During the presentation of the contribution, Parliamentary Secretary for Financial Services, Digital Economy and Innovation Silvio Schembri referred to the inquiry on the consumption of gambling and gaming services by Maltese residents published at the end of last year by the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). Mr Schembri explained that people who engage in gambling are most likely to be young adults or senior citizens and have a secondary level of education, likely to be unemployed, part-time employees or students.

“This is where the work of the foundation comes in by carrying out educational campaigns among the younger generations to instil among them the importance of achieving balance and to actively seek alternatives,” said Mr Schembri underlining how the foundation tends to reach out by means of sports activities amongst other initiatives.

In addition, the RGF has strengthened the self-exclusion processes under the supervision of the MGA. In the meantime, a call centre started to work on a 24-hour schedule, together with the much-needed website and chatline revamp, in order to provide a more user-friendly and eye-catching look at all the services offered, according to the press statement.

“Throughout our daily operations, Maltco strictly adopts responsible gaming principles since we truly believe in having the players’ wellbeing at heart. We want to ensure that our players are entertaining themselves in a responsible manner,” said Vasileios Kasiotakis, CEO of Maltco Lotteries Limited.

Moreover, Mr Kasiotakis also thanked all the stakeholders, agents and assistants for their significant contribution.

Shawn Zammit, General Manager of the RGF, expressed satisfaction with the investment that has been made in the call centre 1777, by which the foundation continues to offer a better free helping hand to those afflicted by the addiction. The Responsible Gaming Foundation started operating the National Gambling Helpline 1777 in September 2015.

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The companies expect their integration to generate material income in future years. Scout Gaming’s long-term revenue is dependent on how many customers playing Scout Gaming games, and to what extent these players will use the products.

“I’m very pleased to enter into this agreement,” said Andreas Ternstrom, CEO of Scout Gaming Group. “FDJ is a leading WLA operator and one of the dominating gaming companies in the world. This agreement should be looked upon as groundbreaking for Scout Gaming,” he added.

FDJ is the national lottery and the French leader in gambling and entertainment. In 2018 it had 25 million players, conducting more than 30,000 points of sale and employing a staff of 2,300. FDJ collected €15.8b in stakes, the digital space having a share of 15%, as the press release says.

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“Digitain is among one of the largest platform providers and will make a great potential contribution to our network,” said Andreas Ternström, the CEO of Scout Gaming Group. “This clearly states that Scout Gaming is the first-hand choice when it comes to fantasy-related products,” the CEO added.

“We are continuously looking to improve our product offering and have found that Scout Gaming has a proven capability of providing fantasy sports games with a global network and therefore is experienced partner to launch and expand Digitain’s fantasy sports offering,” said Suren Khachatryan, the CCO of Digitain. “Scout Gaming’s fantasy sports solution will be provided along with our in-house developed and managed sportsbook solution,” the Digitain COO added.

Digitain started out as a national lottery in Armenia in 1999, before becoming a multi-channel iGaming software provider in the online, hand-held and land-based industries. Digitain integrates sportsbook, casino, live dealer and virtual sports modules. The company says its portfolio includes an “extensive” payment gateway and a “dedicated” non-stop customer support service.

Scout Gaming Group handles its sales, support and product management from its Maltese office, it is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has operations in Bergen, Norway, and Lviv, Ukraine, and is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

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