GameAccount Network hits jackpot with Lady Luck deal

Dermot Smurfit jnr led gaming software firm to provide services to US casino group

GameAccount Network (GAN), the Dermot Smurfit jnr led developer and supplier of enterprise-level B2B gaming software and online gaming content, has signed a deal with one of the larget regional casino operating groups in the US to use its services.

The deal with Lady Luck, a subsidiary of the Nasdaq-listed Isle of Capri Casinos, will see the company using GAN's Simulated Gaming software. This is an online casino experience where players can play over 200 slot, table and skill-based games, including poker, backgammon, gin rummy, poker dice and blackjack tournaments

Founded in 1992 and headquartered in St Louis, Isle of Capri owns or operates 14 casinos in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. These properties serve nearly 2 million visitors every year.

Lady Luck’s Simulated Gaming offering is expected to go live across web and mobile in the first half of 2016, Dublin-listed GAN said.

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The latest results for GAN show pre-tax losses rose to £2.6 million (€3.5m) in the first six months of 2015 from £908,000 a year earlier.

Charlie Taylor

Charlie Taylor

Charlie Taylor is a former Irish Times business journalist