Contents March/April 2026


IGT explains why acceptance is the starting point of transformation Page-28


Incoming CEO Hector Fernandez sets out the thinking behind IGT’s “Five


Novomatic’s Growth Story Page-74 At ICE, Novomatic used its 4,500sq.m showcase to set out a connected, investment-led strategy for the year ahead, combining cabinet innovation, flagship Xtension Link expansion and Greentube’s digital scale into a 360- degree portfolio spanning land-based, online and venue operations Novomatic is investing, adapting, and building connected product stacks that can travel across jurisdictions, while still being local enough to win within them.


XTENSION WORLD


Cs” strategy, from cultural reset and capability building to commercial discipline and sustainable cash flow.


BETBY on identifying risks before World Cup users leave Page-36 Daniil Emelyanov, Head of AI Labs at BETBY, explores how properly designed AI systems model churn as a probability across multiple horizons and detect behavioural drift.


ARISTOCRAT ALIGNMENT Dylan Slaney, Craig Toner, Joshua


Morris, Superna Kalle and Doron Shavit offer a detailed look at how Aristocrat is collapsing traditional channel boundaries. Page-64


Play’n GO transitions from online slot studio to entertainment brand Page-68


Play’n GO Chief Commercial Officer, Magnus Olsson, discusses vision, longevity, and building the most trusted brand in regulated entertainment.


NeverEnding rewrites the rules of iGaming integration Page-86 NeverEnding’s CTO, Oleksandr Zaburannyi, explains why the real bottleneck isn’t talent - it’s systems - and redefining integration speed through clean-slate architecture.


AI COMPLIANCE FRONTIER David Yatom Hay, General Counsel


of Soft2Bet, argues that explainability, audit readiness, and human oversight will define the next chapter of iGaming compliance. Page-118


Uzbekistan Page-154 Over the years, Uzbekistan has slowly emerged as one of Central Asia’s tourism hotspots by combining its ancient Silk Road heritage with modern reforms. 2025 was a significant year with the arrival of legislation to legalising online gambling. Tere has been very limited gambling activity in Uzbekistan since the early 1990s when most forms of gambling were gradually phased out.


MARKET REPORT


ELA Games emphasises knowing when to refine rather than reinvent Page-110


Marharyta Yerina, Managing Director, is clear that ELA Games' growth in the last 12 months is driven by a sharper


focus rather than experimentation for its own sake.


Racecourse Media Group supports sustainable future for racing Page-138 CEO Nick Mills is set to lead Racecourse Media Group through one of the most challenging yet potentially transformative periods in racing’s history.


REFUSING AI ART Steven Cross, Chief Commercial


Officer at ScatterKings, discusses bringing quality back to operators’ homepages and why the team refuses to use AI-generated artwork. Page-142


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