IGT Signs Agreement to Provide its Remote Game Server Content to PokerStars Casino
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IGT Signs Agreement to Provide its Remote Game Server Content to PokerStars Casino
LONDON – May 1, 2017 – International Game Technology PLC (“IGT”) (NYSE: IGT) today announced that the Company signed a content distribution agreement with Rational Group, the owners and operators of leading online gaming site PokerStars. Under the agreement PokerStars Casino now offers its players in many jurisdictions, game content and features from IGT’s Remote Game Server (RGS).
IGT’s RGS is a server-based content library that contains a portfolio of more than 100 game themes including some of the gaming industry’s most celebrated titles such as Cleopatra®, Golden Goddess®, and Wheel of Fortune®.
“IGT’s passion for innovation and our ongoing commitment to growing our customers’ businesses continue to fuel our RGS development strategy. The RGS contains a vast library of new and proven slot games and features that ignite player excitement and engagement in markets around the world,” said Gianluca Ballocci, IGT Vice President Commercial Interactive Sales and B2C Operations. “PokerStars Casino can entertain its player base with the most robust and time-tested slot content library in the industry.”
“Expanding our content library to include industry-leading games from IGT’s RGS is a testament to PokerStars’ ongoing commitment to offering our players the most compelling online gaming experiences,” said Bo Wänghammar, Director of PokerStars Casino Operations. “IGT’s decades of experience in content creation and deployment give PokerStars confidence that the added slot content will inspire even more winning moments for our players.”
For more information, visit IGT or go to Facebook at facebook.com/IGT, follow us on Twitter, twitter.com/IGTnews or watch IGT videos on YouTube, youtube.com/igt. Play IGT’s DoubleDown Casino on Facebook or at doubledowncasino.com.
About IGT
IGT (NYSE:IGT) is the global leader in gaming. We enable players to experience their favorite games across all channels and regulated segments, from Gaming Machines and Lotteries to Interactive and Social Gaming. Leveraging a wealth of premium content, substantial investment in innovation, in-depth customer intelligence, operational expertise and leading-edge technology, our gaming solutions anticipate the demands of consumers wherever they decide to play. We have a well-established local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in more than 100 countries around the world, and create value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. IGT has over 12,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.IGT.com.
About PokerStars
PokerStars operates the world’s most popular online poker sites, serving the global poker community. Since it launched in 2001, PokerStars has become the first choice of players all over the world, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else and with the best online security. More than 165 billion hands have been dealt on PokerStars, which is more than any other site.
PokerStars is the flagship brand of Rational Group, which is ultimately owned by Amaya Inc. (Nasdaq: AYA; TSX: AYA) and operates gaming-related businesses and brands, including PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars, Full Tilt, StarsDraft, and the PokerStars Championship and PokerStars Festival live poker tour brands (incorporating the European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour). Amaya, through certain subsidiaries, is licensed, approved to offer, or offers under third party licenses or approvals, its products and services in various jurisdictions throughout the world, including in Europe, both within and outside of the European Union, the Americas and elsewhere. In particular, PokerStars is the world’s most licensed online gaming brand, holding licenses or related operating approvals in 17 jurisdictions. PokerStars.com and PokerStars.eu operate globally under licenses from the Isle of Man and Malta governments, respectively.
Play Responsibly! For more information on responsible gaming please visit our website at http://www.pokerstars.com/about/responsible-gaming/
Contact:
Robert K. Vincent, Corporate Communications, toll free in U.S./Canada (844) IGT-7452; outside U.S./Canada (401) 392-7452
Michelle Schenk, Global Communications, Gaming, (702) 669-8177
James Hurley, Investor Relations, (401) 392-7190
Simone Cantagallo, (+39) 06 51899030; for Italian media inquiries
© 2017 IGT
© 2017 Califon Productions, Inc. "Wheel of Fortune" is a registered trademark of Califon Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
All other trademarks used herein are owned by IGT or its affiliates, may not be used without permission, and where indicated with a ®, are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
NEWS RELEASE
IGT Signs Agreement to Provide its Remote Game Server Content to PokerStars Casino
LONDON – May 1, 2017 – International Game Technology PLC (“IGT”) (NYSE: IGT) today announced that the Company signed a content distribution agreement with Rational Group, the owners and operators of leading online gaming site PokerStars. Under the agreement PokerStars Casino now offers its players in many jurisdictions, game content and features from IGT’s Remote Game Server (RGS).
IGT’s RGS is a server-based content library that contains a portfolio of more than 100 game themes including some of the gaming industry’s most celebrated titles such as Cleopatra®, Golden Goddess®, and Wheel of Fortune®.
“IGT’s passion for innovation and our ongoing commitment to growing our customers’ businesses continue to fuel our RGS development strategy. The RGS contains a vast library of new and proven slot games and features that ignite player excitement and engagement in markets around the world,” said Gianluca Ballocci, IGT Vice President Commercial Interactive Sales and B2C Operations. “PokerStars Casino can entertain its player base with the most robust and time-tested slot content library in the industry.”
“Expanding our content library to include industry-leading games from IGT’s RGS is a testament to PokerStars’ ongoing commitment to offering our players the most compelling online gaming experiences,” said Bo Wänghammar, Director of PokerStars Casino Operations. “IGT’s decades of experience in content creation and deployment give PokerStars confidence that the added slot content will inspire even more winning moments for our players.”
For more information, visit IGT or go to Facebook at facebook.com/IGT, follow us on Twitter, twitter.com/IGTnews or watch IGT videos on YouTube, youtube.com/igt. Play IGT’s DoubleDown Casino on Facebook or at doubledowncasino.com.
About IGT
IGT (NYSE:IGT) is the global leader in gaming. We enable players to experience their favorite games across all channels and regulated segments, from Gaming Machines and Lotteries to Interactive and Social Gaming. Leveraging a wealth of premium content, substantial investment in innovation, in-depth customer intelligence, operational expertise and leading-edge technology, our gaming solutions anticipate the demands of consumers wherever they decide to play. We have a well-established local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in more than 100 countries around the world, and create value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. IGT has over 12,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.IGT.com.
About PokerStars
PokerStars operates the world’s most popular online poker sites, serving the global poker community. Since it launched in 2001, PokerStars has become the first choice of players all over the world, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else and with the best online security. More than 165 billion hands have been dealt on PokerStars, which is more than any other site.
PokerStars is the flagship brand of Rational Group, which is ultimately owned by Amaya Inc. (Nasdaq: AYA; TSX: AYA) and operates gaming-related businesses and brands, including PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars, Full Tilt, StarsDraft, and the PokerStars Championship and PokerStars Festival live poker tour brands (incorporating the European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour). Amaya, through certain subsidiaries, is licensed, approved to offer, or offers under third party licenses or approvals, its products and services in various jurisdictions throughout the world, including in Europe, both within and outside of the European Union, the Americas and elsewhere. In particular, PokerStars is the world’s most licensed online gaming brand, holding licenses or related operating approvals in 17 jurisdictions. PokerStars.com and PokerStars.eu operate globally under licenses from the Isle of Man and Malta governments, respectively.
Play Responsibly! For more information on responsible gaming please visit our website at http://www.pokerstars.com/about/responsible-gaming/
Contact:
Robert K. Vincent, Corporate Communications, toll free in U.S./Canada (844) IGT-7452; outside U.S./Canada (401) 392-7452
Michelle Schenk, Global Communications, Gaming, (702) 669-8177
James Hurley, Investor Relations, (401) 392-7190
Simone Cantagallo, (+39) 06 51899030; for Italian media inquiries
© 2017 IGT
© 2017 Califon Productions, Inc. "Wheel of Fortune" is a registered trademark of Califon Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
All other trademarks used herein are owned by IGT or its affiliates, may not be used without permission, and where indicated with a ®, are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
NEWS RELEASE
IGT Signs Agreement to Provide its Remote Game Server Content to PokerStars Casino
LONDON – May 1, 2017 – International Game Technology PLC (“IGT”) (NYSE: IGT) today announced that the Company signed a content distribution agreement with Rational Group, the owners and operators of leading online gaming site PokerStars. Under the agreement PokerStars Casino now offers its players in many jurisdictions, game content and features from IGT’s Remote Game Server (RGS).
IGT’s RGS is a server-based content library that contains a portfolio of more than 100 game themes including some of the gaming industry’s most celebrated titles such as Cleopatra®, Golden Goddess®, and Wheel of Fortune®.
“IGT’s passion for innovation and our ongoing commitment to growing our customers’ businesses continue to fuel our RGS development strategy. The RGS contains a vast library of new and proven slot games and features that ignite player excitement and engagement in markets around the world,” said Gianluca Ballocci, IGT Vice President Commercial Interactive Sales and B2C Operations. “PokerStars Casino can entertain its player base with the most robust and time-tested slot content library in the industry.”
“Expanding our content library to include industry-leading games from IGT’s RGS is a testament to PokerStars’ ongoing commitment to offering our players the most compelling online gaming experiences,” said Bo Wänghammar, Director of PokerStars Casino Operations. “IGT’s decades of experience in content creation and deployment give PokerStars confidence that the added slot content will inspire even more winning moments for our players.”
For more information, visit IGT or go to Facebook at facebook.com/IGT, follow us on Twitter, twitter.com/IGTnews or watch IGT videos on YouTube, youtube.com/igt. Play IGT’s DoubleDown Casino on Facebook or at doubledowncasino.com.
About IGT
IGT (NYSE:IGT) is the global leader in gaming. We enable players to experience their favorite games across all channels and regulated segments, from Gaming Machines and Lotteries to Interactive and Social Gaming. Leveraging a wealth of premium content, substantial investment in innovation, in-depth customer intelligence, operational expertise and leading-edge technology, our gaming solutions anticipate the demands of consumers wherever they decide to play. We have a well-established local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in more than 100 countries around the world, and create value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. IGT has over 12,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.IGT.com.
About PokerStars
PokerStars operates the world’s most popular online poker sites, serving the global poker community. Since it launched in 2001, PokerStars has become the first choice of players all over the world, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else and with the best online security. More than 165 billion hands have been dealt on PokerStars, which is more than any other site.
PokerStars is the flagship brand of Rational Group, which is ultimately owned by Amaya Inc. (Nasdaq: AYA; TSX: AYA) and operates gaming-related businesses and brands, including PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars, Full Tilt, StarsDraft, and the PokerStars Championship and PokerStars Festival live poker tour brands (incorporating the European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour). Amaya, through certain subsidiaries, is licensed, approved to offer, or offers under third party licenses or approvals, its products and services in various jurisdictions throughout the world, including in Europe, both within and outside of the European Union, the Americas and elsewhere. In particular, PokerStars is the world’s most licensed online gaming brand, holding licenses or related operating approvals in 17 jurisdictions. PokerStars.com and PokerStars.eu operate globally under licenses from the Isle of Man and Malta governments, respectively.
Play Responsibly! For more information on responsible gaming please visit our website at http://www.pokerstars.com/about/responsible-gaming/
Contact:
Robert K. Vincent, Corporate Communications, toll free in U.S./Canada (844) IGT-7452; outside U.S./Canada (401) 392-7452
Michelle Schenk, Global Communications, Gaming, (702) 669-8177
James Hurley, Investor Relations, (401) 392-7190
Simone Cantagallo, (+39) 06 51899030; for Italian media inquiries
© 2017 IGT
© 2017 Califon Productions, Inc. "Wheel of Fortune" is a registered trademark of Califon Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
All other trademarks used herein are owned by IGT or its affiliates, may not be used without permission, and where indicated with a ®, are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
