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Italy – BMM Testlabs awarded license for Italy AWP market
By Phil - 27 July 2015
BMM Testlabs has been awarded a license for the AWP market, issued by the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli di Stato, Italy.
BMM’s Italian business is led by Antonio Gridà Cucco, Senior Group Manager, Operations. Gridà Cucco has 8 years experience in the gaming industry, most recently working as Technical Project and Compliance Manager for BetStone in Europe. Gridà Cucco has delivered numerous AWP and Online certifications in the Italian market. In his previous position in the field of testing Gridà Cucco spent two years as a consultant at Sogei, where he was involved in the creation of regulations and standards for new technologies including server based and system supported gaming (VLTs).
Gridà Cucco, commented:”This AWP license, coupled with our current online license, confirms that BMM now has complete coverage in Italy. Italy has enormous relevance in the European Gaming landscape and BMM is very pleased to now be able to offer services to both the land-based and online segments. BMM has been operating in Europe for over 9 years, with a testlab in Italy for the last year. We have a highly qualified local team providing an exceptional level of testing and consulting services to our clients in the region.”
BMM’s Italian region is supported by SVP Southern Europe, Marzia Turrini. With over 12 years of gaming industry experience, Marzia Turrini’s prior roles include management positions at both Betstone and Atronic, most recently working as head of Business Development & Marketing for Betstone in Europe, Latin America and Asia. She has also held business development and product management roles at Cyberview Technology and Unidesa Cirsa.
She said: “This license is a very important milestone for BMM and we would like to thank the regulator for their assistance throughout the process. As we continue to expand our coverage across Europe and the world, BMM is looking forward to continuing to provide the highest quality pre-compliance, QA, testing and certification services in Italy. With a deep knowledge of the Italian market, and our global team of experts, BMM will now be the testlab of choice for Europe.”
