Polish gaming monopoly chooses Playtech as supplier

Playtech's top game developer in Poland

The gaming monopoly in Poland will launch a state-controlled online gaming company during the year. For this product, which will include both online casino, bingo and poker, and will go under the name eKasyno , the British gaming giant will Playtech being the main supplier. The agreement between the Monopoly Totalizator Sportowy and Playtech was concluded on February 27, 2018.

You as a New Zealand player may wonder why this is interesting to know? The answer is that the Polish model can provide guidance on how the New Zealand gaming monopoly will act when it is time to launch New Zealand games online casino. It is expected to happen on January 1, 2019 and it is therefore time for the state to procure the services it will need.

A full range of games

The fact that Poland has chosen Playtech as a supplier to eKasyno is at first glance a natural choice. Playtech already has a fairly significant market share in the country. In addition, Playtech is a complete provider of all kinds of games. In short, it can be said that Poland's strategy is to make the implementation of its own online betting company as simple as possible.

With Playtech as a provider, eKasyno receives both casino, bingo, poker and skraplotter in the supply. You can also easily ”hang on” Playtech's client for betting if it should be relevant in the future.

As a little interesting curiosity, however, it can be mentioned that the British game provider is actually a supplier to a variety of the online casinos that are not allowed in Poland at the moment. Whether this fact was raised in the negotiations is unclear!

The Danish model

The strategy of the Polish monopoly can be said to be one of two ways for a gaming monopoly to build its own online casino. The second way is the one that Danske Spil in our neighboring country has chosen. Danske Spil has built its own platform$ing casino and livecasino, and on this they have put in both self-developed titles and titles from both major and minor European developers.

If you look into the online casino at Danske Spil, you are guaranteed to recognize a number of titles. This is because the monopoly has chosen to include games from, for example, NetEnt, play'N GO, BigTime Gaming, IGT, Microgaming and Yggdrasil . In short, Danske Spil has put together a smorgasbord of games from a wide range of developers. One reason is perhaps that you want to imitate the foreign bookmakers operating within the country with a license from the gaming authority.

Which way does New Zealand go?

If there are now two main ways to go for a monopoly to create an online casino-how will New Zealand games do? Our guess is that the monopoly will procure all$ing both software and games from one vendor. We are therefore leaning towards New Zealand choosing the ”Polish model”.

Why do we think so? There are two reasons. First, it is urgent for the monopoly to get started with its venture and then it is easier to have everything served by a supplier. Secondly, the New Zealand gaming monopoly is not exactly known for being flexible and full of ingenuity.

When asked which provider New Zealand Games will choose, we have no clear answer to give. Playtech may be one of the options the monopoly is looking at. Another solution could be that New Zealand games commissioned IGT to build the online casino. Monopoly and IGT have been working together for a long time when it comes to the Games in the Vegas machines.