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Playtech BGT appoints Lee Drabwell as UK & Ireland Operations lead

SBC News Playtech BGT appoints Lee Drabwell as UK & Ireland Operations lead

Playtech sports betting technology subsidiary, Playtech BGT Sports (PBS) has bolstered its executive leadership team confirming the appointment of former Ladbrokes Managing Director Lee Drabwell as new Chief Operating Officer (COO) for PBS’ UK and Ireland division. A seasoned industry veteran, Drabwell spent 29-years with Ladbrokes serving a number of senior executive roles within the firm’s retail arm. Drabwell left …

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John Pettit – Playtech BGT- SSBTs’ depth of content key to driving retail success

SBC News John Pettit - Playtech BGT- SSBTs’ depth of content key to driving retail success

Diversity in consumer market selections is impacting the retail betting experience. John Pettit, MD for UK, Ireland, Asia and Australia at Playtech BGT Sports states that self-service betting terminals (SSBTs) content is now more important than ever before… ________________ The retail betting sector has faced several challenges in recent years, with the digital revolution requiring operators to change strategy and …

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Big Delivery…Playtech BGT begins full rollout of OPAP Self-Service Terminals

OPAP Q3 bounce back hurt by continued lottery declines

Playtech Plc sports betting division Playtech BGT (PBS) has detailed that it has begun its rollout of software and systems provisions of Self-Service Betting Terminals (SSBTs) for OPAP, Greece’s largest betting/gambling operator. Having secured its OPAP partnership in February of this year, PBS acts as the exclusive supplier of SSBTs provisions for the operator which currently services + 4,500 betting …

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Proven Player! Playtech delivers strong all metric growth performance for H1 2017

SBC News Proven Player! Playtech delivers strong all metric growth performance for H1 2017

Presenting its H1 2017 results (period ending 30 June), FTSE-listed gambling technology group Playtech Plc has declared a strong ‘cash generating’ performance recording growth throughout its core metrics combined with KPI gains across its product divisions. Driven by growth in its ‘regulated markets’ activity, combined with the strong performance of its flagship casino division (up 28%), Playtech would achieve period …

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Boylesports expands terminal partnership with Playtech PBS

SBC News Boylesports expands terminal partnership with Playtech PBS

Industry omni-channel sports betting solutions providerPlaytech BGT Sports (PBS) has informed that it has secured an extended distribution arrangement of its existing self-service betting terminals (SSBTs) with Irish independent bookmaker BoyleSports. The agreement will see a further 325 of PBS terminals deployed within the Irish operator’s 225-strong estate, doubling its number to over 1,000 in the last 12 months. Moving …

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Playtech BGT boosts Terminal capabilities ahead of critical new European football season

SBC News Playtech BGT boosts Terminal capabilities ahead of critical new European football season

Updating the market, Playtech betting subsidiary Playtech BGT Sports (PBS) is gearing up for a critical new European football season detailing that it has enhanced its Self-Service Betting Terminal (SSBT) capabilities. Ahead of season’s kick off, PBS has added new dynamics to its terminals including a new ‘Goalscorer Coupon’, as well as ‘Asian Handicap’ betting lines for the first time, with …

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John Pettit – Playtech BGT – New Tricks…Servicing Independents

SBC News John Pettit – Playtech BGT – New Tricks…Servicing Independents

John Pettit, Playtech BGT Sport’s UK, Ireland, Asia and Australia Managing Director speaks to SBC on his firm’s detailed approach to servicing independent bookmakers. Having secured new terminal contracts with a number UK independent bookmakers, Pettit details how Playtech BGT services and provisions can help ‘independents’ continue to make their mark within the ultra-competitive UK retail betting sector.    __________________________ …

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Playtech BGT terminals are first choice for UK & Ireland Independent bookmakers

SBC News Playtech BGT terminals are first choice for UK & Ireland Independent bookmakers

FTSE-listed Playtech Plc’s sports betting technology division Playtech BGT Sports (PBS) continues its strong 2017 commercial momentum detailing that it has signed a number of self-service betting terminal (SSBT) contracts with UK & Ireland independent bookmakers. Over recent months, PBS has secured new deals with G Bet, Wilf Gilbert, Victoria Gate Casino, Sean Graham and Star Sports Mayfair. Furthermore, Playtech’s …

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Busy Playtech BGT completes full deployment of Coral retail omni-channel software

SBC News Busy Playtech BGT completes full deployment of Coral retail omni-channel software

Updating the market, Playtech BGT Sports (PBS) has confirmed that it has completed the full deployment of its proprietary omni-channel sports betting technology across Coral UK estates (part of Ladbrokes Coral Group). The full deployment, sees PBS now provide terminals and software on more than 3,000 terminals within Coral’s retail stores, which have been integrated with ‘Coral Connect’ customer rewards …

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Betfred expands retail SSBT integration with Playtech BGT

SBC News Betfred expands retail SSBT integration with Playtech BGT

Issuing a market update, Playtech BGT Sports (PBS) has today informed that it will expand its Self Service Betting Terminals (SSBTs) agreement across UK independent bookmaker Betfred’s entire retail betting shop portfolio. The partnership expansion will see PBS supply a further 570 terminals to Betfred’s estate inventory, which will see it service a total of 2,800 SSBTs across 1,700 betting …

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