Playtech announces licence ag

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Playtech Limited

02 June 2009

Playtech Ltd

('Playtech' or 'the Company')

Playtech announces licence agreement with Betfair

Playtech (AIM: PTEC), the leading international designer, developer and licensor of software to the online and land-based gaming industry, is pleased to announce that it has established a major new licence agreement with Betfair, the world's leading online betting exchange, to provide a range of its online products and services.

Under the terms of the license agreement, Betfair will benefit from a range of software services provided by Playtech, including its leading casino offering, and bingo software via the Betfair TV platform. Betfair is already established as a significant online gaming operator having created a multi-million Euro revenue business that stretches around the globe.

Playtech will become the exclusive software provider for Betfair's new download casino product expanding the gaming options available to Betfair's customers via a solution fully integrated with Betfair' betting exchange.

Mor Weizer, Chief Executive Officer of Playtech, commented: 'We welcome Betfair to our licensee network and are excited to be working with such a like-minded business which revolutionised the gaming industry. Betfair's decision to enter into this licence agreement with Playtech is a significant endorsement of Playtech's market leading gaming products and this partnership exemplifies our strategy of rapidly expanding our licensee base with tier one operators across all markets.'

Niall Wass, Managing Director of Betfair International, said: 'We chose Playtech because, like us, it is the market leader in its industry, producing software which is at the cutting edge of gaming technology. They are the natural partner of choice to support the expansion of our product offering and we look forward to working with their development team to provide exciting and innovative new gaming experiences for our customers.'

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For Further Information:

Mor Weizer, CEO, Playtech Ltd

Shuki Barak, CFO, Playtech Ltd

c/o Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial Tel: +44 (0) 20 7861 3232

Piers Coombs / Bruce Garrow

Collins Stewart Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000

Mumtaz Naseem
Deutsche Bank Tel: +44 (0) 20 7545 8000

David Rydell / Olly Scott / Laura Pope

Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial Tel. +44 (0) 20 7861 3232

About Playtech

Playtech develops unified software platforms for the online and land based gambling industry, primarily targeting existing online operators wanting to upgrade their system; sportsbooks looking to diversify and land-based operators making their online debut. Playtech gaming applications - online casino, poker, bingo, mobile gaming, live gaming, land-based kiosk networks and fixed-odds games - are fully inter-compatible and can be freely incorporated as stand-alone applications, accessed and funded by players through the same user account and managed by the operator by means of a single powerful management interface. Founded in 1999, Playtech has over 800 personnel distributed globally, around seventy five percent of whom are engaged in research and development of current and future gaming technologies.

www.playtech.com

About Betfair

The Betfair group of companies offers a global portfolio of gambling products and services. This includes the world's leading betting, which is provided in the UK. Betfair's other betting platforms include a bookmaking operation provided from Malta and a second betting exchange in Australia. Separately Betfair's established gaming products include Betfair Poker, Betfair Casino and a number of exchange-enabled games. All of these are offered from Malta. Betfair is a licensed gambling operator in the UK, Australia, Malta, Italy, Austria and Germany.