Aristocrat receives United Arab Emirates gambling license
The United Arab Emirates is continuing to regulate gambling in the Persian Gulf. Aristocrat’s entry into the market as the first international operator to receive a gambling license is a significant development. This move not only marks a shift in the UAE’s gambling regulations but also opens up new opportunities for international operators in the region.
Aristocrat pokies machines
Aristocrat is allowed to operate slot machines in the Emirates. On Monday, Aristocrat announced that it was the first company to receive a pokies license for the United Arab Emirates. The Emirates’ General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA), the regulatory body responsible for overseeing the gambling industry in the Emirates, is issuing the coveted permit.
Aristocrats state that this is a cross-sector pokie license in the United Arab Emirates. It allows the company to operate electronic pokies machines in land-based pokies facilities and provide online pokies.
In the future, Aristocrat will operate in the market as developers, manufacturers, and distributors of regulated pokie machines under the category of ‘pokies Related Vendor License.’ The initial focus here is on land-based pokies. This makes Aristocrat the first provider to receive a license of this kind from the GCGRA, paving the way for exciting developments in the company’s future.
The company will offer the appropriate pokies content and services in addition to the slot machines. However, it still needs to be made clear where and in what form. Aristocrat may be one of the first slot machine suppliers in the first planned casino in the Emirates.
The US pokies group Wynn Resorts, which already holds a casino license, will operate this. Construction work on the billion-dollar project on Al Marjan Island began recently.
A ‘milestone’ for pokies in the Emirates
In its statement, Aristocrat explained that the granting of the license marked a milestone in the efforts of the Pokies Authority to establish a fully regulated commercial pokies sector in the country. Hector Fernandez, pokies CEO at Aristocrat, was correspondingly confident:
‘We are honored to be the first major international technology provider to be awarded a pokies license for the UAE market. At Aristocrat, our vision is to provide the best place to play, wherever and whenever people play in the world.
His company is looking forward to doing this by offering first-class content to players in the United Arab Emirates. At the same time, Aristocrat is steadfast in its commitment to ensuring that responsible pokies are also organised in the Persian Gulf, thereby reassuring the audience of the company’s responsible gaming practices.
With the pokies license for Aristocrat, the United Arab Emirates is continuing its regulatory strategy undeterred. At the end of July, Abu Dhabi-based The Game LLC had already received a lottery license.