Tag: RAY

Playtech-powered RAY and win2day have signed an industry-first liquidity sharing agreement to launch a joint poker network in Europe.   A groundbreaking agreement between RAY and win2day sees the Finnish and Austrian gaming brands launch a joint poker network using liqudity from both regional player bases. The move will double the number of regional customers playing on a variety of Playtech-powered poker...

Mutual interests and expertise will help to grow the Finnish market in a sustainable manner   Playtech and Veikkaus, the lead brand behind the FRV Finland group, have agreed a landmark contract that, they claim, will guarantee growth in the Finnish market. Building on six years of partnering with RAY, Finland’s Slot Machine Association, Playtech will supply the new Veikkaus-led brand with...

Plans have been unveiled for mainland Finland’s second casino, as the country’s gaming monopoly selects a site 100km north of Helsinki. James Walker reports.   A new mixed-use leisure development in southern Finland will feature the country’s second mainland casino, according to the state-owned slot machine association and gambling operator, Raha-automaattiyhdistys (RAY). In February 2016 the city of Tampere, 100km north of Helsinki,...

Finland’s state-owned gaming monopoly, Raha-automaattiyhdistys (RAY), continues to benefit from growth across all digital channels and game categories, with the group reporting a 16.3 per cent rise in active customers in the first half of 2016. “The digital casino gaming business income rose by 13.8 per cent,” RAY said in August. “Mobile gaming channel margin almost doubled, with growth of...

The merger of Finnish betting and gaming firms RAY, Veikkaus and Fintoto is now underway, with the first elements of the new brand due to launch at the beginning of 2017.   On September 17, 2015, Finland’s Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy approved the high-profile merger of the country’s three gambling operators, Fintoto Oy, Veikkaus Oy and Rahaautomaattiyhdistys (RAY). Following a lengthy...