Bede Gaming
Bede supplies a cloud-hosted digital player and channel platform for lotteries. The available scope includes player accounts, responsible-play controls, mobile and web experiences, content and service aggregation, reporting, automation, third-party integration, and connection to land-based systems.
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Bede Gaming Limited (08089112) is an active UK company within MERKUR GROUP. It holds active British remote software, casino, and bingo permissions under account 33560. Bede Gaming Canada Limited delivered the OLG digital platform, while Bede Gaming Malta Limited is a separate group licensee. Each order must name the software seller, host, support entity, data roles, and regulated responsibilities.
Buyer decision brief
Use this summary to decide whether the offer belongs on your shortlist and which terms need a written answer.
Fit and use case
Editorial fitRegulated lotteries that need a digital player and channel platform around existing lottery systems and can contract the required Bede and third-party roles explicitly.
Primary offer: Bede Digital Lottery Platform
Primary offer delivery
- Software license
Integration boundary: The platform sits between player-facing channels, account and wallet functions, lottery products, and selected third parties.
Critical contract questions
Start with unresolved terms, negotiated terms, and dependencies that need a named owner.
Resolve before shortlist
No usable standard answer is available on the public terms.
- Platform and integration pricingNot disclosed
- Bede Digital Lottery Platform · Commercial terms
- Lottery data and service transitionNot disclosed
- Bede Digital Lottery Platform · Exit and portability
Fix in the signed order
The answer changes by operator, market, package, or negotiated order.
- Entity, build, and market approvalSet in contract
- Bede Digital Lottery Platform · Market and approvals
- Bede contracting and performing entitiesSet in contract
- Bede Digital Lottery Platform · Contract and supplier
- System-of-record and migration designSet in contract
- Bede Digital Lottery Platform · Implementation
- Availability, recovery, and release controlSet in contract
- Bede Digital Lottery Platform · Operations and service
Reconfirm before signature
A current boundary is available, but the final order still needs to match it.
- Lottery authority and platform boundaryPublished boundary
- Bede Digital Lottery Platform · Operating responsibilities
Next buyer step
Ask Bede Gaming to resolve “Platform and integration pricing” and “Lottery data and service transition” before moving Bede Digital Lottery Platform to a commercial shortlist. Then compare the answer with the complete product record below.
Confirm every selected term in the proposal and signed order. No price, market approval, availability, or contracting entity is implied unless it is stated above.
What this provider offers
1 offering- OfferingBede Digital Lottery PlatformTypeLotteryOwnership and packagingFirst Party · Standalone and BundledDeliverySoftware LicenseCompare in
- Lottery & iLottery Technology Providers · Technology Owner
Bede Digital Lottery Platform
LotteryFirst PartyAvailability: Standalone and BundledBede supplies a cloud-hosted digital player and channel platform for lotteries. The available scope includes player accounts, responsible-play controls, mobile and web experiences, content and service aggregation, reporting, automation, third-party integration, and connection to land-based systems.
The OLG program used Bede Gaming Canada Limited for a digital foundation that connected products and channels and supported player registration, accounts, online lottery sales, casino content, and mobile applications. Bede Gaming Limited is the subject of this profile and is not the automatic counterparty for every Canadian or international order.
A central draw engine, retail lottery terminal network, instant-ticket production, and statutory lottery authority are outside this module unless a proposal names and assigns those layers. British casino, bingo, and software permissions do not create a lottery license or replace the customer's legal responsibilities.
Products
Integration: The platform sits between player-facing channels, account and wallet functions, lottery products, and selected third parties. The architecture must name every system of record for tickets, draws, prizes, balances, payments, player identity, responsible-play actions, and audit history, then assign interfaces, data ownership, certification, migration, recovery, support, and exit duties to the customer, Bede entities, and other suppliers.
Key facts
- Bede's lottery offer is a digital player, channel, integration, and service platform rather than an assigned central draw or retail-terminal system
- Bede Gaming Canada Limited supplied OLG's enterprise digital foundation and the new OLG.ca platform launched in October 2020
- Bede Gaming Limited holds active British remote software, casino, and bingo permissions under account 33560
Delivery options
Software License
Delivery modelA cloud-hosted digital platform configured for the lottery's selected account, channel, aggregation, data, and support scope.
- Operator license
- Operator
- Merchant of record
- Operator
- Player data controller
- Depends on processing purpose
Included
- + Contracted PAM, digital-channel, reporting, and integration components
- + Named third-party product and service connections
- + Cloud hosting, environments, implementation, and support stated in the order
- + Responsible-play functions configured for the approved operating model
Not included
- ! The lottery's statutory authority, draw control, game rules, and prize liability
- ! A central lottery system, retail terminal estate, or instant-ticket production unless expressly contracted
- ! Every Bede product, third-party integration, or MERKUR GROUP service
- ! Universal ownership of player, ticket, transaction, and analytics data
Procurement record
Current product boundaries and the terms that still have to be fixed in the signed order or service agreement.
Known is usable now. Contract specific changes by order or market. Not disclosed has no usable standard term. Unknown remains unresolved. Outside provider scope is handled by the operator or another supplier.
Contract and supplier
- Bede contracting and performing entitiesContract specific
- The order must identify the Bede company licensing the platform, hosting each environment, performing implementation, processing data, supporting production, and invoicing. A group parent, UK licensee, Canadian delivery company, and Malta licensee are not interchangeable.
Implementation
- System-of-record and migration designContract specific
- Map player, wallet, ticket, draw, prize, payment, retailer, promotion, and audit records to authoritative systems. Define data conversion, interface ownership, reconciliation, environments, performance tests, regulatory acceptance, cutover, rollback, and post-launch support.
Operating responsibilities
- Lottery authority and platform boundaryKnown
- Bede supplies digital platform technology and integration. The lottery retains statutory authority, game and draw accountability, player obligations, prize liability, market approvals, and oversight unless local law and the signed responsibility matrix allocate a performable function differently.
Operations and service
- Availability, recovery, and release controlContract specific
- Set service levels by channel and dependency, recovery objectives, capacity tests, monitoring ownership, incident command, security notification, release approval, maintenance windows, audit access, service credits, and continuity rules for third-party failures.
Commercial terms
- Platform and integration pricingNot disclosed
- No standard customer price schedule is assigned to this module. Require setup, environment, platform, account, transaction, integration, support, change, cloud, and third-party charges with calculation examples, minimums, indexation, taxes, pass-through rules, and audit rights.
Market and approval scope
- Entity, build, and market approvalContract specific
- Match each legal entity, platform build, hosting location, lottery function, integrated service, and operational role to the customer jurisdiction. Bede's British permissions cover named casino, bingo, and software activities rather than universal lottery approval.
Exit and portability
- Lottery data and service transitionNot disclosed
- Define export schemas and frequency for player, wallet, ticket, prize, payment, limit, promotion, document, and audit data; reconciliation; interface assistance; source and configuration rights; transition service; retained records; deletion; access after termination; and third-party continuity.
Strengths
- + A named government-lottery deployment covers player accounts, digital channels, integration, and responsible-play controls.
- + The platform is modular and connects third-party products rather than requiring one closed content stack.
What to verify in procurement
- ! Do not buy this as an unnamed central lottery system. Draw, ticket, prize, retailer, and settlement systems need a separate responsibility map.
- ! The UK, Canada, and Malta group entities serve different roles. Put the actual sellers and performers in the order and data agreement.
- ! Memberships and British gaming permissions do not provide a lottery operator license or approve the customer's deployment.
Reference documents7
Key public documents supporting the company identity, primary offer, delivery route, and highest-priority questions above.
- DocumentUK Gambling Commission — gamblingcommission.gov.uk / detail / 33560
- DocumentUK Companies House — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk / company / 08089112
- DocumentBede Gaming — bedegaming.com / about
- DocumentBede Gaming — bedegaming.com / products
- DocumentOntario Lottery and Gaming Corporation — about.olg.ca / olg investing in new digital foundation
- DocumentBede Gaming — bedegaming.com / news / strengthening global lottery gaming through industry m…
- DocumentOntario Lottery and Gaming Corporation — about.olg.ca / olg adds new digital gaming provider and exciting bonusing to…