In June this year, the online gambling company gave "Evolution Gaming"Known, with Netent a popular manufacturer of slot machines Buy shopping. For a sum of 19.6 trillion Swedish crowns (Converted approx. 1.9 billion euros) Should the shares of Netent complete the "Evolution Gaming Group AB"Go over. Netent agreed to the quite generous deal, where shareholders have given the opportunity to exchange their shares against Shares of Evolution Gaming. The supervisory authorities also gave their consent, so that the Takeover was carried out on 2 November 2023 has been. Now the new owner announced first concrete changes.
Netent Live is closed - released up to 500 employees
What industry connoisseurs have already expected, Netent is now listening to their own body: Evolution Gaming becomes the company undergo a complete restructuring And will make Rigoros and do not stop before dismissals. On the contrary, as Jake Evans, journalist at Egr Intel, reported, there was already after 10 minutes of the very first meeting after taking over a few days ago rumors that not only Between 300 and 500 employees released but that too Several businesses closed Need to become.
That would mean that in the worst case half of the almost 1,000 employees would have to do without work without work. And that during a global pandemic, in which many companies had seen economic losses. As the first act, Evolution has the Gaming Studio "Qormi"On Malta, which belonged completely to Netent, already closed And the employees sent home, where they are now waiting for an e-mail that will decide on their future. Evolution Gaming justifies the closure of the studio that the danger of a possible "redundancy" duration. The same fate should also "NetEnt Live"Give. The platform constructed by Netent, one "Real casino atmosphere through live dealers"It should not be part of the plans provided by Evolution Gaming and is therefore also fully closed.
Who is ever evolution gaming?
Evolution Gaming was founded in 2006 as a software company, which wanted to revolutionize the industry of online casinos. The manufacturer focused on the European audience, but has now Perform international awareness obtained and can also compete with the industry giants from America. A true breakthrough succeeded by the company with the introduction of an iPad gaming platform "Live Dealer Gameplay als Videostream". This has not only helped you to lucrative deals across Europe, but also introduced a few industry awards. So they became three years in a row to "Live Casino Supplier of the Year"And once to the"Software Rising Star"Cheerened with the EGT Awards.Most recently, the company was able to ICE 2023 in London Great a stir and got here for the second time in a row with the "Global Gaming Awards" excellent. The team around the CEO Martin Carlesund announced on this occasion that in the future, the users of social platforms with his products wanted to respond and therefore interactive "Game Shows"Developed that include a stronger social component. His competitors take one very seriously, but the company does not just want to make a name for itself within the industry, but also have real heavyweights like YouTube on the list.
