Inspired Entertainment announced that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with The CAGE Companies and its subsidiary, CAGE Sports BV, to offer Inspired’s award-winning virtual sports in CAGE’s retail outlets and interactive channels throughout the Caribbean. CAGE is a prominent video lottery and video gaming terminal operator in the Caribbean and South America.
Inspired will provide it V-Play Plug & Play (VPP) online an mobile product solution to CAGE’s interactive channels through online platforms and its best-in-class virtual sport to retail venues in the Caribbean later this year. VPP includes multiple custom sports variants for CAGE customers, including virtual cricket, which Inspired will be launching for the first time as part of its VPP solution, a nod to the popularity of cricket in the Caribbean.
“The CAGE Companies have established themselves as the Caribbean’s premier gaming route operator, and (CAGE majority owner) Robert L. Johnson is a true visionary,” said Brooks Pierce, president and COO of Inspired. “We are looking forward to working with them and extending our partnership to deploy our leading content into the market.
“Our virtuals have proven popular in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, and we see the Caribbean as an opportunity to showcase the strength of our overall offerings.”
Robert B Washington, co-founder, chairman and CEO of the CAGE Companies, added, “We look forward to starting up our virtual sports operations in a number of Caribbean countries where CAGE Sports has existing licenses or management agreements during the late first quarter/early second quarter 2021.
“We are also excited about partnering with Inspired in creating new ‘Caribbean Legends of Cricket’ virtual sports games, which we believe will create customer excitement in the Caribbean community and beyond.”
