Playtech inks DC Comics licensing deal, stays mum on OpenBet intentions

Online gambling technology providers Playtech have inked a deal to license some of DC Comics’ most iconic characters.

On Monday, Playtech announced it had signed a multi-year deal with Warner Brothers Consumer Products. The deal will allow Playtech to incorporate many of DC Comics’ most recognizable superhero movie characters into real-money online gambling products.

Playtech says it intends to rollout omni-channel games based on the 1960’s Batman television series, the early-1980s Superman films starring Christopher Reeve, the 2013 Man of Steel reboot, plus the 2011 Green Lantern film starring Ryan Reynolds. Playtech CEO Mor Weizer said his company looked forward to “a long and prosperous relationship” with Warner Bros.

Weizer has been less vocal about rumors that Playtech is looking to acquire rival gambling technology provider OpenBet. Talk began circulating late last year that OpenBet’s private equity owners, Vitruvian Partners, had retained Morgan Stanley to see what interest it could drum up for OpenBet, which Vitruvian acquired in 2011 for £208m.