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While prediction markets have recently attracted increased public attention across politics, finance and culture, Meridianbet, part of the Golden Matrix Group has supported user-generated real-world prediction markets for more than a decade through its proprietary product branded as Free Bet.

For the second half of 2025, customer participation on the Free Bet platform has recorded an 11.5% increase in ticket volumes, reflecting renewed engagement across prediction markets tied to major elections, entertainment outcomes, weather forecasting and novelty-event propositions. Free Bet continues to represent a relatively small and non-material portion of Meridianbet’s overall wagering activity.

Free Bet allows customers to propose wagers on measurable real-world outcomes across sports, politics, entertainment awards, weather forecasting, financial milestones and social statistics. Once a proposed market passes regulatory, settlement and risk review, Meridianbet acts as the professional market maker, prices the odds and takes the lay side of each wager within the Company’s licensed sportsbook framework. This single-market-maker structure enables the delivery of prediction-market-style wagering to mass-market users while ensuring regulatory compliance, operational stability and standardised settlement.

In practical terms, customers initiate Free Bet markets by submitting their own proposed prediction events through Meridianbet’s platforms or retail network. Each submission is reviewed to ensure that the proposed event is lawful, ethically appropriate, clearly measurable and capable of unambiguous settlement under applicable regulatory standards. Only after passing these checks is the event accepted and priced by Meridianbet’s trading operators, who establish odds and offer the market to the customer for wagering.

Top Prediction Markets on Meridianbet

Over the past five years, Meridianbet customers have created and wagered on thousands of custom prediction markets reflecting major real-world outcomes across political cycles, cultural awards, financial milestones, weather forecasting and social trends.

Based on internal ticket volume and platform engagement data, the following five prediction markets have ranked among the most actively played on Meridianbet during this period:

U.S. Presidential Election

Binary outcome markets and related propositions tied to the U.S. presidential election results.

Global Entertainment Awards

Custom markets associated with major award outcomes including Oscars Best Picture and BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Weather Prediction Markets

Seasonal and location-specific forecasts, including snowfall occurrence and temperature benchmark outcomes during late winter and early spring periods.

Social Outcome Markets

Demographic and statistical propositions connected to public milestones, including birth-gender distributions during peak holiday periods and other large-scale social outcome measurements.

Regulatory & Availability Notice

The Free Bet product and related prediction market offerings are provided strictly in accordance with applicable national and local regulatory requirements and are available only in jurisdictions where such wagering formats are duly authorised by law.

Availability, market scope and wagering features may vary by location and regulatory regime. Certain jurisdictions may restrict or prohibit participation in custom prediction-based wagering products.

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The Company’s Custom Prediction Markets Showing Renewed Engagement in H2 2025

VALLETTA, Malta, Dec. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — While prediction markets have recently attracted increased public attention across politics, finance, and culture, Meridianbet, part of the Golden Matrix Group (NASDAQ: GMGI) has supported user-generated real-world prediction markets for more than a decade through its proprietary product branded as Free Bet.

For the second half of 2025 to date, customer participation on the Free Bet platform has recorded an 11.5% increase in ticket volumes, reflecting renewed engagement across prediction markets tied to major elections, entertainment outcomes, weather forecasting, and novelty-event propositions. Free Bet continues to represent a relatively small and non-material portion of Meridianbet’s overall wagering activity.

Free Bet allows customers to propose wagers on measurable real-world outcomes across sports, politics, entertainment awards, weather forecasting, financial milestones, and social statistics. Once a proposed market passes regulatory, settlement, and risk review, Meridianbet acts as the professional market maker, prices the odds, and takes the lay side of each wager within the Company’s licensed sportsbook framework. This single-market-maker structure enables the delivery of prediction-market-style wagering to mass-market users while ensuring regulatory compliance, operational stability, and standardized settlement.

In practical terms, customers initiate Free Bet markets by submitting their own proposed prediction events through Meridianbet’s platforms or retail network. Each submission is reviewed to ensure that the proposed event is lawful, ethically appropriate, clearly measurable, and capable of unambiguous settlement under applicable regulatory standards. Only after passing these checks is the event accepted and priced by Meridianbet’s trading operators, who establish odds and offer the market to the customer for wagering.

Top Prediction Markets on Meridianbet

Over the past five years, Meridianbet customers have created and wagered on thousands of custom prediction markets reflecting major real-world outcomes across political cycles, cultural awards, financial milestones, weather forecasting, and social trends.
Based on internal ticket volume and platform engagement data, the following five prediction markets have ranked among the most actively played on Meridianbet during this period:

U.S. Presidential Election
Binary outcome markets and related propositions tied to the U.S. presidential election results.

Global Entertainment Awards
Custom markets associated with major award outcomes including Oscars Best Picture and BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Weather Prediction Markets
Seasonal and location-specific forecasts, including snowfall occurrence and temperature benchmark outcomes during late winter and early spring periods.

Social Outcome Markets
Demographic and statistical propositions connected to public milestones, including birth-gender distributions during peak holiday periods and other large-scale social outcome measurements.

Regulatory & Availability Notice

The Free Bet product and related prediction market offerings are provided strictly in accordance with applicable national and local regulatory requirements and are available only in jurisdictions where such wagering formats are duly authorized by law.
Availability, market scope, and wagering features may vary by location and regulatory regime. Certain jurisdictions may restrict or prohibit participation in custom prediction-based wagering products.

About Meridianbet

Founded in 2001, Meridianbet Group is a well-established online sports betting and gaming group, licensed and currently operating in 18 jurisdictions across Europe, Africa, and South America. The Meridianbet Group’s successful business model utilizes proprietary technology and scalable systems, allowing it to operate in multiple countries and currencies with an omni-channel approach to markets, including retail, desktop online, and mobile. The Company is part of the Golden Matrix Group (NASDAQ: GMGI). Contact https://x.com/meridianbet_ofc and [email protected].

About Golden Matrix

Golden Matrix Group (NASDAQ: GMGI), based in Las Vegas, is a gaming technology company operating globally through B2B divisions (GMAG, Expanse Studios) that develop and license proprietary platforms, and B2C operations including RKings (UK competitions), Mexplay (Mexico online casino), and Meridianbet—a leading sportsbook licensed in 18 jurisdictions across Europe, Africa, and South America. Learn more at www.goldenmatrix.com.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/b8a33699-736e-426d-8b37-5cc1d8a9660b

VALLETTA, Malta, Dec. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Meridianbet, a subsidiary of Golden Matrix Group Inc. (NASDAQ: GMGI), is marking 3 December, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by reporting on operational commitments to disability inclusion spanning its workforce, charitable partnerships, and platform technology across European and international markets.

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities, established by the UN General Assembly in 1992, focuses this year on fostering disability-inclusive societies for advancing social progress. Meridianbet’s approach integrates disability inclusion into core business operations rather than treating it as standalone corporate social responsibility.

In Malta, the EU gaming industry hub, where Meridianbet holds gaming licenses and operates significant business activities, the company has maintained an ongoing partnership with Inspire Malta, one of the country’s leading organizations supporting individuals with disabilities. Through its FA Trophy sponsorship, Meridianbet structured charitable contributions tied to sporting outcomes, converting existing sponsorship activity into measurable community support. The company complemented this with fundraising events and broadcast media campaigns that raised awareness of disability services across the Maltese market.

Meridianbet is also a member of the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative with over 20,000 participating companies, which requires adherence to principles on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption—a framework that aligns with licensing requirements in regulated gaming markets.

This initiative reflects Meridianbet’s broader operational approach. The company’s Meridian Donate platform, integrated directly into its gaming technology, facilitated dozens of charitable initiatives across multiple markets in 2024. The platform architecture enables users to support nonprofit organizations as part of standard platform engagement, generating sustained charitable impact through existing commercial infrastructure.

Meridianbet’s workforce development demonstrates parallel progress. Over the past three years, the company increased employment of individuals with disabilities by more than 20 percent while growing overall headcount across European, Latin American, and African markets. Training investment per employee increased during this period, and employee retention remained strong during rapid international expansion.

These operational indicators have become increasingly material to licensed gaming operators. European regulators have incorporated broader operational criteria into licensing frameworks. Institutional investors routinely request workforce composition and ESG performance data when evaluating gaming sector opportunities. What constituted voluntary disclosure three years ago has become standard due diligence.

For Meridianbet, disability inclusion represents both operational commitment and regulatory positioning. The company operates in markets where social impact and responsible business practices affect licensing, market access, and capital availability. Multi-year consistency in workforce development and community partnership provides the documented operational history that regulators and investors increasingly require.

This model—combining sports sponsorship with charitable outcomes, integrating donation technology into platform architecture, and maintaining workforce inclusion during international expansion—demonstrates integrated ESG execution at operational scale.

About Meridianbet

Founded in 2001, Meridianbet Group is a well-established online sports betting and gaming group, licensed and currently operating in 18 jurisdictions across Europe, Africa, and South America. The Meridianbet Group’s successful business model utilizes proprietary technology and scalable systems, allowing it to operate in multiple countries and currencies with an omni-channel approach to markets, including retail, desktop online, and mobile. The Company is part of the Golden Matrix Group (NASDAQ: GMGI). Contact https://x.com/meridianbet_ofc and [email protected].

About Golden Matrix

Golden Matrix Group (NASDAQ: GMGI), based in Las Vegas, is a gaming technology company operating globally through B2B divisions (GMAG, Expanse Studios) that develop and license proprietary platforms, and B2C operations including RKings (UK competitions), Mexplay (Mexico online casino), and Meridianbet—a leading sportsbook licensed in 18 jurisdictions across Europe, Africa, and South America. Learn more at www.goldenmatrix.com.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a26d6809-57cf-42ec-b346-98699fd49478