Author Lars Jones

January 25, 2013

Reuters reported today that Lottomatica plans to change its name to GTECH by the end of 2013. The name change must be approved by shareholders. As noted earlier, the Lottomatica Group currently consists of Lot...

Minor Update on Finsoft Issue

January 24, 2013

Unsavory reports

As of this writing there has still been no official or public response from the regulators, Finsoft/SpieloG2, or the casinos running the games in question. There was however a non-relevant "confession" from "ka...

GTech Acquires Spielo – 2004

January 22, 2013

GTECH Holdings Corporation announced on April 30, 2004, that they had completed the acquisition of Spielo Manufacturing Incorporated. Spielo was established in Canada in 1990 and was involved in the design, man...

GTech Launches G2 – 2009

January 22, 2013

As has been covered in other posts here the Lottomatica subsidiary GTech has acquired several other gambling related companies over time. On June 8, 2009 they officially announced a new brand name of GTech G2. ...

GTech G2 Becomes Spielo G2 – 2012

January 22, 2013

The Lottomatica Group now consists of three divisions; Lottomatica which services the Italian Lottery, GTech which is in charge of Global lottery services, and a gaming division that contains Spielo Internation...

GTech Acquires Finsoft Limited – 2007

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January 22, 2013

On July 2, 2007, Lottomatica S.p.A. announced that it's subsidiary GTECH Sports Betting Solutions Limited had completed the acquisition of Finsoft Limited. Finsoft was founded in 1995 but we find their first a...

Boss Media Acquires Dynamite Idea – 2008

January 22, 2013

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Game manufacturers, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

As we continue to peel the onion and establish ownership and relationships among the biggest players in the gambling industry we note that Dynamite Idea (Dynamite Design and Marketing Limited) was founded in 19...

GTech Acquires Boss Media – 2008

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January 21, 2013

Although we don't find the actual announcement of the final acquisition of Boss Media by Lottomatica subsidiary GTech in their news archives, we do find them raising their offer in February 2008, and making an ...

Lottomatica Owns GTech

January 21, 2013

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Game manufacturers, Lottery, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

On August 29, 2006, Italian Lottery giant Lottomatica S.p.A. (MIL: LTO) announced that it had completed the acquisition of Greenwich, Rhode Island based GTech Holdings Corporation. Lottomatica is in turn owned ...

Did Finsoft Rig Casino Games?