{"id":777032770,"date":"2025-10-07T10:32:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777032770"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:26:14","slug":"yolo-group-secures-gaming-related-vendor-licences-in-the-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/yolo-group-secures-gaming-related-vendor-licences-in-the-uae","title":{"rendered":"Yolo Group receives gaming vendor licences in the UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The supplier has received licences for its Hub88 Holdings and Live Online Gaming Services subsidiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>United Arab Emirates.- <strong>Yolo Group<\/strong> has received gaming-related vendor licences from the <strong>General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA)<\/strong>. The licences cover its subsidiaries Hub88 Holdings and Live Online Gaming Services, which covers Live88 and Onetouch.io.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The licences allow Yolo Group to supply business-to-business igaming content to the regulated market in the UAE. Yolo said product development and testing will remain in Estonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tim Heath<\/strong>, founder of Yolo Group said: \u201cObtaining these licences in the UAE is more than a regulatory achievement; it is a statement of intent. Yolo Group is committed to building the future of gaming on trust, transparency, and world-class innovation. The UAE is setting the stage for what modern, regulated gaming should look like, and we are proud to be part of that journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other suppliers that have received licences in the UAE include <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/konami-gaming-awarded-gaming-related-vendor-licence-in-the-united-arab-emirates\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/konami-gaming-awarded-gaming-related-vendor-licence-in-the-united-arab-emirates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Konami Gaming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/United-Arab-Emirates-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/light-wonder-receives-gaming-related-vendor-licence-in-the-uae'>Light &amp; Wonder receives gaming vendor licence in the UAE<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The supplier has received licences for its Hub88 Holdings and Live Online Gaming Services subsidiaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":777024468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Yolo Group, through its Hub88 Holdings and Live Online Gaming Services subsidiaries, has secured B2B gaming vendor licences from the UAE's General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA). This regulatory approval enables Yolo Group to supply iGaming content to the newly regulated market in the United Arab Emirates, marking a significant step in its market expansion strategy. Product development and testing operations will continue to be based in Estonia.","focusai_entities":"Yolo Group, Hub88 Holdings, Live Online Gaming Services, Live88, Onetouch.io, General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority, GCGRA, Tim Heath, Konami Gaming, Light & Wonder","focusai_location":"United Arab Emirates, UAE, Estonia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"UAE Market Entry Impact","query":"What specific GGR projections or market share targets has Yolo Group established for its B2B iGaming content supply within the newly regulated UAE market over the next 12-24 months, and how does this align with their capital allocation strategy?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Details","query":"Beyond vendor licensing, what are the specific regulatory compliance requirements and governance frameworks that B2B suppliers like Yolo Group must adhere to for ongoing operations in the UAE, particularly concerning responsible gambling, data localization, and AML protocols?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16334],"tags":[24642,24785],"class_list":["post-777032770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-general-commercial-gaming-regulatory-authority","tag-uae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777032770","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\/218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777032770"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777032770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777032779,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777032770\/revisions\/777032779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777024468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777032770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777032770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777032770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}