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NOVOMATIC Italia is pleased to announce the merger between the concessionaires of the ADMIRAL Gaming Network (AGN) Group and HBG Connex, incumbent operators in the Italian gaming market who, by combining two leaderships, now form one of the largest concessionaire companies in the national panorama.
Following the acquisition of the HBG Gaming Group companies at the end of 2022, NOVOMATIC takes new steps in consolidating and increasing its presence and commitment in the Italian market by strengthening the company that holds the network concession for AWP and VLT.
"We believe that the role of the network concessionaire, within the framework of the system, is crucial and fits perfectly with our Group's intentions to offer safe and legal entertainment all over the world," says Markus Buechele, CEO of the parent company NOVOMATIC Italia. "This is why we have been working and will continue to work in the future so that ADMIRAL Gaming Network becomes for its network stronger and stronger in terms of services, reliability, and technology.
Under the new reality, the value structure and objectives in the conduct of business strategies remain the same: "AGN," stresses President Antonio Porsia, "will maintain a constant and active commitment so that the safety and compliance of the services provided under the state concession are guaranteed and aim toward increasingly high technological standards to protect tax revenues and the end consumers of the products. It is everyone's precise intent to pursue these objectives so that the concessionaire continues to make a positive contribution to the Italian public gaming sector, and to civil society by ensuring transparency and reliability." The new ADMIRAL Gaming Network counts on more than a decade's worth of know-how, which as of today is spread to a network of 41,000 AWP rights and more than 8,000 VLT installation rights
In addition to the concessionaires, the Group has 7 companies active in retail gaming: an important governance that today permanently employs more than 4,000 people in all Italian regions.
"Our firm intention to represent a certain point of reference for the domestic market and for the country's economy," Buechele concludes, "is confirmed by the holding company's substantial investments in concessions but also by the presence in the Group of several historic companies engaged in the direct management of ADMIRAL-branded gaming venues. Among the strengths is our Payment Institute ADMIRAL Pay, authorized by the Bank of Italy in 2018 and active with a range of gaming services thanks to payment systems fully compliant with current regulations. Today's merger seals NOVOMATIC's 17th year of presence in Italy."
AGN's Board of Directors consists of CEO Giuseppe Calzolaio, three members of the NOVOMATIC Italia holding company, Markus Buechele (Chief Executive Officer), Karl Plank (Chief Operation Officer), and Raffaele Gnazzi (Legal & Compliance Director), and Chairman Antonio Porsia.
