Playtech

Playtech is a global online gambling software development company that is traded on the London stock exchange and is now regarded as one of the biggest companies within the igaming industry. Playtech is a supplier of a whole spectrum of different gambling software application including online slots, sportsbook software, casino table games, live dealer, back office system and even supplies offline fixed odds betting terminals to bookiees around the world. 

Advertising themselves as a one stop shop for online gambling services, Playtech supplies some of the biggest casinos in the world including the top tier casinos based in the UK. Thier range of slots games previously included the Marvel licence to include the Avengers, Thor, Hulk and more exciting online slots titles which was since revoked on 31st March 2017 leaving a gaping hole in their online slots offering. 

Playtech are one of the oldest software companies in the online casino industry that were a part of the community since its founding days. The company was initially launched in 1999 from Estonia but its first casino licensee came two years later. Ever since then, Playtech had been growing and moving admirably fast to now become one of the biggest suppliers of online gaming and gambling products.

Playtech’s success is mostly owed to their acquisition of targeted software companies like Ash Gaming, GTS, and Mobenga, all of which had helped the company create a full product portfolio that has understandably turned them into a very popular provider to today’s biggest online gambling companies and a supplier with ties to almost every corner of the world.

Playtech Products

Playtech like to call themselves a one-stop shop for gaming operators, since they offer a complete range of products that can cover every need of the company’s licensees, from the games they want in their casinos to the marketing and management tools they need. Their product suite includes poker, sportsbetting, bingo, live dealer studios, and virtual casino games, all of which can be accessed via a single cross-platform solution. For more info about their individual products, check out the relevant section below.  

Playtech Casino games

The backbone of Playtech’s business has always been casino games. Their game portfolio has been in the making since the company’s foundation – a period in which they’ve amassed hundreds of different casino, poker, and fixed-odd games, and they don’t plan to stop anytime soon. The company has also frequently partnered up with major entertainment brands like HBO, MGM, Marvel and DC Entertainment to create licensed designs that only further boosted the popularity of the game studio.

Playtech Slots

Just like Microgaming and NetEnt, Playtech have released tons of great slots over the years, most of which were branded games. Up until recently, the biggest favorites were the Marvel slot series with progressive jackpots, but the company is now switching to DC content and their Age of Gods Series for a new progressive jackpot network. Out of the dozens of titles they’ve created thus far, the following are one of the biggest favorites casino players frequently enjoy:  

• Halloween fortune II

• The Mummy

• Rocky

• Pink Panther

• Superman II

• The Gladiator

Playtech Blackjack

Slot games are not the only thing Playtech are famous for, as the company also has a very successful line of table games, which includes Blackjack as well. The suite of Blackjack games is very solid and covers most classic variants with Vegas and Atlantic City rules as well as more modern versions of Blackjack with multi-hand play and side bets. The following are some of the available choices:

• Blackjack

• Blackjack Pro

• Lucky Blackjack

• Blackjack Switch

• Progressive Blackjack

Playtech Casino Poker

Like with Blackjack, Playtech’s Poker selection is nothing short of great. Apart from the standard Texas Hold’Em game most software providers offer, among Playtech’s portfolio you’ll also find a number of exotic variants:

• Caribbean Stud

• Tequila Poker

• Casino Hold'Em

• Pai Gow

• Let Em'Ride

• 3 Card Poker

Playtech Video Poker

As you can expect from such a large-scale slot provider, Playtech also offer plenty of Video Poker games. Their Video Poker collection can be dated back to the early days of Playtech and includes most popular choices like Jacks or Better or Deuces Wild. The paytables differ according to the casino and the house edge ranges from as little as 0.2% to even 4.5% on some progressives. The offer includes:

• Aces & Faces

• Jacks or Better Multi-hand & Progressive

• Joker Poker

• Mega Jacks Progressive

• Two Way Royal

• Deuces Wild

Playtech Roulette

The Roulette games offered by the game studio include the standard European and US versions but also Premium versions with higher-end graphics and bigger betting limits. There are about a dozen games available from Playtech, although the final number depends on the casino itself. Among the popular choices, you can find:

• American roulette

• European roulette

• 3D Roulette

• Roulette Pro

• Premium Roulette (American, French, and European)

Other Casino Games

Apart from the main casino products, Playtech also offers a wide range of other table, card, and leisure games for a full-rounded selection that covers every aspect of the online gambling experience. These include:

• Baccarat

• Craps

• Sic Bo

• Red Dog

• Wild Vikings

• Keno

• Genies Hi-lo

• Scratchcards

Playtech Live Casino Games

Playtech also offer live casino games to their operators which are often re-branded and customized to represent the casino they’re leased out to. The games are split in two main categories: Asian and European, and they cover most Poker, Roulette, and Blackjack classics, including original games like Double Screen Roulette. Playtech’s live games can also be played in VIP mode thanks to their Ruby Room studio.

Playtech iPoker Network

The iPoker network is Playtech’s own network which has grown to become one of the top 10 online choices with plenty of skins to play in, including ones offered at big names like Titan Poker, Bet365 and Will Hill. There are around nine types of games to be found, including Texas Hold’Em, while the operators have full control over customizing the rooms according to the stakes, languages, and currencies they want. And although iPoker doesn’t enjoy the volumes of traffic other big players do, it’s still a top choice for many long-time fans of the game.   

Other Gambling/Gaming Products

As a company, Playtech has always been about expanding and growing, with the main drive behind their progress being strategic acquisitions of other companies. Thus, today they’ve become a very diverse online gaming provider that extends well beyond the online casino sector.

Their range of other products includes the Playtech Sportsbook, which can be integrated both online and as a land-based platform and powers some of the newest sports betting websites today. Playtech Bingo, which they run through their Virtue Fusion subsidiary to offer draws to over 60K of players per day, and the Playtech Lottery, which is an official Associate Member of the World Lottery Association. The game studio also offers Social Gaming products that can be promoted via popular social media channels.

Playtech Back Office Products

Playtech’s licensees can use a number of the company’s back office products to drive traffic and promote their brand. The starting point is the EDGE (Enhanced Gaming Engine) Platform, which is the main content platform offered by the studio that supplies over 500 casino, fixed odds, or virtual sport games from more than 25 different providers to online operators.

The EDGE platform can also be integrated with Playtech’s IMS (Information Management Solution) - a centralized data system designed for a full optimization and management of businesses, as well as the MEXOS e-marketing platform, which is aimed at helping business drive ad revenue and increase brand performance.

Playtech Platforms

Throughout the years, Playtech have continuously adapted their games to new technologies adopted by the industry, starting from Flash and Java designs and later integrating those solutions to cover new devices. Thus, any content directly supplied by them can be played in desktop or mobile/tablet mode, as should be the case with any serious game studio.

Their mobile games are available thanks to Playtech’s acquiring of Mobenga – a company that designed Playtech’s Mobile Hub HTML5 open framework. This framework allows for a plug-and-play integration of any game product from Playtech or third-parties into mobile apps or platforms, and thus makes possible for their games to be enjoyed any mobile device, be it a Windows phones, Android, iPhone, or iPad.

Playtech Markets

Originally set in Europe, the company has gradually expanded in a number of regulated markets outside the continent through various partnership agreements with key players. Their products are now offered either online or offline in most major markets in Asia, North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. Thus, there’s rarely any area this long-time gaming studio hasn’t covered, especially when it comes to the online sector.