Playtech awarded World Lotter

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Playtech Limited

23 November 2009

 



Playtech Limited

("Playtech")

Playtech awarded World Lottery Association membership

Playtech Limited, (AIM:PTEC) the international designer, developer and licensor of software for the online, mobile and land-based gaming industry, today announces that it has been approved as an Associate Member of the World Lottery Association, ("WLA") the global professional association for State lottery and gaming organisations. 

The approval recognises Playtech's position as a leading provider of online platforms for private and State-owned lottery operators in regulated markets around the world. Membership offers Playtech the opportunity to take a role in the development of best practice for lotteries in regulated markets on a global basis.

The WLA and its members are committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards and advancing the interests of State-authorised lotteries. It draws members from 76 countries and five continents generating total revenues in excess of US$180 billion.

Commenting on the membership Playtech's Chief Executive, Mor Weizer, said:

"We are very proud to have been approved as an Associate Member of the WLA. It reflects our strong focus and experience in regulated markets, not least our work with the various lotteries which are leading operators and members of the WLA. We look forward to contributing to the Association's development in the future."

Jean Jorgensen, Executive Director of the WLA, said: 

"We welcome Playtech as an Associate Member to the WLA and look forward to working with them."

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For further information contact:

Mor Weizer, CEO, Playtech Ltd  Shuki Barak, CFO, Playtech Ltd c/o Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial	[phone]
Piers Coombs / Bruce Garrow Collins Stewart	[phone]
Mumtaz Naseem  Deutsche Bank	[phone]
David Rydell / Olly Scott / Samantha Boston / Duncan Mayall Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial	[phone]

About Playtech

Playtech develops unified software platforms for the online and land based gambling industry, primarily targeting existing online operators wanting to upgrade their system; sportsbooks looking to diversify and land-based operators making their online debut. Playtech gaming applications - online casino, poker, bingo, mobile gaming, live gaming, land-based kiosk networks and fixed-odds games - are fully inter-compatible and can be freely incorporated as stand-alone applications, accessed and funded by players through the same user account and managed by the operator by means of a single powerful management interface. Founded in 1999, Playtech has more than 800 personnel distributed globally, around seventy five percent of whom are engaged in research and development of current and future gaming technologies.

www.playtech.com

 

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