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Questions

Ten questions readers ask about the supply chain, answered in the order they usually arrive. Every answer is expanded on the page named beside it.

Open the partner accountStart with who builds the games
Direct answerStudios build games and operators stock them; suppliers hold their own market approvals; a name is a brand while a build is the artefact; certification covers one build in one market; and the only figure that applies to you is the one published inside the build you are playing. Short answers below, with the mechanism on the linked pages.

What the FAQ does not answer

It does not tell you which games to play, which operators to use, or whether any particular title is worth playing — those questions have no honest neutral answer and this desk does not attempt them. It also does not name studios, laboratories, regulators or operators: where a mechanism exists in a market, the page describes the mechanism, and the job of naming a specific company belongs to the market\u2019s own register.