LAS VEGAS, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AXES.ai ("AXES" or the "Company") announces that it has signed a ten (10) year lease to integrate the Black Fire Innovation Campus located at the UNLV Harry Reid Research and Technology Park as home to its International Headquarters and its Artificial Intelligence Development Center.

"Black Fire Innovation is home to some of the most advanced and innovative projects in our Industry" stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES.ai. "Establishing our International Headquarters within the walls of this academic, forward-thinking, technology hotbed is both humbling and gratifying. The AXES team thrives on innovation, and being part of this Black Fire family movement to evolve our Industry is simply incredible. We would like to thank all involved, especially Bo Bernhard, for making this happen."

"The AXES focus on artificial intelligence, innovation and key topics such as responsible gaming, anti-money laundering and cashless makes the company a perfect fit for the Black Fire ecosystem" stated Bo Bernhard, PhD., Vice President of Economic Development at UNLV. "We look forward to increasing our collaboration on research and development to foster innovation and industry cooperation with great companies such as AXES."

 

ABOUT BLACK FIRE INNOVATION

Located at the Harry Reid Research and Technology Park, Black Fire Innovation serves to accelerate innovation for hospitality, gaming and entertainment. Opened in 2020 in collaboration with Caesars Entertainment Corporation, this living lab and coworking space is ideal for engaging in cutting-edge translation research and innovation. Within the facility, industry can work with researchers, students, and entrepreneurs to create disruptive innovations. As the home to both tech developments and early-stage startups, Black Fire will have a resounding impact for decades to come.

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AXES.ai ("AXES" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has made a donation to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to accelerate artificial intelligence research into responsible gaming.

"We are thrilled to have AXES.ai's support in advancing our responsible gambling research into quantitative artificial intelligence applications," stated Brett Abarbanel, PhD., Director of Research at UNLV International Gaming Institute. "AXES.ai's commitment to mitigating gambling harms aligns with our own goals of employing the most advanced methodologies to understand, predict and prevent the potential harm associated with gambling. We are grateful to AXES.ai for their dedication to responsible gambling and their contribution to UNLV research."

"The AXES vision and mission is to make our land-based industry safer, more profitable and more fun," stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES.ai. "The eradication of money laundering and addictive gambling are at the heart of who we are as a company. The UNLV research in quantitative prediction is centric to what we believe to be as essential to eliminating the finite bad so that we can all focus on the infinite possibilities with deep, rich data."

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AXES.ai ("AXES" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has appointed Roman Czubak as its Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Roman has a deep, rich background in gaming systems and the gaming industry as a whole. His over twenty years with Novomatic including Manager of the Octavian Division as well as his time as Chairman of the International Gaming Standards Association are but a few of his extraordinary accomplishments in his illustrious career. His education, expertise and experience are globally recognized in the gaming industry, and he is considered as an Industry Veteran.

"AXES is growing fast and requires a structured and process based approach to software, cloud and IoT development," stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO at AXES.ai. "Roman is a seasoned leader with an incredible understanding of what systems should be. His expertise will structure and focus our rapidly growing team to maintain high productivity whilst we acquire more products. It is so exciting to have Roman join AXES at such a pivotal time and the whole team is thrilled to welcome him."

"As Chief Innovation Officer, it is very exciting to have Roman join us and the timing could not be better," stated Nicolas Tremblay, CIO at AXES.ai. "The rapid growth of our fintech, media, business intelligence and other product lines requires us to structure our development cycle and separate innovation from production. It will be a true pleasure to work with Roman and benefit from his experience and expertise."

"AXES has redefined the gaming experience from the ground up," stated Roman Czubak. "The cloud-based, low local footprint is this most secure and lowest cost solution in the land-based market. The app store centric philosophy at AXES is quite refreshing as operators only pay for what they need and use instead of spending outrageous amounts of money on a monolithic system. I am very excited to join this forward-thinking, visionary team that has a mission to fundamentally transform our industry."

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AXES.ai ("AXES" or the "Company") announces that it will be showcasing its cutting edge cashless suite of products at Booth 2844 at G2E held in Las Vegas from October 11-13, 2022

Creating online accounts, linking bank accounts, real-time funds transfers to and from machines as well as real-time cash-outs are just but a few of the features that AXES.ai is showcasing at the G2E trade show. Other cashless products include the KashME cashier desk that integrates cash, smart card, TiTo, kiosk, mobile app, and marketing all into one seamless solution. AXES is showcasing the KIK Module that integrates into all kiosks on the market to ensure a complete cashless strategy. Finally, AXES will be spotlighting the Butler APP. This app focuses on customer loyalty, engagement, and the management of all in-casino and out-of-casino cashless transactions. Butler also manages responsible gaming, anti-money laundering, and KYC functionality required by specific jurisdictions.

"We are so excited to have our first major booth at G2E and showcase the future of technology for the land-based gaming industry", stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES.ai. "Cashless is coming, and we are at the forefront of all the pieces of the puzzle. Our ten-year experience in closed loop cashless has been the foundation to embrace online transactions, kiosks and to ensure mobile apps are much more than a simple money transportation system".

Watch and Win ! Book a Demo by writing to g2edemo@AXES.ai and the AXES team will prepare a VIP, personalized experience for you to see the cutting-edge products that make up the AXES cashless suite. Limited demo slots are available, so sign up now to reserve your spot. Book, and watch a product demo with us during the show, and you are automatically entered to win one of our daily iPhone 14 and Mac Computer Giveaway Drawings!

Las Vegas, Nevada (July 21, 2022) - AXES.ai (“AXES” or the “Company”) and Flexia Payments LLC (“Flexia”) are pleased to announce a strategic alliance to unite Open and Closed Payments into one seamless, frictionless customer experience.

This partnership will enable AXES to integrate and deliver all of Flexia’s Fintech capabilities, including linked open loop cashless customer accounts, as well as Know Your Client (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) screening, which will be coupled with AXES’ real-time customer dashboards and alerts to the entire AXES Cloud, comprised of Closed loop Cashless Platform, Loyalty and Engagement platform, Business Intelligence Platform and the DooH Media Platform.

“I am over the moon,” stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES. “The Flexia Open Loop Cashless Solution is simply extraordinary. The customer onboarding process is seamless and frictionless and with the AXES loyalty and engagement engine, we plan on making it fun and rewarding. The Flexia company culture is what sealed the deal for us as beyond great technology, they are great people. We will have the entire solution fully integrated and on demonstration in our booth at G2E.”

“The AXES Cloud is quite unique in that it offers the functionality of all casino systems combined into one environment,” stated Craig Libson, CEO of Flexia. “AXES has been doing cashless in casinos for ten years and has integrated loyalty, engagement, rewards, promotions and realtime notifications and alerts from their business intelligence engine. Like Flexia, AXES was built with a next-gen view of what the industry needs and the ability to seamless interact with complimentary platforms. This brings the Flexia cashless solution to a whole new level of casino
touch points, as we can actively engage and educate throughout the customer journey to ensure the migration to cashless is a success. We are very excited to be demonstrating the functional solution in our booth at G2E.”

AXES and Flexia will each be exhibiting at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, NV from October 11-13, 2022. To learn more about this partnership, please stop by AXES’ booth 2844 and Flexia’s booth 3012.

MONTREAL, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AXES.ai ("AXES" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has concluded a global strategic alliance with Hivestack, the world's leading, independent programmatic digital out of home (DOOH) ad tech company.

This partnership will enable AXES to connect the Hivestack supply side platform (SSP) to the AXES omnichannel demand side platform (DSP) to broadcast premium, programmatic DOOH cross-channel media campaigns on a global scale to the more than 25,000 AXES DOOH screens as well as push content to the mobile applications in the AXES APP Store.

"We are very excited about the value-add to our clients," stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES.ai. "Hivestack has built a cutting-edge supply side platform that offers tremendous real-time value, content, data, and statistics. The Hivestack content rich platform will definitely be a tremendous added value to our clients and their customer journeys."

"AXES is a global technology leader in the land-based casino segment," stated Bruno Guerrero, COO of Hivestack. "Their cloud-based platform offers many revenue generating opportunities, and we are excited to penetrate this new market segment with AXES. The Hivestack expertise, technology and data will fuel this partnership so that AXES can create extraordinary value for its clients, and we are proud to have created this exciting partnership."

MONTREAL, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AXES.ai ("AXES" or the "Company") announces the appointment of Serge Beauchemin to the Board of Directors. Mr. Beauchemin will serve as head of the Technology, Information and Security Committee.

Serge Beauchemin is the Managing Partner of AQC Capital, a venture capital investment firm well known in Quebec for its partnership with the Anges Québec network. Mr. Beauchemin has a solid track record as an entrepreneur. At the age of 22 he co-founded 3-SOFT, one of the largest resellers of Microsoft products in Canada. The company was sold when it exceeded 75 million in revenue. His passion for entrepreneurship then led him to invest in several companies that became well-known in Quebec, including Strøm Spa, BonLook, Devolutions, Toast-Avanti and others. His business acumen and human-centric values were demonstrated to the public during his participation in the TV show "Dragon's Den" in French on ICI Radio-Canada for six consecutive seasons.

"AXES is a flagship investment in AQC Capital's portfolio," said Serge Beauchemin. "Its global reach and strong presence within the international committees that determine the standards and regulations in the industry make AXES a world leader in its niche. I am very happy to join the board of directors to contribute to the growth and acceleration of a company founded in Quebec with very strong international potential."

"We are delighted that Serge accepted to join the AXES Board of Directors," stated Guy Crevier, AXES.ai Chairman of the Board. "AXES is in a pivotal moment in its growth. Serge's experience and expertise will be invaluable assets to the future success of AXES."

LAS VEGAS, April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AXES.ai ("AXES" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the release of Sovereign, the land-based casino environment's first fully integrated, autonomous cashless platform.

Sovereign offers an integrated platform with full TiTo, SmartCard, Cashier, Credit Push to Gaming Machine functionality as well as kiosk connectivity and of course, the Butler Open/Closed Loop Cashless App. Sovereign integrates into the current casino environment or can be operated completely in parallel or even without a casino management system. AXES Media is also integrated with Sovereign to create new and accretive revenue source from media and publicity.

Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES.ai mentioned, "AXES understands that casinos must migrate to cashless rapidly and navigate through the important constraints of their current legacy systems. Sovereign bridges that gap to ensure you can adapt to the rapidly evolving cashless market without delays and constraints of traditional systems.

Rosalinda Bridle, Chief Product Officer of AXES.ai added, "The Industry needs a cutting-edge, full-service cashless platform to capture new market niches and player behaviors. Sovereign is just that. Sovereign adapts to all environments to ensure casinos can migrate rapidly and easily to cashless. Our mission is to make the evolution to cashless a revolution."

For a demo, simply write sovereign@AXES.ai and we would love to share our excitement!

AXES.ai is pleased to announce several key appointments to its management team.

Rosalinda Van Rooyen has been promoted from Chief Operating Officer of AXESnetwork to Chief Product Officer of AXES.ai and will oversee all creation, design, build and rollout of fintech, media, apps and AXES products as a whole. Rosalinda has been with AXES for three years and has made an incredible contribution in all aspects of the success and acceleration of AXES on a global scale.

Ian Brown has been appointed as Chief Information Officer of AXES and will be responsible for leading all research, development, product and technology. Ian's fintech, B.I and technology design expertise is enviable. He was instrumental as the CTO of AXES Apps and is now at the helm of designing the future of AXES.ai which incorporates AXESnetwork and AXES APPS.

Danielle Parsons has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of AXESnetwork and will be responsible for all commercialization, installation, and customer service. Danielle has had an extensive and successful career in both start-ups and large organizations with a focus in gaming. Her experience with Adobe, Aristocrat, GAN and Joingo (acquired by Sightline) will enhance AXES capability to scale and accelerate.

Jacob Verret has been appointed Chief Information Security Officer. Jacob's expertise in fintech corporate security ranges from LightSpeed to Deloitte where he led teams to ensure information security was priority number one. His latest challenge at WorkJam made him a perfect fit for this strategic role to ensure AXES continues to lead in this critical corporate priority.

"The core strategic advantage of AXES is its people," stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES.ai. "We are a people company first, that thrives on ingenuity second and makes great products third. These appointments will accelerate our mission to make our industry safer and more fun. I feel blessed that such amazingly competent people choose AXES and our quest to improve our Industry."

LAS VEGAS, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AXES.ai ("AXES" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has formed a strategic alliance with Cyprus-based Fintech Blueberry Payment Solutions to offer the AXES European client base an integrated Open Loop cashless eWallet. The Blueberry Payment Solutions eVoucher, eWallet, Card, and IBAN Cloud Account is already integrated with the AXES Butler Closed Loop eWallet, Loyalty, Rewards and Engagement APP, for Merchants and Clients.

"AXES has the most advanced, secure and complete closed loop cashless platform in the global land-based gaming industry," stated Rhyan Bridle, Founder & CTO of Blueberry Payment Solutions. "The Blueberry Payment Solutions platform, technology, licenses, IP and certifications will empower AXES European Clients to instantly transfer funds to their AXES closed loop wallet and to AXES Casino Float Accounts. This powerful partnership will rapidly evolve the fintech performance and possibilities of the land-based gaming industry, and we are very excited to offer the power of the Blueberry Payment Solutions to the AXES client base."

"Blueberry Payment Solutions is a perfect fit for AXES," stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES.ai. "Blueberry Payment Solutions truly understands that a casino eWallet is a personal player to casino relationship based on loyalty, engagement and rewards. We are grateful to Blueberry Payment Solutions for having customized their product offering to align with our strategy to support our European AXES clientele to ensure they have the most powerful engagement strategy in the global land-based casino gaming market. We look forward to evolving our product base with Blueberry Payment Solutions as we integrate multiple forms of payment, funding and financial instruments"

ABOUT Blueberry Payment Solutions
Blueberry Payment Solutions is an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) authorized for the distribution of e-Money. Offering an alternative banking platform, Blueberry Payment Solutions, allows the community a safe place to send, receive, hold and invest, with absolute confidence and reliability. The all-encompassing platform empowers merchants, corporations, and end-user clients to perform their day-to-day payments and banking operations. Blueberry Payment Solutions draws on the adroitness of cloud technology to guarantee the highest security and availability of its solution. Currently, in 11 countries, Blueberry Payment Solutions has an offering for both land-based and online merchant services, ensuring the power of personalized banking is not compromised.

For more information, contact https://blueberrycard.eu/

ABOUT AXES.ai
AXES is the Global Gaming Industry's land-based cashless pioneer and FinTech disruptor. AXES empowers governments, casinos and route/street with highly secure, real-time data collection to fuel alerts, events, analytics, cashless and infinite other apps in the AXES APP Store. AXES harnesses the power of blockchain cloud technology to ensure the highest security, speed and availability of any platform in the Global Gaming Industry. With offices in seven countries and clients in more than 40 countries, AXES is the only 100% independent system provider in the land-based gaming industry, providing quantitative actionable intelligence and applications. AXES is the future of casino information management TODAY.

For more information, contact info@AXES.ai

MONTREAL, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AXES.ai ("AXES" or the "Company") announces that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of a state-of-the-art cloud-based media management platform. This platform will replace the current media screens AXES has deployed globally and connect them to a cloud-based management system for media, automated ad placement and information management.

The platform, to be branded AXES.TV, boasts the ability to build, schedule, manage and track all interaction with patrons as well as to broadcast general publicity, client information and offers to their patrons. The platform connects to all major technology-driven ad placement agencies to offer AXES the ability to broadcast publicity and generate new and accretive revenue for AXES clients. AXES.TV will be fully integrated with the AXES Fintech strategy and will include a frictionless experience between its mobile app (Butler), cashless media screens and kiosk screens with a personalized media experience for each patron.

"This is a quantum leap for AXES interactive strategy to ensure our clients can directly engage with their patrons" stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES.ai. "This acquisition will empower AXES clients to offer interactive publicity to tailor a patron's experience to receive, in real-time, communication, marketing and publicity relevant to each person. Moreover, this new product base will fuel the AXES anti-money laundering and responsible gaming surveillance system and further advance the artificial intelligence base for detection and awareness."

AXES.ai, the Global Gaming Land-Based Industry’s Cashless Pioneer and FinTech Innovator, announces that it has been granted two key Gaming Supplier Licenses by the Puerto Rico Gaming Commission (PRGC).

The Slot Machines in the Route Service Industry License and the Casino Service Industry License are essential to obtain the authorization to commercialize in Puerto Rico. AXES will now offer and integrate its Regulatory Monitoring System, its Casino Management System and its Route Management System in the Puerto Rico market. 

“The Puerto Rican market is one of the highest potential markets in the USA”, stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES. “The PRGC is focused on creating a world-class, legitimate gaming market, and AXES is very excited to have obtained these two gaming supplier licenses at such a strategic moment. AXES offers a fast, affordable and powerful path to legitimacy, transparency and traceability through data monitoring, cashless, responsible gaming and anti-money laundering to name but a few of the hundreds of applications and functions in the AXES Cloud. We are very excited to offer our expertise and applications to this promising market.”

ABOUT AXES

AXES is the Global Gaming Industry’s cashless pioneer and FinTech Innovator. AXES is a real-time IoT, Blockchain and Big Data Cloud Information Management System that eradicates fraud, theft and illicit activities to focus on performance. The AXES Cloud streams deep, rich data from governments, casinos and route/street operations in more than 40 countries from every type of gaming machine to generate actionable intelligence and enhanced performance. The AXES APP Store offers a wide range of proprietary and third-party apps to empower its prestigious clientele with next-generation, affordable Apps to generate and leverage new and incremental revenue sources. AXES is the future of casino information management today. 

For more information about AXES or to request a demo, visit AXES at www.AXES.ai 

The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) Annual Conference will take place September 13-16 in Boston, USA. Earle G. Hall, CEO of AXES, will be delivering the first Keynote on How Big Data will Reshape Compliance & Regulation.

“IAGR is the world’s most prestigious association for driving innovation and fostering international cooperation among regulators,” stated Earle G. Hall, President & CEO of AXES. “It is an honor for me to speak to such a reputable and distinguished audience of global influencers and policymakers. We are at a tipping point, information availability, reliability and accuracy will make the difference in our industry. I am humbled to share my vision and the path to embracing big data to create a more secure, transparent and integral industry."

IAGR’s annual conference brings senior international gambling regulators and industry stakeholders together to hear from leading speakers, discuss known and emerging issues and connect and share knowledge about regulatory policy and practice, the latest research and industry developments and trends. IAGR 2021 stands apart from the increasingly crowded annual calendar of gambling conferences because it’s the representative body for gambling regulators and provides a voice and mechanism to help inform and shape regulatory policy and practice. 

For more information about the IAGR conference, visit www.iagr2021.com.

Quick Custom Intelligence (“QCI”) and AXES jointly announced the release of Beat the Streak (BTS) Jackpot. BTS captures and analyzes game patterns and outcomes to deliver customizable winning and losing streak prizes per game, bank, location and/or wide area progressive to increase player loyalty and engagement while creating new and accretive revenue for the casino. BTS is built on the proven AXES IoT platform to deliver real time streak responses (Jackpots).

“Beat the Streak is the most exciting jackpot innovation I have seen in our Industry in many years,” stated Earle G. Hall, CEO of AXES.  “Game volatility can cause a very negative player experience. Rewarding streaks removes this inherent gaming risk, because game volatility is offset and replaced by excitement and even a life-changing moment. BTS is an application built on the proven AXES IoT platform and delivers a real time experience by reinventing the gaming experience with this cutting-edge jackpot to our clients worldwide. 

“With over 30,000 games worldwide running in real time, AXES provides a truly unique innovative platform not seen before in the gaming industry,” said Mr. Andrew Cardno, CTO of QCI.  Mr. Cardno went on to say, “Launching this unique guest jackpot experience with innovative partners like AXES, affords QCI the opportunity to develop industry-leading technology for our customers that is customizable and drives customer’s time on device and casino profits.”