Quixant fast-tracks route to GLI approval

Developing a game for the regulated land-based casino market is a complex undertaking. Beyond creating engaging game content, developers must navigate gaming-specific hardware requirements, peripheral integration, communication protocols, accounting and audit functionality, security requirements and regulatory certification.

For organisations entering the land-based gaming market for the first time, these challenges can create significant barriers, requiring specialist expertise, substantial development resources and potentially years of work before a game is ready for deployment.

Quixant developed Launchpad, its purpose-built game software platform, to simplify the development of land-based gaming solutions by providing an established technology foundation. With its first customer successfully achieving Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) approval, Quixant has now demonstrated what that approach can deliver in practice.

From first integration to GLI approval in 10 months

In December 2025, a new Quixant customer embarked on a project to bring its game content into the regulated land-based casino market. Despite having no previous experience developing casino slot machines, the customer achieved GLI approval at the beginning of October 2026, just 10 months after the project officially began.

The solution brought together three elements:

• Launchpad game software platform: A purpose-built software foundation providing the gaming-specific functionality needed to support regulated land-based game development.
• Quixant’s IQ 2 gaming hardware: A gaming-optimised computing platform designed to work alongside Launchpad as an integrated solution.
• Dedicated engineering expertise: Hands-on technical support throughout development, integration, troubleshooting and the GLI approval process.

Rather than having to develop and integrate an entire gaming platform independently, the customer was able to build on Quixant’s existing technology and expertise, concentrating its resources on developing its own game content. The result was a successfully approved solution, demonstrating how an established technology platform and specialist engineering support can simplify the journey from concept to certification.

More than software: A complete technology partnership

An important element of Launchpad is not simply the software itself, but the expertise and support that accompanies it. From the outset, Quixant worked closely with the customer’s engineering team, helping them understand the platform, import their games and set up the tools and systems needed to build and test their content.

The project involved detailed technical integration guidance, hardware configuration and hands-on troubleshooting across graphics drivers, display configurations and security-related functionality. This collaborative approach helped resolve technical challenges throughout development and supported the customer’s progression through GLI evaluation. It also demonstrates the value of working with a partner that understands the complete gaming technology ecosystem.

By bringing together purpose-built software, gaming hardware and specialist engineering knowledge, Quixant aims to help customers reduce integration complexity, overcome technical challenges and navigate the requirements of regulated gaming environments. The approach is designed to allow customers to focus on creating differentiated gaming experiences, while Quixant provides the underlying technology foundation.

What this means for game developers and manufacturers

For businesses looking to enter or expand within the land-based gaming market, the implications are significant. Traditionally, developing the underlying gaming platform has been a substantial undertaking, requiring specialist knowledge of hardware integration, gaming protocols, accounting systems, security and regulatory requirements.

Launchpad offers an alternative.

Built specifically for regulated land-based gaming, the platform provides established functionality including game and device orchestration, accounting and meters, audit capabilities, peripheral integration and support for gaming communication protocols such as SAS. It is designed to work with different game development environments, helping customers integrate their existing content without having to recreate the underlying gaming infrastructure.

Combined with Quixant’s gaming hardware and engineering support, this approach offers several advantages:

• Accelerating the route to market: Building on an established software foundation rather than developing every gaming-specific function independently.
• Reducing development complexity: Simplifying the integration of hardware, peripherals, gaming protocols and essential platform functionality.
• Supporting certification: Providing a platform that has undergone GLI functional evaluation, supported by Quixant’s experience helping its first customer achieve gaming approval.
• Focusing development resources: Allowing manufacturers to direct more effort towards game content, player experiences and innovation.
• Establishing a foundation for future growth: Developing on a common technology platform designed to support future products and opportunities across different markets, subject to local regulatory requirements.

For established gaming manufacturers, this can mean reducing the resources required to develop and maintain the underlying technology.

For new entrants, including game content developers looking to expand into regulated land-based gaming, it can help remove some of the technical barriers that have traditionally made market entry challenging.

A proven foundation for future projects

Achieving GLI approval with its first Launchpad customer represents more than the successful completion of an individual development project. For Quixant, it provides practical validation of its approach to supplying the software platform, gaming hardware and engineering expertise as one integrated solution.

The experience gained throughout this first implementation has also helped Quixant strengthen its development processes, technical documentation, integration capabilities and customer support model. This creates a more established and repeatable foundation for future Launchpad projects.

While every gaming application and regulatory jurisdiction has its own requirements, customers can now benefit from a platform and support model that have been demonstrated through a certification process. As Quixant continues to expand the Launchpad ecosystem, its objective is to make it easier for game developers and manufacturers to bring their content to regulated land-based gaming markets, navigate technical complexity and reduce the time required to reach certification.

Whether working with established gaming manufacturers developing their next generation of products, game studios exploring opportunities in land-based gaming or businesses looking to enter new regulated markets, Quixant is positioning Launchpad as an alternative to building gaming infrastructure from scratch.

The company’s first Launchpad customer has now demonstrated how the combination of gaming-specific software, purpose-built hardware and engineering expertise can support that process, progressing from initial integration to GLI approval in 10 months.