Playtech has opened the world’s largest live casino studio in Riga, Latvia.

Playtech opens huge Riga studio

The 8,500sq.m capacity studio has been built on top of the city’s fortified 16th century walls in the heart of the capital’s old town.

The venue has hundreds of state-of-the-art cameras, catering for hundreds more custom-made tables and gaming areas, an advanced control and monitoring centre and large-scale dealer campus that will be used to train and develop all Playtech Live staff.

All Playtech Live common and dedicated licensee areas have been re-modeled to accommodate the latest software and hardware. Due to high demand, additional space has also been set aside for new customers who will be switching on operations throughout 2017 and beyond.

The new studio will cater for the majority of Playtech’s European live casino footprint, in addition to studios in the Philippines, Spain, Belgium and the recently opened operation in Romania.

Mor Weizer, Playtech CEO, said: “This has been a huge undertaking but, more importantly, is a huge step forwards in live casino and one no other company is capable of making.

“Our licensees’ offerings have firmly been future-proofed with the completion of our new studio, leading-edge software and hardware and state-of-the art control centre. And crucially, it is their players who will benefit the most from the best live casino offering on the market.”