Yield Sec will become an essential pillar within GCI’s portfolio, reinforcing the company’s mission to provide advanced regulatory technology and market transparency to the global gaming industry.
With this strategic acquisition, GCI and Yield Sec will empower regulators, operators, and governments, helping them transform chaotic markets into controlled environments through AI-driven technology, enhanced data, and transaction monitoring — working together to ensure certainty and safety in the market.
A stronger platform for regulated gaming
The integration of Yield Sec and its proprietary systems and processes enhances GCI’s suite of AI-based technologies, offering cutting-edge market monitoring and advanced tools to combat illegal activity. GCI’s expanded platform now provides awareness and action solutions that ensure full oversight without interfering with gaming operations, including:
1. Market monitoring and mitigation of illegal activities
2. Compliance and auditing
The combined expertise of both companies now supports all stakeholders in the sector — from government regulatory authorities and enforcement bodies to gaming operators and consumers — ensuring that legal gaming fulfills its true purpose of benefiting commerce (revenue), the community (taxes and social causes), and consumers (fair play, integrity, and public safety).
Matt Holt, CEO of GCI, stated: “It is an honor to welcome Ismail Vali and the entire Yield Sec team to GCI. Yield Sec’s innovative platform, designed to effectively and efficiently disrupt illegal activity, will be a central pillar of our offering, enabling regulators and operators to achieve an unprecedented level of visibility and action in the global online gaming market. This acquisition accelerates our mission to promote transparency, integrity, player protection, and safety in regulated jurisdictions worldwide.”
Ismail Vali, founder and CEO of Yield Sec and now president of GCI, said: “Joining GCI represents the next step in our mission to combat the illegal market and protect the integrity of regulated gaming. Yield Sec was created to help regulators and operators see the entire online market — legal and illegal — and act with safety and confidence. GCI strengthens this foundation, expanding our ability to serve clients across commercial, community, and consumer domains. The purpose remains the same: to ensure a sustainable, transparent, and fair market that benefits everyone.”
Gaming Compliance International (GCI)
GCI is a proven leader in regulatory compliance technology and consulting for the gaming sector. The company offers a unified, AI-powered platform focused on player protection, advertising and media content monitoring, illegal activity mitigation, automated data collection, revenue auditing, and compliance reporting for operators.
GCI’s mission is to increase market transparency and optimize revenue for regulators and licensed operators while establishing a strong compliance framework that protects jurisdictions, the public, and the broader gaming ecosystem.
Yield Sec
Yield Sec — short for yield security — is a technical intelligence platform that tracks all public activity across streaming, gambling, cryptocurrencies, and consumer goods, providing a complete view of the online market, both legal and illegal. Yield Sec delivers analysis, action, and recommendations to ensure that participants in the online market receive the money owed to them without being harmed by criminal activity.
Source: GMB
