WILLEMSTAD – I have taken note of the response issued by Random Consulting and Mario Galea. The response largely fails to address the core of my statement.
I have not stated that Mario Galea is currently a director or operational executive of Random Systems International.
My questions are based on the documented involvement of Random Systems in Curaçao's gaming reform. See the complaints and supplementary complaint filed on November 25 and December 17, 2024, respectively.
At the same time, Random Systems International has been selected by the Armenian government, following a public tender, to establish a national system for monitoring, control, and data analysis of the gambling sector.
The fundamental question for Curaçao therefore remains:
What knowledge, technology, systems, data, contacts, and intellectual property were developed or used during the involvement of Galea and his companies in Curaçao's gaming reform; who owns or controls these today; and under what conditions can they be deployed elsewhere?
His statement does not answer that question.
Moreover, his statement claims that Galea and Random Consulting exited Random Systems International in November 2022, while Times of Malta reports that Galea says he exited in 2023 and that, according to the newspaper, public corporate records still show a minority interest through Argentum Holding Ltd.
These differing statements can readily be independently verified and further underscore the need for full transparency.
My questions are straightforward:
Who awarded the Curaçao contracts? What procurement procedure was followed? Who owns the systems and data? What knowledge was developed with Curaçaoan public funds? And what safeguards are in place to prevent critical knowledge concerning our licensees and market structure from being used outside Curaçao?
If these questions are straightforward to answer, I expect the parties involved to make the relevant contracts, procurement documents, and ownership and intellectual property structures publicly available.
My questions concern transparency, public funds, and the strategic independence of Curaçao.