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Withdrawals Rock the ICE London Show
South Africa - Recognition of GLI’s service Gaming Laboratories International in Africa has been awarded a certificate of recognition from the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) for maintaining its continuous accreditation for more than 20 years.
Devon Dalbock, General Manager of GLI Africa, said, “This is a fantastic achievement for GLI Africa and demonstrates the extremely high standards the GLI team in Africa and globally consistently work to. This is also great news for our clients and suppliers looking to certify their products for the South African market. By trusting GLI with their compliance testing requirements, they can be assured of the highest levels of integrity and secure in the knowledge that their products will conform to local technical standards.
“The GLI team in Africa has continued to expand throughout the last 12 months to meet the global demand for GLI services with the introduction of 43 new team members, bringing the total to more than 90. We have also launched the GLI complete suite of Integrated Compliance Solutions, which provides companies of all sizes with the tools they need to comply with their regulatory and technical obligations, all in one place.”
Holland - Evolution adds localised JVH studio Evolution has gone live with a localised dedicated live casino environment for JVH gaming & entertainment group (JVH) in the Netherlands. The environment’s dedicated tables, which are served by native Dutch speaking dealers, are now available to players at JVH group’s market leading Jack's Casino & Sports (
JACKS.NL).
The opening of the dedicated environment follows the launch of Evolution’s live games and First Person RNG games at
Jacks.nl on November 25, 2021. Newly licenced slots titles from Evolution brands NetEnt and Red Tiger were also added to the online games line-up in November.
Eric Olders, CEO and Chairman of the Board at JVH, said: “Operators and players have waited a long time for the opening of the regulated Dutch online gambling market. We are pleased to offer our players the choice of online games, from live dealer to a new generation of live online game shows, soon to be extended with Speed Blackjack, and a huge choice of slots titles too. In addition, players can enjoy our high-end sports betting offerings.
“Our dedicated live casino environment, with our Dutch native speaking dealers and Host Desk, enriches the experience for our online players still further, as they are spending a great time at the online version of Jack’s Casino.”
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January saw a flurry of announcements from gaming suppliers withdrawing from the ICE London show in April due to Covid, Easter and Brexit concerns.
A series of announcements from land-based gaming equipment manufacturers, each stating their withdrawal from the event, has rocked the ICE London show. Te new dates of April 12-14 were condemned by several companies when they were announced at the start of January, but by mid-month this had galvanised into exhibitors declaring they would not be participating at the event.
Merkur Gaming confirmed its withdrawal mid- month, stating that the Easter holiday period, logistical challenges of Brexit and worry for the safety of staff and visitors due to the continued presence of Covid-19, “all of these factors combined to reach the inescapable conclusion that the visitor numbers (both those UK-based and those wishing to travel from overseas) will be severely impacted in a negative way.”
While companies such as Aristocrat and Scientific Games removed themselves from the exhibition floorplan without official announcements, it was arguably the announcement that NOVOMATIC was cancelling its presence at ICE London 2022 that caused the biggest shock wave, with additional announcements from Zitro and TCSJohnHuxley.
“A multitude of adverse aspects – including the pandemic, logistical challenges and, last but not
RAK authority to regulate Integrated Resorts in UAE
UAE
United Arab Emirates’ Ras Al Khaimah Tourist Development Authority (RAKTDA) has announced the formation of a new gaming-focused division whose aim is to regulate Integrated Resorts, including hotel operations, MICE, restraurants and lounge spaces, spa, retail and gaming facilities.
Te announcement coincides with news that Wynn Resorts is partnering with RAK Hospitality to launch a multi- billion dollar resort (see page 16 for further details).
least, the unfavourable and unavoidable alternative date – have culminated in a situation in which participating in the show is no longer viable for a growing number of land-based gaming suppliers,” said the press statement from NOVOMATIC.
Zitro and TCSJohnHuxley mirrored these sentiments, explaining that the decision to cancel participation had not been an easy one, but there were many reasons for the withdrawal, chief among them the worldwide concern over the Omicron variant, the inconvenience of the new show dates clashing with the Easter break, and the expected low attendance particularly of customers from international destinations.
Tristan Sjöberg, TCSJohnHuxley Executive Chairman stated, “We all want the show to go ahead, but it has to be at the right time and in the right conditions. Te decision to pull out of ICE has been made reluctantly, but the health and wellbeing of our staff and customers has to be our main priority. Also the timing of holding a gaming show during Holy Week is unfortunate. As we emerge from this crisis, we all need to pull together to support each other and our industry, but we need to ensure our decisions are also based on the right market conditions.”
Slovenia
Te Department of Entertainment and Gaming Regulation (DEGR) will flow ‘global best practices in the regualtion of gaming that operate as part of integrated resorts across various jurisidctions worldwide.
Te DEGR is tasked to assess and consider the social, cultural and environmental landscape of the Emirate is respect to licensing, taxation, operational procedures and consumer safeguards.
“Te foremost priority of this new division is to create a robust framework that will ensure responsible gambling at all levels,” explained a RAKTDA spokesperson of the division’s primary purpose.
Comtrade Gaming is to supply its gCore technology to new game provider OneGame. Te deal will see OneGame have its own version of Comtrade’s RGS. “Our RGS is tried and tested game server that is being used by some of the largest game providers. Te extensive prebuilt SDK’s, pay table adaptor and jackpot functionality enable game vendors to build games easily and quickly,” said Steven Valentine, Comtrade Gaming’s CCO. Jani Domiter, OneGame’s COO, added: “I have been building games for over 20 years and Comtrade’s RGS gives us the speed and flexibility we need. We have already built over 20 games using the technology and look forward to bringing these to the market.”
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