NGL Buys Novomatic Lottery Solutions EMEA
Next Generation Lotteries (NGL) has bought Novomatic Lottery Solutions (NLS) from Novomatic AG. Te acquisition closed in Vienna last month
NGL is keeping the existing NLS locations in Austria (HQ), Serbia, Iceland, Tunisia and Spain in addition to NLG’s own offices in Norway and Germany
UK GAMING OPERATIONS
MALTA – Genting has acquired live casino specialist Authentic Gaming, creating significant opportunity for Genting to continue to bring together its offline and online casino experiences.
The deal will see Genting utilise a range of Authentic’s in-club streaming technologies and expertise across its land-based and digital estate, both in the UK and internationally. Authentic will continue to operate independently, with Genting Group looking to support the company's continual innovation and expansion. Genting will also continue to work with its existing and other new partners as it develops and diversifies its world class live casino product offering.
The purchase of Authentic, at a price of €15m, will help fuel Genting’s continued growth in the live casino sector both in the UK and across Europe, which analysts estimate to be worth €2.5bn in Europe alone. Jeremy Taylor, Managing Director of Genting Online, said: “Our global estate of land- based casinos provides us with a platform to grow both businesses Our vision for the future is that customers will be able to play at any of our casinos in the world, such as Las Vegas, Bahamas, or Singapore to name but a few, in an immersive experience, from any device, any website, 24/7.”
UK – SIS has added another key hire to its Sales team with the appointment of Angel Calderon, who will be focused on Spanish and Latin American markets. Calderon joins SIS after a successful 11- year stint at the Madrid-based global gaming group Codere, where he acquired a wealth of expertise in B2B business development across Operations, Commercial Sales and Marketing.
In his new role as Digital Sales Manager, based in Madrid, Calderon will be responsible for driving the growth of SIS’s presence in Spanish speaking markets both online and in retail.
UK – Blueprint Gaming has acquired specialist UK games developer Livewire Gaming, in a move which further strengthens its position as a leading supplier of slots to all sectors of the gaming industry.
Doncaster-based Livewire Gaming has built a strong reputation for creating quality Category C, B3, D and B4 games for the UK market, many of which have been developed in collaboration with Blueprint Gaming. As part of this agreement, Livewire will remain an independent studio focused on the development of land-based games under the leadership of existing director Alan Claypole.
The acquisition will significantly boost Blueprint’s land-based development capabilities, particularly in producing games for the Cat C market.
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Next Generation Lotteries (NGL) has bought Novomatic Lottery Solutions (NLS) from Novomatic AG. Te acquisition was closed on October 31 in Vienna and from November 1 NGL was the sole shareholder and owner of the NLS Group, including all intellectual property, all subsidiaries, and all existing NLS contracts.
NGL was formed around a vision to leverage existing systems and commodity components to deliver cost-efficient solutions for lottery license holders, the acquisition of NLS is a giant leap towards realising this vision.
“It is our true privilege to have acquired what is said to be the most modern lottery system in the world and the services of the talent that created it. What we have acquired today is more than a company, it is a more than the intellectual property developed with great ingenuity by passionate professionals over 20+ years,” said Hans Vigmostad, CEO of NGL. “I am convinced that this acquisition, with the new vigour we intend to bring to the company, will accelerate our growth, revitalise the development of NLS’ product portfolio, grow existing business and
Greentube granted G4 certification in a world’s first for games industry
Austria
Greentube has become the first Austrian supplier to receive Global Gambling Guidance Group (G4) certification, the world’s strictest international player protection standard.
Te G4 award, which covers all business verticals of a gaming company, underscores Greentube’s commitment to responsible gambling and the effectiveness of its player protection measures. Te certification extends across the NOVOMATIC group, recognising achievements as both an operator and supplier of terrestrial slot arcades and casinos, sports betting, as well as online gaming and technology development.
Greentube’s responsible gambling measures were tested
allow us to win new business. It’s time to prove that this is the most modern lottery system.”
Ryszard Presch, COO of Novomatic said: “We are pleased that NLS will remain in good hands after many years of development work and significant investments. Tere is a perfect strategic fit of both companies and the experienced team of Next Generation Lotteries has a convincing concept for further development of NLS. Moreover, it was important to us to pay attention to the existing jobs and that Austria will remain the company´s headquarter."
NGL is keeping the existing NLS locations in Austria (HQ), Serbia, Iceland, Tunisia and Spain in addition to NLG’s own offices in Norway and Germany. While the company’s first priority is to support NLS’ customers and provide them with best-of-breed products and solutions required for their long-term success, NGL will put emphasis on the business development activity. NLS is now once again ready and eager to grow its existing business, enter into new partnerships and win new business.
against nearly 100 criteria by independent auditors, who analysed in-house guidelines and codes of conduct, staff training on addiction prevention, age identification and youth protection. Te supplier was also tested on the information available to customers on the risks of gaming, self-limitation tools and self-blocking options as part of the voluntary process.
Its parent company, NOVOMATIC, is the only gaming technology group worldwide to have successfully undergone G4’s strict analysis on such a scale and across multiple business segments, with a total of ten top-performing subsidiaries in Austria, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands achieving the accreditation. According to G4, the vast majority of Group revenue and its 30,000 employees will be certified in the coming year as auditing of the remaining companies progresses.
UK
Novomatic UK has selected the safer gambling tool Gamblewise for its adult gaming centres (AGCs) in the UK. Gamblewise is the first cross-sector, multi- operator safer gambling tool to be made available to both operators and gamblers across the UK. Te Gamblewise service is expected to be fully live in every Luxury Leisure AGC by the end of November.
“For some time now we have offered our customers a number of options to manage their time spent gambling and have been seeking to identify practical tools that can complement them. Having explored some options, we conducted a trial in a number of our venues with Gamblewise which gave us a clear indication of its technical effectiveness and also that there was an appetite for this kind of tool among our customer base,” Mark Tompson, head of risk and compliance, Luxury Leisure Talarius said.
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