Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) has become the first laboratory to achieve accreditation in Maranhão, Brazil. The accreditation allows GLI to conduct testing and certifications for the gaming and lottery industry interested in working with lottery and fixed-odds betting operators in the state of Maranhão.
This milestone is the latest in a series of regulatory achievements by GLI in Brazil. The State Lottery of Maranhão is the third jurisdiction in Brazil to accredit laboratories, and GLI is accredited in all and is the first authorized in all.
Cassiano Pereira Junior, president of Maranhão Partnerships (MAPA), highlighted the importance of the partnership between the State Lottery of Maranhão (Lotema) and GLI. "Every day we strive to make Lotema even better, providing greater security to its users. The partnership with GLI is a concrete way to achieve this goal, as their certification laboratories play an important role for the gaming and lottery industry, ensuring compliance, security, and integrity of the products and systems used by Lotema," explained Cassiano.
"We thank Lotema of the State of Maranhão for granting GLI the laboratory accreditation, becoming the first to be authorized in Maranhão. It is extremely gratifying to see how Lotema empowers itself by trusting in the technical compliance process to provide transparency, integrity, and accountability to all industry stakeholders through the certification process. The laboratory accreditation is the first step towards a successful implementation of certification based on jurisdictional standards, and the reason why at GLI we take this step very seriously and with great priority whenever a new jurisdiction opens. We feel responsible for being part of the solution towards a quick and effective application of the regulations, thus supporting further development of the local industry and sustainable growth. We are grateful to Lotema and excited to be part of their thriving industry," declared Karen Sierra-Hughes, Vice President for Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain.
GLI has been working with regulators, lotteries, and industry stakeholders throughout the Latin America and Caribbean region for over 26 years in their efforts towards regulation, sustainable growth, and the eradication of illegal gambling. In Brazil, GLI has been side by side with government entities and all industry stakeholders for nearly 20 years, participating in public hearings in the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, and the state government, and in recent years, adding strategic local representation to strengthen its local support.
