GIG Enters the Regulated Gaming Market of North Macedonia With LeGrand Casino

Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) has announced the g of several of agreement with operator K.A.A DOO from Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia.

This marks GiG’s first entry to the regulated gaming market of this South-East European country, thanks to the deal with this hospitality, tourism and services company that will provide GiG’s platform, front-end development and will manage their digital operations.

Digital Transformation

K.A.K is one of leading leisure groups in North Macedonia…

…that has two casinos under its perch, offering slots and table games: LeGrand Casino Skopje and LeGrand Casino Bitola. They also own four hotels (Hotel Epinal in Bitola and hotels Sport, Bistra and Lodge in Mavrovo) and the Mavrovo Ski Resort.

The government of North Macedonia has finished with its tradition of keeping its country closed for online gambling operators and have allowed applying for online licenses.

Through their LeGrand casinos, K.A.K. will therefore be one of a handful of operators in North Macedonia to offer table games to online players along with a complete slots portfolio.

K.A.K. has selected GiG’s casino platform offering as well as GiG’s managed media services to capitalise on their digital transformation from land based to online gambling.

Good Feeling All Around

The agreement will be signed on August 2020. It will be on the combined fixed fee and revenue share structure. GIG’s casino offering should go live by 2021’s first quarter and will provide significant contribution to company’s revenue.

Says Richard Brown, GIG’s CEO:

“North Macedonia has a long history in the landbased casino segment, and is a major casino tourist destination in the region. Partnering with a leading brand, hospitality and entertainment group in the region is an exciting opportunity for GiG and we look forward to helping replicate LeGrand Casinos retail success online as the market regulates.”

K.A.K.’s CEO, Ognjan Cigovski, added:

“Gaming Innovation Group is known in the iGaming industry as a reliable and trustful company with a history of success working with land based operators like ourselves. We are pleased to have them ing our digital transformation and online player acquisition strategy as we expand into the newly regulating online market.

We believe that by ing our efforts we can translate the feel and look of our LeGrand casino’s into an online offering that both caters for our current players as well as attracts new ones. We are looking forward to a long lasting and mutually beneficial partnership.”

Source:

“Gaming Innovation Group signs with LeGrand Casino in North Macedonia”, gig.com, July 17th, 2020.