U.K. headquartered Gaming Realms builds original content game studios incorporating social meta games and real money mechanics with well-known brands. All of the games are designed and developed for mobile, tablet and desktop devices. The London listed developer is moving on with its goal to increase its presence in the United States and has secured a provisional online gambling supplier license in the state of Michigan.
With the expected approval by the Michigan Gaming Control Board of online casino activity coming in February 2021 the license will allow the UK developer to provide its Slingo Originals mobile focused game content to the Midwestern U.S. state’s Online gambling operators.
Michael Buckley, Gaming Realms Executive Chairman made this comment about the Michigan license approval, “We are delighted to have obtained our provisional iGaming license in Michigan, which presents a larger player market than New Jersey, where the Group operates at present.
“We already have a number of deals signed with operators licensed in Michigan and we are confident that it will be a strong market for us, given the awareness of Slingo as a successful gaming brand. We look forward to being amongst those helping to launch its new iGaming market.”
The MGCB has signed off on provisional licenses for 15 platform providers to support both commercial and tribal casinos’ online gambling and sports betting offerings. The gambling regulator has not published a launch date but local news has reported that the Executive Director of the MCGB, Richard Kalm, suggested online sports betting in the state is set to launch “mid-January,” and online poker and slots could be available by February.
Kalm, said it’s now up to casinos and sports books to make sure they’re compliant with safe gambling guidelines outlined by the state. “At this point, we’re waiting for the independent test labs that test the software and the types of games and also the geolocation, to make sure that they have geolocation properly in place, their internal controls, and their age verification in place.”
