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Press release 24/11/2021 13:00 CET Evolution : Statement Evolution has received questions with regards to reports of allegations of irregularities . Those allegations originate from an anonymous third party with what appears to be an intention to discredit Evolution . This statement aims to clarify the fundamentals of Evolution's business model , responsibilities , and way of operating . Evolution innovates , develops , and produces content for Online Casino on a B2B basis . Evolution supplies services to licensed B2C casino operators and B2B aggregators . Evolution performs full due diligence of the operators or aggregators that the company has contracts with and requires counterparties to hold a valid license . In many jurisdictions , suppliers such as Evolution , also need a B2B license to be allowed to supply content to the licensed operators . Evolution holds B2B - licenses in over 20 jurisdictions . Evolution does not handle any players or any of the players ' money . Evolution provides a service to the operator who in turn provides their services to the players . It is the operator's responsibility to conduct a KYC on each player and decide what markets to focus on and what players to accept . It is the operator's responsibility to comply with their regulation and their license . This is the same structure as for land - based casinos . The supplier of a cabinet on a gaming floor is not responsible for who enters the casino and plays on that cabinet . Consequently , the supplier of the cabinet is not responsible for the KYC of the player and does not handle the player's money . The same principle applies in the Online Casino market . The control of who plays the game is a strict responsibility of the operator . That said , Evolution works closely with regulators and operators in an ever - changing online environment to support and provide tools for operators , to address and manage their markets according to their license and regulatory framework . There are also frequent changes implemented from the regulators which will affect both services supplied by Evolution , as well as interaction with operators . It is important to point out that Evolution does not own or control any of the operators or aggregators the company work with . Thus , Evolution does not control which players the operators allow to play . It is equally important to point out that Evolution uses tools at its disposal to block play from certain countries , including countries on sanction lists . It has been falsely alleged that Evolution games are accessible directly from countries under US sanctions . This is not the case without sophisticated technical manipulation . According to allegations made in the anonymous and dubious report , active manipulation of Evolution's systems has been deployed to create the impression that play from such countries was possible . This use of Evolution's content , through an operator that was not an Evolution customer but connected to an aggregator which Evolution has as a customer , was seemingly conducted by first establishing a VPN - tunnel from an IP - address in a blocked country to obtain an IP address in an accepted country . From this IP - address a connection through the operator to Evolution's lobby was made , clearing all geographical IP checks , and a session was established with the browser . Thereafter , the VPN from the accepted IP address was terminated , while the content session remained active in the browser . The first IP address from the blocked country remains active . Prior to those steps , multiple attempts to connect directly from the IP address in the blocked country were rejected . This is a deliberate course of action to circumvent a broadly accepted and well - established process to check users ' geographical location , with the purpose of discrediting Evolution . Evolution constantly works to be better and any suspected irregularities from laws or regulations that apply to Evolution are carefully investigated , with the objective to continuously improve its operations both when it comes to security for players , compliance with regulatory frameworks as well as supporting operators with their compliance . In this case , Evolution has proactively reached out to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement ( NJDGE ) , as part of its standard procedure in its relations with regulators . An internal review has been initiated to ensure a swift response to any questions from the NJDGE .