{"id":777027169,"date":"2025-05-30T11:13:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777027169"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:26:50","slug":"uae-issues-new-gaming-licenses-to-scientific-games-and-random-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/uae-issues-new-gaming-licenses-to-scientific-games-and-random-state","title":{"rendered":"UAE issues gaming vendor licences to Scientific Games and Random State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nine suppliers have now been licensed as the UAE prepares for the launch of casino resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>United Arab Emirates.- The UAE&#8217;s<strong> General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA)<\/strong> has awarded gaming-related vendor licences to <strong>Scientific Games<\/strong> and <strong>Random State<\/strong>. With the approval, the two international online gaming developers can now provide their gaming solutions to licensed operators in the UAE&#8217;s regulated lottery and gaming market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest licences bring the total number of suppliers authorised by the regulator to nine following the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/united-arab-emirates-grants-new-gaming-vendor-licences\">GCGRA&#8217;s authorisations<\/a> last month of IGT Global Services, Novomatic and Aristocrat Technologies Europe, EQL Games. Meanwhile, US-based\u00a0<strong>Xpoint\u00a0<\/strong>has been chosen as a geolocation vendor by the UAE\u2019s lottery operator,\u00a0<strong>The Game LLC<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Conforti<\/strong>, president of international business for Scientific Games, said: &#8220;We are extremely pleased that Scientific Games has been authorised as a lottery supplier in the UAE with this licence. We look forward to putting our more than 50 years of expertise to work in the UAE to offer high-performing products that will responsibly help drive revenue for lottery programs supporting local communities and projects of national importance.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sweden-based<\/strong> Random State specialises in real-money instant games and custom digital lottery solutions. <strong>Adam Fonsica,<\/strong> co-founder and chief operating officer, said: &#8220;The UAE has the potential to become one of the world&#8217;s most dynamic digital-lottery markets. Earning the GCGRA&#8217;s trust is a major milestone for us. We&#8217;re eager to introduce our gamified eInstants and custom draw games to local players later this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, the UAE became the first Gulf country to legalise commercial gaming. So far, the GCGRA has issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/uae-gaming-regulator-awards-first-lottery-licence\">lottery licence<\/a> to <strong>The Game LLC<\/strong>, which began draws in December, and a commercial land-based casino gaming licence to <strong>Wynn Resorts<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wynns-uae-ir-to-open-in-early-2027\">Wynn&#8217;s Al Marjan Island<\/a> in <strong>Ras Al Khaimah (RAK)<\/strong> is expected to open by the first quarter of 2027. <strong>MGM Resorts<\/strong>\u00a0has applied for a licence to operate a land-based casino in\u00a0<strong>Abu Dhabi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine suppliers have now been licensed as the UAE prepares for the launch of casino resorts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777027171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The UAE's General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA) has licensed additional B2B suppliers, including Scientific Games and Random State, bringing the total to nine authorized vendors for its nascent regulated lottery and gaming market. This development signifies the rapid build-out of the operational infrastructure ahead of major casino resort launches by entities like Wynn Resorts and potential entrants such as MGM Resorts. The licensing of these key technology and content providers underscores the UAE's commitment to establishing a robust and compliant gaming ecosystem.","focusai_entities":"Scientific Games, Random State, GCGRA, IGT Global Services, Novomatic, Aristocrat Technologies Europe, EQL Games, Xpoint, The Game LLC, Michael Conforti, Adam Fonsica, Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts","focusai_location":"United Arab Emirates, UAE, Ras Al Khaimah, RAK, Abu Dhabi, Sweden, US","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GCGRA Licensing Criteria","query":"What specific technical, financial, and compliance criteria are the GCGRA applying for B2B supplier licensing, and how do these compare to established iGaming jurisdictions?"},{"label":"Market Entry Strategy","query":"How will the phased licensing of B2B suppliers impact the go-to-market strategies and competitive landscape for prospective B2C operators in the UAE?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,16334],"tags":[29,3573,4138],"class_list":["post-777027169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-igaming-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-lottery","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777027169"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777027173,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027169\/revisions\/777027173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777027171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777027169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777027169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777027169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}