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Light & Wonder set to expand OpenGaming platform with Konami
Light & Wonder has significantly boosted its OpenGaming platform offering in the US after signing an aggregation partnership with Konami Gaming, Inc.
The deal will see a wide selection of Konami’s online portfolio arrive on the OpenGaming platform. Barstool Sports players in Michigan and Pennsylvania, along with Golden Nugget customers in New Jersey are among the first to have access to Konami slots such as Adorned Peacock, China Shores and Astronomical Magic. Steve Mayes, partnership director at Light & Wonder, said: “This landmark aggregation deal is a huge moment for Light & Wonder as we grow our content offerings in the United States. It’s no secret that Konami is one of the biggest providers of quality content, its offering is truly
second to none and we are delighted to have them on our industry leading OpenGaming ecosystem.
“We’re absolutely thrilled to be able to offer OpenGaming customers its incredible portfolio of slots and are confident they’ll prove hugely popular with players across multiple states.”
Megan Wolkoff, director, online product at Konami Gaming, Inc., said: “Our team is excited for the launch of this partnership with Light & Wonder at a time of ongoing growth of the iGaming sector. The audience reach that OpenGaming provides is hugely appealing and means our immersive content can be accessible to even more players. We’re happy to see our games live already via OpenGaming and look forward to a fruitful partnership with Light & Wonder.”
Neccton agrees new collaboration with Rdentify
Games Global launches following Microgaming acquisition
Neccton has agreed to a collaboration with Rdentify, a company working to identify at-risk players by analysing their communications in live chat, email and chat bot interactions.
Rdentify offers a functional, innovative solution for businesses that prioritise customer welfare. Using cutting edge machine learning models, its platform flags end-user vulnerability risk during live chat, email, and chat bot interactions, which in turn identifies and protects players from potential harm. This dovetails neatly with Neccton’s responsible gambling offering, a module of the company’s mentor software, a player tracking tool which alerts the operator and contacts players who display critical behaviour directly.
Neccton’s Dr Michael Auer said: “We can finally add NLP analysis to our real-time behavioural analytics. This leads to an even better understanding of player behaviour
and detection of problem gambling.” Rdentify’s founder and CEO, Daniel Brooks, said: “We are delighted to announce the launch of a new partnership with Neccton, a leader in real time data analytic Responsible Gambling and AML solutions.
“Neccton products will complement the state-of-the-art Rdentify suite which identifies at-risk customers in real time during email, Live chat and Chatbot conversations. This is a key component of our strategy to assist businesses to identify at-risk customers before they come to harm.”
Rdentify sales director, Nige Roberts, added: “I am very happy to be working with such esteemed people who take the welfare of players seriously. Neccton’s values align with our own philosophy here at Rdentify, so we anticipate great things from this partnership.”
Games Global has officially launched following the complete acquisition of Microgaming’s distribution business, game IP and progressive jackpot network as well as interest in a variety of game studios. With regulatory licencing confirmed, Games Global is now firmly positioned at the heart of the industry. Established in 2021, Games Global is led by CEO Walter Bugno, formerly of IGT and Lottomatica, and CFO Tim Mickley, previously of SafeCharge and Playtech. The Games Global leadership team further includes chief people and transformation officer Leila Goelz, chief operating officer Theo Naicker, chief compliance officer Kimberley Broad, chief product officer Andrew Booth and chief revenue officer Julie Allison. With their leadership team sporting a combined experience spanning some 200+ years, Games Global now boasts over 1,100 employees worldwide. Games Global, whilst a new player in iGaming, launches with more 3,000 games and jackpot titles in their portfolio, servicing over 980 casino brands.
Walter Bugno, CEO of Games Global, said: “It is with immense enthusiasm I proudly confirm that today marks the official go live of Games Global. We’re incredibly excited for what we can achieve as we deliver industry-leading content, power continuous growth providing mutual success for Games Global and our partners. Games Global is ready to define the future, lead innovation and make a real difference in the industry. Games Global is a company that knows how to spark a change – we are driven to be the best, ‘the one’, and for us, the top is just our starting point.”
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