LONDON, November 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
New division unifies existing
subsidiaries to create best-in-class sporting
powerhouse
Playtech, the world's leading gaming content and software,
systems and services supplier, is pleased to announce that BGT
founder Dr. Armin Sageder has been
appointed CEO of Playtech BGT Sports.
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The new division brings together Playtech Sports companies BGT,
Geneity, Mobenga, Unilogic and Playtech's internal Sports Trading
team and contains more than 600 employees based in Nicosia, Malmö, Vienna, London, Bremen and Sofia.
Headquartered in Cyprus, Armin
will assume responsibility for all of Playtech BGT Sports' business
and customer relations and establish and lead a team to manage the
division. He will report to Mor
Weizer, CEO, Playtech.
Playtech BGT Sports' vision is to create a fully integrated,
best-in-class sports betting technology solution by drawing on the
overall business's expertise and capabilities, together with a
tailored, managed service proposition to suit any bespoke customer
requirements.
It will provide a one-stop-shop betting offering based on
Playtech's innovative and unique Omni-channel platform technology.
The platform will provide customers with a seamless betting
experience across all channels and devices including
over-the-counter, Self-Service Betting Terminals (SSBTs), online
and mobile. Moreover, Playtech BGT Sports will cater for
differentiated sports betting solutions for both anonymous and
registered customers across retail and digital channels.
The combination of Playtech's 'brick to click' strategy,
delivering a true Omni-channel experience, and leveraging
Playtech's industry-leading IMS management solution, will result in
the company delivering the industry's leading, cutting-edge sports
offering and experience for its global licensees and their
players.
Dr. Armin Sageder said: "I am
very excited about the opportunity. When combining the BGT team
spirit together with the extensive knowhow and knowledge of all the
great talent that exists across Playtech, we have the opportunity
to create a powerhouse for the benefit of our clients and their
customers.
"By doing so we will continue to invest in our platforms,
products, offering and services and will truly enhance customers'
betting experience and maximize the benefits for our licensees.
Furthermore, we will continue to provide operators with the
expertise and capabilities they expect from Playtech and BGT as
well as the relevant tools in order to allow them to differentiate
their customer propositions and achieve their strategic goals."
Mor Weizer, CEO, Playtech: "I am
delighted that Armin has accepted this role and I strongly believe
he is the best person to take our sports offering to the next level
together with the talent we have internally.
"Playtech BGT Sports will provide leading sports betting
operators with best-in-class platforms and products as we well as a
series of unique Omni-channel solutions that we believe will
continue to revolutionize retail and online betting businesses
alike," Weizer added.
Dr. Armin
Sageder is an Austrian entrepreneur. He is married and a
father of three boys. He holds a PhD in Physics. Armin is the
founder of leading online payments company paysafecard. In
2005 he founded BGT which he personally
led to a market-leading position in retail sports betting
technology (SSBTs). Earlier this year Armin and his co-shareholder
sold the majority of their shares to Playtech. Armin will remain a
10% shareholder of the Playtech BGT Sports division.
About Playtech
Playtech is a market leader in the gambling and financial
trading industries. Founded in 1999 and listed on the Main Market
of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech has more than 5,000
employees in 13 countries.
Playtech is the gambling industry's leading software and
services supplier with more than 130 licensees globally, including
many of the world's leading regulated online, retail and mobile
operators, land-based casino groups, government sponsored entities
such as lotteries, and new entrants opening operations in
newly-regulated markets. Its business intelligence-driven gambling
software offering includes casino, live casino, bingo, poker and
sports betting.
It is the pioneer of Omni-channel gambling which, through
Playtech ONE, offers operators and their customers, a seamless,
anytime, anywhere experience across any product, any channel
(online, mobile, retail) and any device using a single account and
single wallet. It provides marketing expertise, sophisticated CRM
solutions and other services for operators seeking a full turnkey
solution.
Playtech's Financials division operates both on a B2C and B2B
basis. Its B2C focused offering is an established and growing
online CFDs broker, operating the brand markets.com. Its B2B
offering includes the division's proprietary trading platform, CRM
and back-office systems, as well as its liquidity technology
platform which provides retail brokers with multi-asset execution,
prime brokerage services, liquidity and complementary risk
management tools.
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