous year. The company, revealing its interim results for the six months until the end of June, said that gross income had shifted up by 10% to €194.9 million to generate an adjusted net profit of €84.9 million, up 0.5% on the corresponding period of 2012. Playtech’s adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation increased by 3% to €94.3 million. With a cash balance at…

From iGaming Business – British iGaming provider Ladbrokes has launched of a suite of games from developer Playtech Limited under the new Vegas tab on its Ladbrokes.com online casino and sportsbook. Harrow-based Ladbrokes revealed that this is the first step in a new partnership with Playtech with the Vegas tab set to initially offer a suite of around 70 games with about 30 of these available via mobile channels. “Moving forward, Ladbrokes will be able to select and offer any of the 400 games available on Playtech’s open games solution that supplies games from both Playtech and third-party suppliers,” read…

Playtech has announced the launch of Ultimate Blackjack Mobile Live Casino and Mini Baccarat games for bet365 which will be available on iOS. The company’s VP of Operations, Shimon Akad commented: “This launch is extremely exciting as Playtech launches its second and third native iOS Mobile Live Casino games successfully. We are very pleased to offer a high quality real-time casino that will allow players to enjoy the excitement of a real casino at a touch of a button. We are confident that the convenience of these products coupled with the company’s classic casino games will be a strong addition…

from iGaming Business Playtech has expanded its mobile bingo offering with the launch of eight new slot titles. The new games are mini-embedded in the bingo pages on mobile and are also available in full screen mode across the HTML5 and native offering. “As our mobile Bingo is growing exponentially, it has become a key focus in our product development this year,” said Rhys Owen, Head of Bingo at Playtech. “With the launch of the HTML5 solution along with Native iOS and Android operating systems, we have begun rolling out the product to our customer base. Using an HTML5 template…

From iGaming Business iGaming Business has announced that Mor Weizer, CEO of Playtech, David Baazov, CEO of Amaya and Walter Bugno, CEO of Lottomatica Gaming Division will be speaking at the iGaming Executive Conference (iGEC), which is taking place during the iGaming Super Show on the 11th – 14th June 2013. They will speak on the CEO Panel titled “iGaming Today and Tomorrow.” This panel invites CEOs with a progressive iGaming vision and a record of success to candidly share their view of the industry today, and explain the direction in which they are taking their companies in order to…