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Strive Gaming partners with Optimove as a leading realtime CRM Marketing Solution for its Operator Portfolio

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The leading US and Canadian focused iGaming platform will enable Optimove to empower its operators to scale realtime personalized CRM Marketing and execute sophisticated marketing campaigns

Strive Gaming, the first player platform business designed for modern, multi-state requirements of operators in North America, announced today a new partnership with Optimove, the leading CRM Marketing platform. The Partnership demonstrates Strive Gaming’s strategic investment in empowering its operator portfolio to execute sophisticated realtime CRM Marketing campaigns and provide each of their customers with the best experience possible.Strive Gaming, founded by experienced US executives previously at Kambi was built using the latest scalable technology designed purposefully for the burgeoning US and Canadian Sports and Casino market. The platform has put in place a myriad of capabilities to enhance its operators’ ability to communicate with their customers, adhere to state-by-state regulations, and offer a unique gaming experience across all channels and integrated products. The integration with Optimove will enhance the platform’s operators’ ability to react to individual players’ actions in real time by tailoring messages and offers across multiple channels.

Beyond the realtime marketing benefits of this integration, operators using the Strive Gaming platform will also gain several additional key capabilities via Optimove:
· Enriched customer profiles: Unifying all historical, predictive, and realtime customer data from sources such as CRM, the Strive platform, service clouds, and data warehouses via Optimove to create a comprehensive single customer view.
· Multichannel personalization and orchestration: Orchestrating hundreds of campaigns seamlessly by leveraging Optimove’s AI-mapped CRM Journeys to deliver customer communications across any channel.
· A continuous optimization loop: Leverage Optimove’s productized experimentation tools, to measure the incremental uplift of each campaign, journey, and strategy to continuously optimize CRM Marketing performance.

“We’re delighted to partner up with Optimove to enhance our operators’ realtime marketing capabilities,” said Max Meltzer, CEO of Strive Gaming. “We believe in Platform First, where customers smartly choose their platform first, embedding across multiple verticals the best possible content and tools in order to maximize customer acquisition and long-term retention. In Optimove, we found a similar mindset that we loved: a focus on delivery of highly personalized customer marketing messages to individual customers, at the moment of greatest relevance. Optimove’s realtime capabilities, coupled with our own realtime capabilities such as the Infinity Rules Engine, will allow our operators to fuel continuous growth by ensuring each player gets maximum value from every interaction, thus improving Customer Lifetime Value and the overall bottom line.”

“We’re excited to get the nod from Strive Gaming as the CRM Marketing solution of choice for their operator portfolio,” said Erik Holt, VP of Partnership Development at Optimove. “In a highly competitive market such as iGaming, a customer-centric approach powered by AI-led CRM Journeys creates a competitive edge for operators. It is the only way to orchestrate hyper-personalized communications with hundreds of segments, thereby improving retention rates, Customer Lifetime Value, and the overall bottom line. We are confident that Optimove’s vast capabilities will play a major part in Strive Gaming’s rapid growth in the burgeoning US market.”

Optimove will be showcasing its CRM Marketing Platform during ICE London, April 12-14 booth N5-210.

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AGLC Announces New Board Chair

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Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) has announced the appointment of Larry Spagnolo as the new Board Chair, effective August 15, 2025. This announcement follows the official Order in Council issued by the Alberta Government and marks a new chapter in AGLC’s ongoing commitment to support communities, encourage responsible choices and position Alberta as the best place to do business.

Larry brings a wealth of experience in technology and business leadership to the AGLC Board and will play an integral role in guiding AGLC’s strategic direction. He is currently serving as VP and GM of Emerson’s SaaS SCADA business and has held senior roles at Zedi and Telus, driving innovation, growth, and global success.

A strong advocate for education and community, Larry serves as Vice Chair of Athabasca University’s Board of Governors and has held board roles with NAIT and Polytechnics Canada. He was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his community contributions.

AGLC and the Board of Directors extend their heartfelt thanks to Len Rhodes for his leadership and dedication as Board Chair since August 2019. He decided not to seek a third term and will continue to serve in this role until August 14, 2025. Len led AGLC through some significant milestones, including reducing red tape by 51%, growth of the emerging cannabis industry and ensuring AGLC delivered a balanced approach to business development, social responsibility, and regulatory oversight.

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Pinnacle Ontario live with CasinoEngine in North America debut

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EveryMatrix has expanded its partnership with tier-1 operator Pinnacle powering its new casino in Ontario, Canada, using CasinoEngine platform technology – the first time its platform solution has gone live in North America. 

The latest agreement builds on the two companies’ previous collaboration that saw EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine productivity platform power the well-known brand’s global casino offering.

The new launch takes the relationship to North America, marking EveryMatrix’s debut CasinoEngine platform integration in that market.

BonusEngine, EveryMatrix’s cross-vertical bonusing tool will be integrated in the second phase of launch. This will equip Pinnacle Ontario with a host of bonus types as well as AI-powered bonus abuse solution Bonus Guardian.

BonusEngine is the first of multiple engagement tools from EveryMatrix’s EngageSuite that Pinnacle plans to integrate.

With this comprehensive toolkit at its disposal, and the opportunity to add even more casino products in the future, Pinnacle Ontario can tailor campaigns, segment audiences, and reward players more effectively, creating a world-class digital entertainment experience for its customers.

EveryMatrix has more than 300 global customers and holds North American licences in Ontario, New Jersey, Michigan, West Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

Stian Enger Petersen, CEO, Casino, EveryMatrix, said: “This launch marks a key milestone for EveryMatrix as we bring our market-leading CasinoEngine platform to Canada for the first time.

“We’re delighted to expand our partnership with Pinnacle and support their ambitions in Ontario with a powerful combination of platform, content, and engagement tools that are proven to drive success.”

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Prime Skill Games Inc. Official Response to AGCO Press Release

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As CEO of Prime Skill Games Inc., I feel compelled to address recent comments made by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario regarding so-called unapproved gambling machines in convenience stores across the province.

Let me be perfectly clear

Our machines are not gambling devices. They are entirely skill-based, fully compliant with the law, and built on the fundamental idea that players are in control. The outcome of every session is determined solely by the player’s ability, not by random chance.

Prime Skill Games is proud to be the only true skill game operating in Ontario today.

We categorically reject any suggestion that our products fall under the definition of unregulated gambling. Such statements are inaccurate, misleading, and fail to recognize the critical distinction between games of skill and games of chance.

We stand firmly behind the legality of our machines and the integrity of our operations. We will demonstrate this through every available means, whether through legal documentation, expert analysis, or, if necessary, before the courts. We are prepared and unafraid to defend the truth.

To our players, partners, and business community, we want to reassure you that our mission has not changed. We are committed to offering a responsible, transparent, and innovative entertainment experience. We will not be intimidated by broad and baseless accusations, and we will continue to move forward with strength and clarity.

 

Sincerely

Matt Zamroźniak

Chief Executive Officer

Prime Skill Games Inc.

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