PLAYTECH COURTING POTENTIAL US PARTNERS

1/27/2012 : PLAYTECH COURTING POTENTIAL US PARTNERS
 
Strategy gearing-up towards potential of U.S. online gambling market
 
Online gaming software provider Playtech is predictably courting a number of prospective partners in the U.S. in anticipation of the legalization of the potentially lucrative market.
 
The company has potential customers who are interested in its offering for the U.S. market lining-up according to chief executive officer, Mor Weizer.  Some who have been approached by Playtech, and others who have made unsolicited approaches to the company.
 
"There is a lot of work being done behind the scenes in various states by various local authorities. We have people on the ground now in the U.S. working with us in order to monitor all these processes," Weizer told Reuters in an interview earlier this week.