Yaspa, a leading fintech specializing in payments and identity solutions, today announces it has become a founding member of the newly launched AI Research Hub (AiR Hub) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) International Gaming Institute (IGI). This collaboration underscores Yaspa’s commitment to integrating next-generation financial technology with academic research to foster a safer, more sustainable gambling environment.

The UNLV International Gaming Institute (IGI) established the AiR Hub to advance the industry’s understanding of the impacts, risks, and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence. Co-founded by Kasra Ghaharian, IGI Director of Research, and industry veteran Simo Dragicevic, the initiative serves as a collaborative ecosystem designed to accelerate the adoption of trusted, responsible AI across the global gaming sector.

Yaspa joins a prestigious group of founding members, including Aristocrat, Evoke Plc, Playtech Plc, and the Responsible Online Gaming Association (ROGA). This diverse coalition is tasked with ensuring that AI development in the sector is grounded in cross-disciplinary expertise.

AiR Hub’s flagship project is the “State of AI in Gaming” report, a first-of-its-kind annual study indexing company AI maturity, as well as tracking regulatory and policy developments. Through this and related projects, AiR Hub seeks to drive innovation and help ensure AI-driven systems are governed appropriately within this highly regulated industry.

As a founding member, Yaspa brings its in-house AI expertise to guide the Hub’s research initiatives, drawing from its experience in developing the technology behind its Intelligent Payments platform and proprietary machine learning categorizer. To support this mission, Max Collinge, Yaspa’s Vice President of Product, will join the AiR Hub Advisory Panel. Collectively, panel members help steer the Hub’s initiatives, ensuring they maintain deep industry relevance.

“Joining AiR Hub as a founding member reflects Yaspa’s commitment to leveraging the synergy between AI and open banking data to drive a more sustainable gambling ecosystem,” said Max Collinge.

“By utilizing deep financial insights through AI-driven analysis, we can deliver significantly better outcomes for players and operators alike. I am personally thrilled to join the Advisory Panel to help shape this next phase of collaboration and ensure research leads to practical, responsible innovation.”

Kasra Ghaharian, Director of Research, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, International Gaming Institute, commented, “Fintech and AI are two of the most transformative technologies in the world today, and their impact on the gaming industry will undoubtedly continue to be profound. The richness of this data provides intriguing potential across the value chain, particularly regarding consumer protection and compliance. I am excited to see how we can help drive thought leadership for the industry at the intersection of these two technologies.”

Simo Dragicevic, IGI Adjunct Fellow, said, “Yaspa is building the industry’s open banking orchestration layer for player insights and risk assessment. Their expertise in payments, technology and risk will add significant value to the AiR Hub Advisory Panel and we look forward to collaborating with Yaspa as we execute our mission to develop the industry’s ecosystem for collaborative AI research.”

New Online Sales Program Connects Seamlessly with Loyalty Program, Drives Delaware Player Engagement

Scientific Games and the Delaware Lottery launched an evolutionary new iLottery program that delivers a best in class player experience to drive long-term, sustainable growth for contributions to education, health and social services, public safety and other services in the state of Delaware. The new online sales program gives Delaware Lottery players safe and secure access to world-leading eInstant games, and delivers player rewards through integration with the lottery’s existing Delaware Lottery Players Club online loyalty program. The Delaware Lottery currently ranks No. 10 worldwide for total sales per capita (La Fleur’s 2025 World Almanac).

The new iLottery program expands on Scientific Games’ already comprehensive suite of products across the Delaware Lottery’s full portfolio, including sports betting, Scientific Games Enhanced Partnership instant game management program, gaming machine central monitoring system, lottery central gaming system, draw and Keno monitor games, as well as retail point-of-sale and self-service vending technology. The Lottery’s retailers statewide have been invited to participate in a highly successful affiliate program with incentives that support retail sales.

Delaware Lottery Director Helene Keeley said, “As the provider of the Delaware Lottery’s online loyalty program and retail games, Scientific Games has a unique understanding of our players and our full lottery offering. iLottery was the next step to give Delaware players easy, convenient digital access to our entertaining games. Launching an integrated, state-of-the-art iLottery program as part of the Delaware Lottery Players Club offers our players the opportunity to experience the thrill of playing how they choose—at retail or online—so we can continue driving maximum transfers to the state’s General Fund.”

The Delaware Lottery’s new iLottery program is part of Scientific Games’ highly secure Momentum ecosystem. The iLottery platform is integrated with the Lottery’s retail management system. At the heart of the program is SG PAM, a secure player account management system for all player account activity and wallet transactions across retail and digital. Other features of the iLottery program include:

• Healthy Play program for responsible gaming
• Mobile first design
• Market-leading bonus engine
• Award-winning CRM services
• Over 250 top-performing eInstant games, including licensed brands like MONOPOLY
• SG Content Hub with premier portfolio of eInstant games from iLottery studios worldwide

“We are excited to bring our global expertise, content and technology to the Delaware Lottery with an evolutionary iLottery solution developed to adapt to consumer play preferences and market trends,” said Matt Lynch, President, Digital for Scientific Games. “The Delaware Lottery has a strategic vision. Their leadership’s forward-looking, player-centric approach, starting with launching a loyalty program and moving to a robust iLottery and omnichannel platform, ensures scalability and long-term sustainable growth for the Lottery and its beneficiary programs.”

The iLottery program was implemented following the Delaware Lottery’s Players Club launch to ensure the sustainability of the Delaware Lottery. Players can create an account on the official Delaware Lottery Players Club website, or the dedicated Delaware Lottery Players Club mobile app. Full player registration requires an industry-standard KYC (Know Your Customer) process, ensuring player eligibility. The new iLottery program delivers a premier responsible gaming program, ensuring players are one-click away from important information, while also enabling key Healthy Play features for budgeting, cool-off and opt-out steps.

The online sales program integrates with the Delaware Lottery Players Club, Scientific Games’ industry leading achievement-based loyalty program for retail and digital play. The loyalty program features convenient mobile app ticket scanning, second-chance drawings, and bonus points for tickets entered which are redeemable for rewards drawings.

Scientific Games provides retail and digital games, technology, analytics and services to 150 lotteries in 50 countries worldwide, offering entertaining game content featuring the largest portfolio of licensed brands in the lottery industry. The company offers world-leading digital programs including CRM, loyalty, promotions, second-chance, mobile and web applications.

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