Gaming For Africa 10 years on African soil
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DRGT Africa: MD Charl Geyser and Group CEO Jurgen De Munck chat about this significant milestone.
several others in Malawi and Zambia. In fact our very first installation was at the Prince Hotel in Ghana in April 2010, and I’m very proud to say that Joseph Pestana and his team at Millionaires are still one of our biggest clients today, with our most recent installation for Millionaires being undertaking towards the end of last year at their newest casino in Nairobi.” Geyser’s gaming pedigree dates back to the
In March 2020, DR Gaming Technology (DRGT) proudly celebrates a decade of operation in Africa. From humble beginnings in a small office in Corporate Park North, Midrand and a staff compliment of three, the company has grown to almost 10 times that, and now operates out of a far larger premises comprising offices, an R&D development hub, a showroom and a warehouse in the heart of Sandton. “SiP was our very first product when we
started the business in March 2010 said Charl Geyser, DRGT Africa’s MD, “…at that stage we had a few existing customers across the continent including Millionaire’s Gaming Africa operating casinos in Ghana and Kenya and
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mid-90s; then in 2007, after 13 years’ service, he resigned from Aristocrat and dabbled in running his own pubs (with Limited Payout Machines) for a couple of years, ultimately venturing back into gaming equipment distribution in 2010 when he took on the distribution of the then SiP systems product; which at the time was owned by WMS and purchased by DRGT in 2012. Fortuitously, he also managed to secure an EGM distribution contract at almost the same time and was in desperate need of a jackpot service provider to meet a local Sun International tender opportunity. “In DRGT not only did I have a great jackpot solution, but in my view the most powerful, cost effective and user-friendly casino management system I had ever come across,” added Geyser. Roll forward a decade, and ‘DUMA’ and its follow-up wide-area progressive jackpot ‘SunStriker’ continue to operate across all of Sun International’s twelve Southern African casinos on approximately 200 EGMs each, totalling to
date over 6,000 jackpot hits and a payout total in excess of R750 million. “We could not have not have asked for a
better partner than Charl when establishing our African footprint,” said DRGT CEO, Jurgen De Munck, adding that “…without him, and his team, we would never have made the inroads that we have”. At present the company operates its systems and jackpot technology on over 6,500 devices across 70 locations and in seven countries across Africa. The growth the company has seen in Africa since March 2010 has been founded equally from quality and robust management systems and jackpot solutions, as well as its commitment to servicing and supporting its customers to the highest standards possible. “We operate in the entertainment sector, where experiences drive loyalty, and our product offering allows casino operators to do that; we in turn need to provide that self-same experience as a vendor to those operators, and although we’re not perfect, I’m very proud of the manner in which the entire staff compliment at DRGT Africa embrace that responsibility,” noted Geyser. With relatively new business partners in
JSE-listed investment holding company Grand Parade Investments (October 2018), DR Gaming Technology looks well positioned to leverage an even-broader continental network, with a keen eye on expanding its footprint through DRGT Africa, even further.
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