our product
The Open Gaming Architecture (OGA) is an enterprise-grade remote game server and aggregator with a full game development kit
We've done the hard work so you don't have to. The result is the fastest and most flexible system out there for developing games - allowing you to focus on innovation.
Not all game servers are equal!
An OGA Source Code Licence gives YOU ownership and control
Develop your own functionality and retain your IP.
Your features, your platform.
We are a pure B2B business, we never compete with our partners
We provide expert consultancy and development from our experienced team to help you build and maintain your platform.
Tap into a wealth of experience.
To provide advanced, flexible software and tools which empower our partners to innovate and take ownership of game development.
Our partners' success is our success. OGA is a powerful platform onto which you can build any game feature. We provide as much support and development as you need to build your casino dreams......
We built OGA from the ground up as a flexible game server which allows partners to build and control their own games and features.
Since starting with GECO Gaming in 2013, we have constantly worked hand-in-hand with our partners to continually improve OGA:
- powerful platform functionality including freebets, jackpots and multiplayer capability: everyone benefits from ever-more-powerful software.
- originally approved and certified in the UK, Gibraltar and Alderney.
- in 2019 OGA and Black Cow certified and approved in New Jersey.
- in 2020 OGA rolls out to Pennsylvania and West Virginia with Draft Kings, plus luckii.com launches historical horse racing slots in Oregon powered by OGA.
- in 2021 OGA launches in Michigan with Draft Kings.
about us
our people
Max Francis
ceo, cto and founder
Max has worked in interactive gaming software since 1999, originally as a software developer and technical lead at Orbis Technology; then moving through quality management, pre-sales and commercial roles at OpenBet. Max has overseen hundreds of integrations for betting and gaming products and has played a part in the architecture of numerous enterprise solutions. With a passion for well-designed systems and software, Max founded Black Cow in 2013 to build a truly flexible gaming solution.
Tony Plaskow
commercial director
Tony founded the first sportsbook aggregator site, www.easyodds.com in 1999 after which he held senior roles at St Minver (Head of UK Business Development), IGT (Sales Director, interactive) and Bally Technologies (Senior Director Sales, Interactive).
Tony has signed over 60 B2B igaming deals with leading operators and platforms.
He brings an extensive experience and network of contacts to Black Cow with a focus on all things commercial.
our partners
OGA is the platform powering our partners' online gaming businesses:
Our Game Development Kit can be distributed to your partners for complete autonomy. Here are just some partners whose games have been built on OGA:
OGA is GLI-19 compliant and approved for use in multiple US and European jurisdictions. Although we are regulated by the UK Gambling Commission, OGA is deployed internationally.
OGA has been licensed in:
- New Jersey
- West Virginia
- Pennsylvania
- Michigan
- Oregon
- UK
- Gibraltar
- Alderney
case studies
Playzido have built a comprehensive game aggregation platform on OGA with full promotional capabilities and a self-built custom back-office offering market-leading flexibility and functionality. OGA allows Playzido to:
- handle their own operator integrations
- develop games, engines and features for their partners’ content
- develop their own back office functionality
- build their own promotional capabilities
An autonomous partner able to offer many unique features enabled by OGA’s flexibility.
Demo the games at www.playzido.com/games
DraftKings’ online casino is powered by Black Cow’s OGA platform.
Launched in 2019 in New Jersey, the platform has since been rolled out to Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Michigan with more States to follow.
DraftKings OGA platform is now maintained entirely by their in-house team – a perfect example of a complete handover of OGA to a partner for all onward further development.
luckii.com offers unique slots based on pari-mutuel historical horse race data (“Class 2 Gaming”).
Showing OGA’s flexibility – game results are determined by a pool server, not an RNG. The games were able to be built with OGA, requiring no changes to the underlying system.
contact us
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Alternatively, email us at: info@blackcowtech.uk
Black Cow TechnologyJohn Eccles House,
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park,
Oxford OX4 4GP
UK
