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EveryMatrix global customers now equipped with seamless access to award-winning loyalty and gamification offering

Xtremepush, the leading provider of CRM and loyalty marketing powered by AI, has announced its latest tier one partnership, having agreed a deal to provide acclaimed igaming provider EveryMatrix with its award-winning CRM and loyalty marketing services.

EveryMatrix, leveraging Xtremepush’s varied product suite, will now be able to offer its customers real-time, hyper-personalised CRM and gamification capabilities via its proprietary platform, helping them to drive engagement, increase loyalty, and maximise the lifetime value of all player types in a seamless manner.

Xtremepush leads the market in its unified, holistic approach to data collection, with its Single Customer View built to extract data from all sources in true real-time, providing an individual view of players to deliver a higher standard of omni-channel personalisation and messaging. Coupled with a gamification engine and AI-powered automation and data insights, operators will be able to leverage these revenue-driving tools via their existing integration with EveryMatrix.

Tommy Kearns, CEO and co-founder at Xtremepush, said of the partnership: “EveryMatrix has built a well-earned reputation for being a provider of best-in-class sports betting and gaming solutions for its operator partners, and we’re pleased to bolster their software and services with our first-rate CRM and loyalty solutions.

“Regulated markets are hugely competitive and Xtremepush has proven its worth in optimising and scaling customer’s loyalty engines and processes in these environments to realise greater engagement and ensure maximum lifetime value of players. We’re very confident that we’ll showcase this once again with EveryMatrix, via its clients, and to make them another customer for life.”

Kevin Furlong, Chief Product Officer, EveryMatrix, said: “Alongside our advanced turnkey platform technologies we have always partnered with best-in-class third-party suppliers such as Xtremepush providing added value to our customers.

“Combining our market-leading gaming infrastructure with Xtremepush’s powerful CRM technology will enable our customers to better understand their players, offer them even more personalised experiences and boost loyalty levels to name just a few benefits.”

Following a successful launch phase with EveryMatrix, Xtremepush will make additional services available to the supplier, including its Agentic AI, which will supercharge marketing processes with intent and iteration, allowing related teams to focus on broader strategy and value-driven projects.

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Tom Smallwood, Chief Commercial Officer at OpenSlots

The growth of AI in the industry is a talking point you cannot ignore. From sceptics to those convinced it will have a big role to play, AI dominates discourse. However, it is widely accepted that it will play a significant role in product development. In our industry, the biggest misconception is that AI will replace creativity in game development. In my experience, it has the power to do the exact opposite. I’ve watched countless studios struggle with the same challenge of transforming creative vision into market-ready slot games without requiring a six-figure budget a six-month timeline only to fail to achieve distribution. Yet that’s exactly what the traditional route to market looks like now.

AI is removing the technical barriers that risk keeping creative minds locked out of our industry. At OpenSlots, we’re beginning to see firsthand how AI can help turn a game creator’s ‘napkin sketch’ into a playable prototype in a fraction of the time.

The hidden costs of traditional slot development

The harsh reality facing game creators today is staggering. Developing and distributing even a basic slot requires substantial budgets and months of specialised expertise. Factor in regulatory compliance, RNG certification, and multi-platform optimisation, and smaller studios face insurmountable barriers.

These costs aren’t just financial, they affect the creative output too. When a single game requires months of mathematical modelling, extensive asset creation, development and technical integration it is inevitable that innovation stagnates. Game developers tend to play it safe, but even then, they risk not getting any ‘airtime’ in the face of the overwhelming quantity of games released by larger studios. The result is a market flooded with similar games, from the same providers, while innovative ideas never see daylight.

The OpenSlots approach

At OpenSlots, we are building a platform aimed at non-technical professions in which every element of the development process is optimised. Our AI-powered system lets operators and game designers create professional slot games through an agentic interface and AI-powered game creation workflows all on a tried and trusted RGS. You describe your vision, say, a high-volatility Norse mythology theme with cascading reels, and OpenSlots, backed by human expertise, handles everything from the creation of your game design document to the game build itself. We even have an WYSIWYG editor prior to publishing.

Real democratisation means accessible innovation

True democratisation isn’t just about making existing processes slightly easier, it is about changing who can participate. When we enable game creators to describe their vision in natural language and watch AI generate playable prototypes, we’re not replacing human creativity, we’re amplifying it. The most successful implementations don’t replace human expertise, they eliminate tedious and costly tasks that prevent creative professionals from focusing on innovation. This is as true for an operator as a studio. We do not see AI as a magic wand, to make everything easy, especially in a highly regulated industry. However, it is an enabler that can create a certain originality and independence for B2Cs and a voice to smaller game design studios.

Why this matters now

The timing for this transformation couldn’t be more critical. The slots market generates over half of total casino revenue, with operators facing pressure to deliver personalised, engaging content at speed. As mobile gaming dominates consumer spending and competition grows, the traditional development model can’t keep pace with market demands.

This creates an opportunity for platforms that can democratise game creation while maintaining quality and compliance. The industry needs solutions that allow rapid iteration and testing, branded content creation, and market-specific customisation, all without the costs that have historically limited who can participate in game development.

Building the future of game creation

The winners in this transformation won’t be the companies with the most advanced AI algorithms. They will be the ones who best understand how to apply AI practically to real challenges.

The future belongs to platforms that combine industry knowledge with cutting-edge AI capabilities. It’s not about auto-generating second rate game assets, just to for the sake of speed and cost, but leveraging the power of AI to amplify human expertise and give the chance for innovation. In many ways we are giving people the chance to make mistakes. And that, of course, is how we grow.

The question isn’t whether AI will transform gaming development. It’s whether we allow the broader ecosystem be part of that transformation or left behind by it.

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OpenSlots, a new AI creative platform for game development, has made its market debut, designed to empower operators, studios, and developers to build bespoke, high-quality titles faster and more efficiently than ever before.

The first iteration of OpenSlots has been launched for internal use by the team of experienced executives behind content aggregator and slot studio ESA Gaming, with it leveraging artificial intelligence to remove barriers to creativity and game delivery.

Expected for commercial release in mid-2026 the platform will enable non-technical professionals to design, test, and publish fully compliant slot games with intuitive, modular tools, without compromising on graphic quality or gameplay innovation.

Its simple interface will allow for aspiring game creators to input key specifications, such as theme, game type, mechanics, reel matrix, RTP and much more, before generating a game design document, concept art and publishing a game in a game editor for on-the-fly changes.

Customers are then able to gain access to ESA Gaming’s distribution network of more than 160 operators across regulated markets, to ensure rapid deployment to the end user.

With a leadership team bringing a wealth of experience in the sector and a product roadmap set to include more than 20 game types, multilingual support, and 100+ currencies, OpenSlots is poised for rapid global growth.

Thomas Smallwood, CCO at OpenSlots said: “We see OpenSlots as a game changer in the game development space. Our mission is straightforward in that we want to unlock creativity for non-technical professionals and empower operators and studios to create their own content quickly and easily.

“Our platform makes slot creation faster, more efficient, and conducted in an environment where success can be replicated at will. With the addition of the distribution network via ESA Gaming’s Game Aggregation System (GAS), we’re confident that OpenSlots can signal the next phase of game production.”

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