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or the very first time a bingo site is hoping to celebrate its dotty image by giving players a cash bonus based on the number of freckles they have on their face. The ‘Freckle Bonus’ is being offered by
DottyBingo.com in a bid to celebrate the humble freckle, with £1 per facial freckle exhibited up for grabs to new members who must send in a
photograph of themselves so that they can be counted and remunerated accordingly. It’s thought the site is the first of its kind to positively discriminate in favour of the freckled and says it expects to give out thousands of pounds in prize money. Bosses at the firm say there is no need for individuals to tally up their own freckles as they will be assigning a dedicated team to calculate the bonus pay-outs. Only facial freckles will be counted and anybody caught faking freckles in an attempt to gain more money will be banned from the site.
A spokesman said the site was proud to become the first in the world to celebrate the freckle: “Some people love their freckles, some people hate them, but for the first time ever we’re making freckles lucrative and we can’t wait to give the money away.”
LVS Celebrates 20th Anniversary
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n May, LVS, the sportsbook software provider owned by La Française des Jeux, celebrates a milestone anniversary as a software technology company. LVS started life in 1992 as a financial software company but very quickly moved into the fledgling online gaming industry when they partnered with Victor Chandler to build one of the first ever telebetting and online sportsbook platforms. Since then LVS has gone from strength to strength becoming one of the leaders in the industry with their core product the “Advanced Betting Platform”. In 2010 LVS were acquired by the second largest lottery in the World, FDJ. Simon Ordish, CEO of LVS said: “By having just a handful of clients to service at any one time, we were able to focus on creating great technology and providing one-to-one customer service. As we grow under the guidance of FDJ, the challenge is to still be at the cutting edge of technology and at the same time give that level of attention and personable experience that LVS are well known for.”
62 MAY 2012
Playtech boosts social output
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laytech has announced plans for a €95m acquisition of real-money gaming and social media assets from a company linked to its largest
shareholder, Teddy Sagi.
Playtech has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding regarding the potential acquisition with the undisclosed party, in relation to the group’s intention acquiring certain assets that will enable it to enter the social gaming space.
In a statement the company said: “Playtech has been monitoring social gaming activity operated by various companies through social networks and mobile platforms and has been analysing a number of ways to penetrate the social gaming arena. By completing the intended transaction, Playtech would gain access to a broad range of social gaming platforms and products, and believes it would be uniquely positioned as a leading B2B provider with the ability to supply cross-platform capabilities for a full suite of products including social casino, poker, bingo and rummy.” In addition to the social gaming services, the acquisition also includes real-money end-to-end online casino software with integration platform and casino games content, mobile poker and casino software, and online poker software.
BetVictor offers more Realistic Games
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etVictor has launched a new suite of iPad, smartphone and PC casino games supplied by digital gaming developer, Realistic Games. The suite of games includes eight slots that have been specifically engineered for both iPads and smartphones, as well as multi-hand iPad blackjack and the industry’s first dedicated iPad roulette. Chairman, Victor Chandler, said: “Casino gaming on mobile devices is an increasingly important part of our business and we are very excited by the opportunity this presents. Realistic’s new mobile games have really enhanced and complemented our current offering; we think our customers now have an unrivalled choice of high quality casino games. “ Andy Cattrell, Director of Realistic Games, commented: “We have tried to develop the games with a real empathy for their environments. It hasn’t been easy but we are very happy with the outcome and we are delighted to have the games live with BetVictor.”
The full suite of new games are: Blackjack, Roulette, Bullseye, Sunset Reels, Sunrise Reels, Over The Rainbow, Pentagram, Super Graphics, Double Bubble and Snakes and Ladders.
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