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Nevada gaming regulators have approved slot developer Bluberi Gaming to sell its games in the state.
The green light was given on Thursday, September 25, meaning Bluberi Gaming is licensed by the Nevada Gaming Commission to manufacture and distribute slot games in the state. The Canadian-founded and Las Vegas-based company has grown to 275 employees after a series of growth spurts since filing for bankruptcy in 2016.
“The business has had many stages of growth,” said Bluberi CEO Andrew Burke. “In 2022 and beyond, we’ve been in the growth stage by adding jurisdictions, products, and people. Our ambitions are much higher and licensing in Nevada is a huge step in the process for us moving forward.”
The company had 66 licenses as of 2019, but had held off on applying in Nevada until 2025. Burke maintained that the company “wasn’t ready”, based on his knowledge of Nevada licensees and customer expectations for the region.
“Today, we’re in 194 jurisdictions, with 10 more pending approval and another 12 we’re working through,” he added. “We’ve grown our footprint from 1,000 units to 12,000 units and our number of employees has grown pretty significantly.”
Blueberi’s growth in Nevada and beyond
Financially, Bluberi has been going from strength to strength, with its revenue growing four times over the last three years. In terms of its connections in Nevada, Bluberi already does business with MGM Resorts International, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Boyd Gaming, Caesars Entertainment, and Penn Entertainments, all of which operate in the state.
In 2024, Bluberi was focusing on growth in other areas, adding 29 new jurisdictions, including state licenses in Indiana, Louisiana Commercial, Oregon, Ontario, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Virginia. For 2025, the company was not only eyeing Nevada, but also Ohio, Iowa, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Mississippi, Illinois, and British Columbia.
“Nevada is home for me and an important home for many of our employees,” Burke said. “Being licensed in Nevada for our employees is a big deal, a source of pride. They’ve worked in the state for a while. To tell their families that their games will be right down the street from where they live is critical.”
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MGM Resorts’ Chief Technology Officer has offered Boyd Gaming support in the wake of a cyberattack that was made public earlier this week.
Boyd Gaming shared details of an internal data breach earlier this week that largely affected employees. In the wake of the cyberattack, MGM Resorts CTO John Branden Newman was found suitable as an officer by the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday, September 25.
The Commission has asked for details about the attack against Boyd and the 2023 attack against MGM in a licensing hearing. Newman reportedly reached out to Boyd when its cyberattack was first filed with the SEC, according to the Review Journal. Newman currently oversees a team of 653 employees, including 376 in Nevada, and previously worked as an IT specialist with the Air Force, the DoD, and the private sector before joining MGM.
“It’s obviously unfortunate that a lot of the players in the industry and various industries actually are still getting hit by these same types of attacks,” Newman told commissioners. “We did reach out and offer our support. I don’t have a lot of detailed information about it. The current chief information security officer was the one that was doing that coordination with Boyd during that time to offer ours.”
More details about the MGM attack
Newman confirmed to the Commission that a teenager had surrendered to authorities at the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center and attended a court appearance before Family Court Judge Dee Smart Butler on Wednesday, September 24. He is alleged to be involved in the MGM attack.
The 17-year-old was just 15 when the attack took place in 2023. He has been charged with three counts of obtaining and using personal identifying information of another person to harm or impersonate a person, one count of extortion, one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, and one count of unlawful acts regarding computers. He is expected to be tried as an adult.
“It was obviously a very difficult time for us responding to that incident and rebuilding the environment,” Newman told commissioners. “We have put in numerous controls to reduce the risk of any further occurrence of this, and we keep our eye on all the threat intelligence across the industry, including keeping up with the various threat actors that are still hitting people in our industry. We’re still working with the FBI.”
Newman went on to note that young offenders like the MGM suspect are often recruited by criminals.
“It’s very unfortunate,” he explained. “They use these people to distance themselves from the actual law enforcement because these players are normally the last mile that are the touch points, but they’re not the brains behind the operation. So we’re continuing to work with them, and we’ve read on a few people from our team to help the FBI go further in as far as we can to get closer to the real people behind the scenes.”
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