DRGT celebrates a decade operating in Africa

In March 2020, DR Gaming Technology (DRGT)  celebrates ten years on African soil. “SiP was our very first product when we started the business in March 2010,” said Charl Geyser, DRGT Africa's MD. 

"At that stage, we had a few existing customers across the continent including Millionaire's Gaming Africa operating casinos in Ghana and Kenya and several others in Malawi and Zambia. In fact, our very first installation was at the Prince Hotel in Ghana in April 2010, and I'm very proud to say that Joseph Pestana and his team at Millionaires are still one of our biggest clients today, with our most recent installation for Millionaires being undertaking towards the end of last year at their newest casino in Nairobi."

Geyser's gaming pedigree dates back to the mid-90s; then in 2007, after 13 years’ service, he resigned from  Aristocrat and dabbled in running his own pubs (with Limited Payout Machines) for a couple of years, ultimately venturing back into gaming equipment distribution in 2010 when he took on the distribution of the then SiP systems product; which at the time was owned by WMS and purchased by DRGT in 2012.

He also managed to secure an EGM distribution contract at almost the same time and was in desperate need of a jackpot service provider to meet a local Sun International tender opportunity. 'In DRGT not only did I have a great jackpot solution, but in my view the most powerful, cost-effective and user-friendly casino management system I had ever come across',added Geyser. Roll forward a decade, and  'DUMA' and it's follow-up wide-area progressive jackpot 'SunStriker' continue to operate across all of Sun International's twelve Southern African casinos on approximately 200 EGMs each, totaling to date over 6,000 jackpot hits and a payout total in excess of R750 million.

"We could not have asked for a better partner than Charl when establishing our African footprint," said DRGT CEO, Jurgen De Munck, "Without him, and his team, we would never have made the in-roads that we have."

At present, the company operates its systems and jackpot technology on over 6,500 devices across 70 locations and in 7 countries across Africa.

The growth the Company has seen in Africa since March 2010 has been founded equally off of its quality and robust management systems and jackpot solutions, as well as its commitment to servicing and supporting it's customers to the highest standards possible. "We operate in the entertainment sector, where experiences drive loyalty, and our product offering allows casino operators to do that; we, in turn, need to provide that self-same experience as a vendor to those operators, and although we're not perfect, I'm very proud of the manner in which the entire staff at DRGT Africa embrace that responsibility," noted Geyser.