Connective Games

What we found

Poker is the hardest product in online gambling to build and the rarest to find in a directory like this one. Connective Games has been building it since 2006, and the awards say the market noticed: Mobile Poker Product of the Year at the International Gaming Awards and Best Poker Software Supplier at the EGR B2B Awards.

That specialism explains the licensing pattern. Poker is regulated differently from casino almost everywhere, because players compete against each other rather than the house, which makes liquidity and collusion the regulator's concern. Connective holds authorisations in Malta, Denmark and India, and says its software is certified for Britain, Malta, Denmark, Spain and Portugal — Denmark and Spain being precisely the markets where poker rules are written separately and enforced tightly.

India is the entry that stands out. It is a large, fragmented and legally uneven market that most European suppliers avoid, and holding a licence there is a deliberate position rather than an accident of coverage.

Gaming Laboratories International has certified the random number generator — the single component a poker operator cannot afford to have questioned.

Delivery comes two ways: a turnkey package with the platform, pre-loaded games and a working back office, or direct API integration if you want poker and casino added to a platform you already run. Crypto is supported.

Twenty-plus markets are claimed across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with the company itself based in Mosta, Malta. No licence numbers appear on this card — poker approvals are jurisdiction-specific, so name your market in the first call and ask for the reference to check in that regulator's register.