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RNS Number : 2512E  Playtech PLC  21 October 2025

21 October 2025

 

Playtech plc

 

("Playtech" or the "Company")

 

Response to statement by Evolution AB

Playtech plc (LSE: PTEC) ("Playtech" or the "Company") notes the statement
made today by Evolution AB ("Evolution"). The suggestion that its subsidiary,
Playtech Software Limited ("PTS"), engaged in a smear campaign is wholly
untrue and is designed to distract from serious questions about Evolution's
business practices.

PTS commissioned an independent business intelligence firm to investigate
credible and repeated concerns raised by operators, suppliers and regulators
about Evolution's activities in prohibited and sanctioned markets, and its
supply to unlicensed operators in regulated markets. The investigation was
undertaken lawfully to better understand and verify concerns of significant
regulatory and commercial importance.

The report published, as a result of the investigation, clearly evidences that
Evolution's business practices undermine lawful and compliant gambling
operations. Such conduct damages trust in the credibility of the entire
industry and also ultimately impacts government tax collection.

Playtech stands by the decision to commission the report. Evolution continues
to seek to avoid legitimate scrutiny rather than address longstanding
questions about its conduct, including its decision to supply operators in
illegal markets and to support unlicensed operators in regulated markets.

Playtech welcomes court examination of the report and its findings. Playtech
is confident that these proceedings will confirm the credibility and
legitimacy of the investigation and the importance of the issues it seeks to
address.

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For further information please contact:

 

 Playtech plc                                   +44 (0) 20 3805 4822
 Rohan Chitale, Director of Investor Relations
 Headland (PR adviser to Playtech)              +44 (0) 20 3805 4822
 Lucy Legh, Jack Gault

 

About Playtech

Founded in 1999 and with a listing on the Main Market of the London Stock
Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling industry with over
7,400 employees across 20 countries.

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading technology company delivering
business intelligence driven gambling software, services, content and platform
technology across the industry's most popular product verticals, including,
casino, live casino, sports betting, bingo and poker. It is the pioneer of
omni-channel gambling technology through its integrated platform technology,
Playtech ONE. Playtech ONE delivers data driven marketing expertise, single
wallet functionality, CRM and responsible gambling solutions across one single
platform across product verticals and across retail and online.

Playtech partners with and invests in the leading brands in regulated and
newly regulated markets to deliver its data-driven gambling technology across
the online and retail value chain. Playtech provides its technology on a B2B
basis to the industry's leading online and retail operators, land-based casino
groups and government sponsored entities such as lotteries.

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