Gamesys

The Gamesys Group is an online software development and gaming business. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Gamesys Group
TypePublic limited company
LSE: GYS
IndustryOnline gaming
Founded2001 (2001)
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Key people
  • Neil Goulden (chairman)
  • Lee Fenton ( CEO)
Revenue£415.1 million (2019)[1]
£35.2 million (2019)[1]
£8.5 million (2019)[1]
Websitewww.gamesys.co.uk

History

The company was founded in by Andrew Dixon, Noel Hayden, Robin Tombs and a small team of software developers in 2001.[2] It was named as the UK's number 1 fastest-growing private technology company in the Sunday Times 2006 Tech Track 100.[2]

Gamesys acquired Virgin Games in January 2013.[3] It then sold its Jackpotjoy brand to The Intertain Group, for a minimum of £425.8 million in February 2015.[4]

In September 2019 JPJ Group carried out a reverse takeover of Gamsys and subsequently changed its name to Gamesys Group.[5] (The acquirer, which was a Canadian online gaming operator established as The Intertain Group in 2014,[6] had become known as Jackpotjoy in January 2017[7] and then as JPJ Group in June 2018).[8]

Notes
  1. "Annual Results 2019" (PDF). JPJ Group. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Company profile". fasttrack.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.
  3. "Gamesys acquires Virgin Games to bolster real-money and social gambling games portfolio". The Next Web. 7 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. "Jackpotjoy Acquired by Intertain". latestbingobonuses.com. 6 February 2015.
  5. "JPJ transitions to Gamesys Group plc". SBC News. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  6. "The Intertain Group Limited: annual information for the year ended 31 December 2015" (PDF). The Intertain Group. p. 16. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  7. "Intertain Launching London IPO, Post-Brexit, and Rebranding as Jackpotjoy". Casino. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  8. "JPJ Group sells social gaming business for £18.1m in net leverage drive". Intergame. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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