Leap Gaming
Also known as: Leap, Leap Limited
Leap Gaming is a Malta-based developer of 3D virtual sports and casino games, including slots, crash and table games, for online, mobile and retail operators. Leap Limited holds a Malta Gaming Authority B2B licence and a UK Gambling Commission content supply licence, and IMG ARENA, IMG's sports data and technology division, completed its acquisition of the company in 2023.
- Headquarters
- Birkirkara, Malta
- Ownership
- Leap Limited (Malta, registration number C 78319), Desk 1, Nr.11, L-Ufficcji, Misrah 28 ta' Frar 1883, Birkirkara BKR 1501; acquired by IMG ARENA, IMG's sports data and technology division, in 2023.
- Licences
- MGA (MGA/B2B/747/2019; B2B Critical Supply and Type 1 Gaming Services, Leap Limited), UKGC (content supply licence, announced May 2022), Romania (Romanian Gambling Authority), Greece (gaming provision licence, announced November 2021), Spain, Isle of Man, Sweden, Netherlands and South Africa (licences announced by May 2022), ISO 27001 (November 2021)
- Products
- virtual sports, slots, crash games, table games, lottery games, retail virtual sports
- Also known as
- Leap, Leap Limited
- Website
- leap-gaming.com
- linkedin.com/company/leap-gaming
History
Leap Gaming built its business on realistic 3D virtual sports. In a March 2020 interview on its site, CEO Yariv Lissauer said the company had been founded five years earlier with the aim of blurring the line between virtual and live sport. Its news archive, which starts in 2016, records partnerships with Vermantia, Greentube and GVC, the release of the virtual football game All-Out Football in 2018, and on-demand and in-play formats for virtual sports. In June 2018 IMG ARENA formed a strategic partnership with Leap that included an equity stake, and in 2020 Leap announced officially licensed virtual games with the ATP Tour (together with IMG ARENA) and with NASCAR.
The news archive records slot launches from late 2019, among them Hercules, Secrets of the Nile and Vampire Kiss, and the catalogue later added crash and table games. The Malta Gaming Authority granted Leap a game supply licence on 30 July 2020; ISO 27001 certification followed in November 2021 and a UK Gambling Commission content supply licence in May 2022, when the company said it also held licences in Sweden, the Netherlands, Romania, South Africa and Greece. IMG ARENA completed its acquisition of Leap in April 2023. The company lists offices in Birkirkara, Malta, and London.
Notable
- IMG ARENA took an equity stake in Leap in June 2018 and completed its acquisition in April 2023.
- The Malta Gaming Authority granted Leap a game supply licence on 30 July 2020 (MGA/B2B/747/2019).
- Leap announced ISO 27001 certification in November 2021 and a UK Gambling Commission content supply licence in May 2022.
- The company says its games are certified by the test labs Trisigma and Quinel for markets including Malta, the UK, Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, Spain, Sweden, Colombia and Latvia.
Notable work
- Vegas After Hours
- Magic Fusion
- GangStar
- NASCAR Streak
- Spook N Crash
- Euroleague Legends
How well established
The legal entity, company number, registered address, MGA licence number, licensing milestones and the IMG ARENA acquisition are documented on the official site. The founding year is given only indirectly (a 2020 interview says the company was founded five years earlier), and the site's news stops in January 2024.
