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WEBMASTER NEWS PLAYTECH CONFIRMS MAJOR RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR OMNI-CHANNEL PUSH Gaming software and services supplier Playtech has announced it is to undertake a major recruitment drive as part of an effort to support a number of large-scale omnichannel projects both in the UK and emerging markets. The company is currently focusing its efforts on a number of global government and nongovernment omni-channel contracts, the details of which are yet to be revealed by the firm. However, Playtech has confirmed that it requires a large number of developers, operational, product, IT and customer support staff to ensure the successful delivery of such projects. Since its investment in omnichannel technology offering Playtech ONE, the company's global headcount has already increased by more than 20% between January 2014 and March this year. The new recruitment drive will see a total of 300 new employees added to the firm’s 4,000-strong global workforce during the next eight months. As part of this ongoing effort, Playtech has also revealed that it will plough more investment into certain aspects of the business in order to support the Playtech ONE growth strategy. Sports betting will receive the largest investment, with the Playtech Sports division having been reorganised with all omnichannel sports capabilities and technology efforts merged into one division. Playtech Sports will be further strengthened with a number of strategic bolt-on acquisitions, the details of which have yet to be revealed. FOXY BINGO ROLLS OUT NEW ONLINE CASINO PLATFORM Bwin.party-owned onl