Playtech operate some of the UK’s leading bingo websites – Foxy Bingo – William Hill and Ruby Bingo. The company provides online gaming software and was originally founded more than ten years ago in 1999. Since then they have developed software now used by some of the leading online bingo, poker and casino operators in the world: As well as scratch cards, fixed odds arcade games and the latest in mobile gaming. Playtech recently bought Virtue Fusion for an incredible £36 million to enable them to offer a more comprehensive, all-round, online gaming package to those operators: Therefore capture more of the market and it seems their plans are certainly coming to fruition!
Boylesports is currently the biggest independent bookmaker in Ireland. Playtech already run Boylesports poker site and online sports betting site: Now it has been revealed that they have cut a deal to provide a new online bingo website that will be run on the Virtue Fusion platform. Virtue Fusion is renowned as a world class leader with regards to providing online bingo software platforms – They won the ‘Best Bingo Software 2009’ award and the sites they run offer some of the largest bingo prizes around: Peak traffic numbers across the Virtue Fusion networks are in excess of seven thousand players wagering more than €100,000,000 per month.
The Virtue Fusion network includes some of the biggest names online such as; Virgin Bingo, Crown Bingo, William Hill and Paddy Power. Playtech CEO Mor Weizer atated “We are delighted to become online bingo supplier to Boylesports. They already benefit from having Playtech for their poker product, so taking another best of breed service by utilising the Virtue Fusion Alderney platform will compliment their portfolio and bring enhanced opportunities”
The arrival of the new Boylesports Bingo is sure to set another cat amongst the pigeons as it is destined to be another mighty operator. Conor Grant Head of Boylesports Online stated: “As the industry leading provider of online gaming software Playtech have a proven track record for supplying fantastic products with great liquidity. We are delighted to be introducing their online bingo through Virtue Fusion to Boylesports.com”. Indeed, that does seem very likely. So watch this space!
