Playabets turns to BetTech Gaming for web and mobile launch

(PRESS RELEASE) -- BetTech Gaming, the global provider of turnkey gaming solutions to market dominating clients, has partnered with Van der Vyver Racing to launch online sportsbook Playa.

Van der Vyver Racing, which was established more than 65 years ago, has betting shops throughout the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Launching the fully localised online and mobile Playa provides wagering opportunities on a comprehensive variety of events to bettors from across the country.

Pre-match and in-play betting is available across more than 30 sports, as well as pools and fixed-odds wagering on all South African and European horse racing fixtures and markets on national lotteries from around the world.

“We are honoured to have been chosen to partner with Playa for the company’s online and mobile launch,” said BetTech Gaming co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer Mark Bosman. “From surfing to water polo and bandy to Aussie rules, we have worked hard with Playa to present players with a wide selection of international betting markets to complement an unbeatable localised offering.”

“As a successful, family-run business for three generations, Van der Vyver Racing is a well-known and well-loved name in the South African bookmaking community,” said Brad Van der Vyver of Playa. “Now is the time to secure the company’s future and take it into a new era, as we go online under the Playa brand. BetTech was the only choice to help us make this vital transition.”