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group NYX Gaming Group, launched its Open Gaming System, NYX OGS with Optibet.
Optibet is already a market leader in the online casino sector and this will increase its ability to market new content. Optibet is now live with chart toppers from both Aristocrat and Nextgen Gaming delivered via OGS.
Aigars Zviedris, CEO of Optibet said: “It is a real pleasure to add to our online offering Aristocrat and Nextgen Gaming games delivered via OGS by NYX Interactive. It makes game selection to our cus- tomers even wider than before.”
OLYBET. This is a brand of Olympic Casinos which provides sports betting in the Baltic region. Sports fan can watch the event in a sports bar located in casinos and bets are placed through Olybet before the sports event or whilst watching the live game.
Olybet Sports Bar arrived in Latvia in August 2013 and
LOTTERY: OUTLETS:
GAMING HALLS: No. OF SLOTS: GGR SLOTS:
CASINOS:
CASINO TABLES: CASINO SLOTS:
CASINO TABLES GGR: TOTAL GAMBLING GGR:
Latvijas Loto 1,130
LOTTERY REVENUE: €19.3 (net turnover) SPORTSBETTING: REVENUE:
Optibet and Latvet €3.6m 325
8,326
€142m 6
65 138 €11.5m €176.8m
is a new concept. The sports bar offers a choice of sports TV channels from all over the world and visi- tors can place bets using special OlyBet terminals. For real time betting a special App has been developed for tablets that are available to customers on request.
By the end of 2013 all Olympic Casinos in Estonia and Latvia were due to be converted to include the new Olybet sports bars. There are currently 17 Olybet Sports Bars in Riga and 13 elsewhere located in Olympic casinos and as such, OEG is the only Latvian gaming operator to open betting shops its own casinos and currently there are six slot halls equipped with Olybet.
OEG entered the Latvian market in 2002 by setting up Olympic Casino Latvia. Currently it operates 38 gam- ing halls in Riga and the main cities. Of these 22 branches operate under Olympic Casino brand. In July 2013 OEG purchased casino operator SIA Altea adding 16 more casinos to its network in Latvia.
By September 2013 the company operated over 1000 gaming machines and 21 gaming tables.
JOKER. Joker was set up in 1995 and is a Latvian- Czech join venture with Synot Tip. The company is represented in 28 Latvian cities (16 in Riga alone) and
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