TCSJOHNHUXLEY’s Steph Nel honoured in the Emerging Leaders of Gaming 40 under 40 TCSJOHNHUXLEY is delighted to congratulate, Steph Nel, Managing Director for the Americas, as an honoree of the Global Gaming Business magazine and The Innovation Group’s Emerging Leaders of Gaming 40 Under 40 award. THESE PRESTIGIOUS annual awards highlight gaming professionals under the age of 40 that are making a significant impact in the industry. With over 20 years’ experience in the gaming industry, Steph Nel started his career in South Africa but has travelled extensively, living and working in Africa, the UK and now Las Vegas. A highly consummate professional, who is passionate about his job, the company and the industry, he brings extensive knowledge and experience gained from both the operator and supplier sides of the industry. Having been with the company for 12 years and in his current position since 2017, Steph most recently has overseen TCSJOHNHUXLEY’s asset purchase
agreement of Gaming Partners International (GPI) North American business. He has successfully integrated the Mexico staff and facility responsible for manufacturing casino furniture and layouts, with the existing Las Vegas hub and now leads a strong team focused on providing the best products, services and support for customers and partners alike. Tristan Sjöberg, TCSJOHNHUXLEY Executive Chairman comments, “We are delighted Steph Nel has been honored with this award. He continues to make a compelling contribution to our business, building and leading a strong team, developing meaningful partnerships with customers and expanding our footprint for success. This award is well deserved and we wish Steph continued success.”
Pragmatic Play set for African Expansion with Intelligent Gaming Deal Pragmatic Play, a leading content provider to the iGaming industry, is now distributing its premium products to the first one of Intelligent Gaming’s tier one operators going live with immediate effect. Supabets are one of South Africa’s largest and most innovative wagering operators and are proud to be the first operator in the country to offer the incredible suite of products offered by Pragmatic Play. A RENOWNED operator in the region, Intelligent Gaming’s players will gain access to Pragmatic Play’s repertoire of high-quality slots such as the popular John Hunter series and its range of Megaways™ games, including Power of Thor Megaways™. Also, to debut on Intelligent Gaming’s platform will be the supplier’s Live Casino content, including classics table games Blackjack, Roulette and Baccarat, as well as the innovative gameshow inspired Mega Wheel and the thrilling Mega Roulette. Intelligent Gaming are also set to take Pragmatic Play’s virtual sports and scratch cards offering. The partnership marks Pragmatic Play’s continued momentum in South Africa and
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comes on the back of diligent compliance work undertaken to ensure the smooth and timely delivery of the project. Yossi Barzely, Chief Business Development Officer at Pragmatic Play, said: South Africa is yet another region that is key to our development
goals so it’s exciting to get on board with a partner such as Intelligent Gaming. Their insight and experience in the market is essential and we’re thoroughly looking forward to working with them.” Intelligent Gaming CEO, Marc Plaxton-Harrison said: “Intelligent Gaming are extremely excited to introduce Pragmatic Play to the South African market - it has a tremendously diverse content offering filled with quality titles. The entire Pragmatic Play team have been very agile and hands on and are set to be a strong force in the market here.” Currently producing up to five new slot titles a month, Pragmatic Play also delivers Bingo games as part of its multi-product portfolio, available through one single API.
