Monthly Archives: January 2013

Casino Tropez announces Big Winners in January

Casino Tropez has announced it started 2013 off with some incredible wins. One lucky player saw his New Year take a turn for the better with winnings that exceeded $3 Million during a record run during the first few days of the New Year.

This was not a typical winning streak as the player, known only as Aswad hit his first incredible win while playing Gladiator. Aswad is quoted as saying he was stunned to realize he had just won $1,579,000 and almost fell off his chair by the shock of such a large win. What he didn’t know was more was to follow!

The winning continued while playing Gladiator and another sizable win of $830,000 was won by Aswad. In total Aswad won more than $2.4 million while playing Gladiator and set a record at Casino Tropez with the Gladiator slot machine. To add to this incredible lucky streak Aswad also hit a couple of substantial wins while playing the video slot Pink Panther. This saw an extra $540,000 added to his winnings for the week.

Casino Tropez operates using the Playtech software and offers more than 360 casino games including slots, video poker and table games. They are currently offering some generous new player bonuses and with wins like Aswad has been getting the time could not be better to get in on the action.

Gamesys Group purchased by Virgin Games

Virgin Games and The Gamesys Group announced on the 6th of January that Gamesys Group has been purchased by Virgin Games.

Virgin Games is one of the world’s best known brands and is part of the Virgin Group of Companies.
Virgin Games has stated that Gamesys will carry on as usual and would work towards increasing its presence internationally and to develop social and play for money games. This is a strong area for Gamesys who have already partnered with Facebook for bingo and slot games aimed towards the U.K market. There are no expected changes within the organization from a staffing perspective however it is expected that Virgin Games will work towards better integration with Gamesys proprietary technology and software. These changes are expected to be completed within the first quarter of 2013.

The Gamesys Group consists of four separate companies including Mice and Dice Limited, Leisure Spin Limited and Profitable Play Limited. Each caters to a different segment within the industry and is regarding as cutting edge software. In recent years Gamesys has substantial growth within the online gaming industry. It has franchised its software to 250 licensees to date and continued growth is expected under the Virgin Groups ownership. Gamesys develops proprietary software and markets its own brands directly and are based in Gibraltar. It reported revenues of £125 million in 2012.