Insight BULGARIA BEGE 2018
GeTeWe’s Jens Möller, Dagmar Laugwitz and Aristidis Tsikouras at the BEGE
Euro Games Technology’s Stanislav Stanev with Versailles Gold
animated characters. Te sites that offer sports betting are many and varied, among the biggest are,
betfair.com. Eurofootball, Efbet and other operators also have a wide network of sports betting clubs (sports betting sites) where betting on sports events broadcasted live is offered, as well as online betting and betting on virtual animal racing. According to the data provided by Eurofootball, in 2016 the participants in their games achieved biggest gains from sports betting, and football is the leader with nearly BGN 227m profit - for comparison the total value of all the distributed profits is over BGN 410m.
Most of the players are from Sofia where nearly BGN120m was won, followed by players from the Plovdiv region who won more than BGN45m, with third place taken by players from Varna.
Only two years after the launch of the SportMax service, virtual football has generated nearly BGN156m in profit.
Another operator, Eurobet, recently launched Sports Chance, which offers virtual football matches every five minutes, as well as a wide
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variety of 17 games and attractive odds. Te games last one minute with 73 betting options for each. According to Eurobet, virtual football is rapidly gaining popularity and there are already 1000s of fans who enjoy a wide variety of predictions and attractive odds. Eurobet also offers the popular numerical games in the country EuroChance, Sport Chance, 5 out of 11, Lottomania, and Poker Chance.
Back on the exhibition floor, Euro Games Technology, Casino Technology and Novomatic, not surprisingly had the biggest stands.
Indeed EGT had its biggest ever exhibition stand at any show, taking over the whole of one hall with 200 gaming positions covering 218 sq. m. EGT was showcasing a vast array of slots for Balkan markets, including the Super Premier 75 with a 75ins. portrait-oriented curved monitor, the P-42V St Curved slot machines, the P-27/27 St Slim and the P-27/32H St model, featuring the Premier series multigames – Multi-3, 4, 5, 6, and Fruits, together with the P-24/32V Up and P- 27/42V St. Te Red, Orange, Green, Union and Fruits Collection 2 mixes were also shown.
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Nadège Teyssedre, Zitro Sales Manager of Europe,
mystery and symbol-driven progressive jackpots were on display, with the Chinese- themed Cai Shen Kingdom and Fu Gui Rong Hua standing out. Te three-level mystery progressive 3 Happy Hits, the players’ favourites 4 Happy Hits, Lady’s Cards, Egypt Quest, Cat 4 Cash, Diamond Life with its new multigame mix “Multi-2” and the VLT Jackpot were all at BEGE.
Stanislav Stanev, Sales and Marketing Director of EGT, told us: “Te last year has been a very successful one for EGT in Bulgaria and across the Balkans. Te Bulgarian market has developed into a mature market with operators looking to improve their quality and their efficiency. EGT is active in 80 markets all over the world and we always look to bring the best products from our international experience back to Bulgaria. Te core product for the Bulgarian market is of course the stand-alone multi-player, but operators are also demanding the latest in progressive jackpot offerings and electronic roulette.”
“We rate Bulgaria as the second biggest casino slot market in Europe after Romania,” he added. “We’ve seen stable growth in Sofia and in the regions. Players don’t just come from Bulgaria,
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