iGaming Daily welcomes back Martyn Elliott fresh from a trip to Romania and Ceaușescu's Palace of the Parliament, and after visiting one of the great structure's from one of the most notorious Communist head's of state, Martyn chairs a relevant discussion on gambling surveillance. The subject of the surveillance of gambling operators and their customer activities has crept-up once more on European gambling’s regulatory agenda. And with talk of covert agents in the Netherlands and 'centralised' c...
Mar 25, 2024•27 min•Ep. 233
Joe Streeter returns to the hosts chair once again on the iGaming Daily podcast, sponsored by Optimove, as he welcomes Payment Expert & InsiderSport's Ted Orme-Claye and Kieran O'Conner, to discuss the buzz from this week's Pay360 conference in London, and what the payments industry are discussing. The guys also speak about Nottingham Forest's recent points deduction, the new PSR (Profit & Sustainability Rules) for the Premier League, as well as the impact this deduction & subsequent...
Mar 22, 2024•26 min•Ep. 232
Jessica Welman welcomes Charlie Horner back to iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, to discuss iGaming's impact on land-based casinos, a debate from ten years ago that has recently raged back to life with a wide range of studies telling us a wide range of stories about iGaming’s cannibalization. With even labor unions inserting themselves into the debate, who is right and who is wrong? Join Jess & Charlie to help you work that out. Remember to check out our partners Optimove at https://hubs...
Mar 21, 2024•23 min•Ep. 231
After the sun and champagne of Rio, the Noticias team return to the daily grind to update the latest news happening around Latin America on today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove. In the latest episode, Fernando Noodt and Isadora Marcante provide updates in Chile regarding iGaming and sports betting regulations and Brazil's match fixing investigation in sports betting update. Then, in the second half of the show, Payment Expert & Insider Sport's Editor, Ted Orme-Claye, dials...
Mar 20, 2024•24 min•Ep. 230
The Middle East is one of the few unexplored frontiers when it comes to the gaming industry, but what are the prospects for industry growth in the region? Host Conor Porter is joined by his CasinoBeats & SlotBeats colleagues Joe Streeter and Danny Lee, dig into this topic on today's episode of iGaming Daily sponsored by Optimove, and put the spotlight on the Middle East and in particular the UAE, after Bill Hornbuckle , MGM Resorts CEO and President, discussed the region at length at the J.P...
Mar 19, 2024•20 min•Ep. 229
Following on from last week's Cheltenham Festival, the iGaming Daily podcast, sponsored by Optimove, go through the talking points from another newsworthy week at the biggest race meeting over the fences on the British calendar. Joe Streeter hosts SBC News Editor Ted Menmuir and Senior Journalist Viktor Kayed to discuss what we learned in Gloucestershire last week, including where the interest levels are for racing in the UK, what we can read into attendances being down this year, some big wins ...
Mar 18, 2024•29 min•Ep. 228
Latin American gambling markets are growing. In fact, the region is expected to grow a CAGR of roughly 18% until 2028, according to ResearchAndMarkets.com. Countries such as Brazil, which is finalising its regulation of sports betting and online games, Chile, which is preparing to vote on the bill that regulates the market, and Colombia, the pioneer of the online gambling industry in the region when legalised and regulated the market in 2016, are just a few examples of the iGaming industry in La...
Mar 15, 2024•13 min•Ep. 227
With it being Problem Gambling Awareness Month in the US, today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, takes a closer look at some of the challenges the industry are facing surrounding problem gambling. And joining SBC Americas Editor, Jessica Welman, to discuss his recent LinkedIn Newsletter, titled 'The Problem with Problem Gambling', is Jonathan Michaels, Principle, Michaels Strategies. In his LinkedIn Newsletter, Michaels explained that mainstream media, while shining a light on ...
Mar 14, 2024•27 min•Ep. 226
iGaming Daily's resident SEO expert, Ivana Flynn, is back for another fascinating episode of her SEO specials, bringing you expert discussion on the biggest topics surrounding Google and search engine optimisation impacting not only the industry, but businesses and SEOs around the world. In today's episode, iGaming SEO expert, Ivana Flynn, once again takes the reigns of the iGaming Daily podcast, sponsored by Optimove, as she discusses how SEO and PR work in tandem to ensure that the PR and SEO ...
Mar 13, 2024•23 min•Ep. 225
iGaming Daily takes to the ring as the conversation turns to the recently announced boxing fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, set to be streamed live on Netflix. Sponsored by Optimove, the latest episode will see CasinoBeats Editor, Joe Streeter, joined by Martyn Elliott, to discuss their thoughts on the announcement, Netflix's big step into live sports showcasing and how betting partnerships may work with this bout, given Paul's link with Betr. To read more on this topic, click on the foll...
Mar 12, 2024•23 min•Ep. 224
Last Thursday, Entain published its full-year accounts revealing the scars of a problematic 2023. The long-awaited results of the LSE gambling group left no place for hiding as leadership declared corporate losses of £900m. Though Entain maintains that its dire 2023 results were down to legacy failings. Yet under the bonnet accounts detailed across growing concerns across all markets including elements impacting its growth child BetMGM. 2024 will see a Capital Allocation Committee appointed to r...
Mar 11, 2024•31 min•Ep. 223
iGaming Daily's resident SEO expert, Ivana Flynn, is back for another fascinating episode of her SEO specials, bringing you expert discussion on the biggest topics surrounding Google and search engine optimisation impacting not only the industry, but businesses and SEOs around the world. In Friday's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, Ivana is joined by Warren Sammut, Head of SEO at ST Media LTD, and former Global Research & SEO Content Team Lead at Betsson Group, to discuss Goo...
Mar 08, 2024•25 min•Ep. 222
As SBC Summit Rio 2024 comes to an end, that doesn't mean there's still not big news to reveal! Joining Fernando Noodt, once again, for the second day of iGaming Daily's coverage of SBC Summit Rio, sponsored by Optimove, is Isadora Marcante and Lucía Gando, to discuss what else they got up to after recording yesterday's podcast, as well as what's on their agenda for day two. And as a special guest, SBC's VP Relationships LatAm, Lucía Mouriño, joins the trio to announce big news regarding the eve...
Mar 07, 2024•19 min•Ep. 221
iGaming Daily hits the sunny shores of Rio de Janeiro as the inaugural SBC Summit Rio event gets underway. Sponsored by Optimove, SBC Noticias' Business Journalist, Fernando Noodt, takes over hosting duties and is joined by his colleagues, Isadora Marcante and Noticias Editor, Lucía Gando, to discuss what the trio have been up to since getting off the plane and their plans and excitement for the first day. Additionally, the three also discuss what was mentioned by Zé Roberto former footballer an...
Mar 06, 2024•18 min•Ep. 220
We are going to talk about winners and losers today on iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove. In the first half of the show, Jessica Welman, Editor at SBC Americas, is joined once again by SBC's Media Manager, Charlie Horner, to dicsuss how the skill game lobby in Virginia turned a losing hand into a winning one during a year where other verticals are struggling to make progress. Then, in the second half of the show, DraftKings' Director of Race and Sportsbook Operations, Johnny Avello, to look o...
Mar 05, 2024•32 min•Ep. 219
iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, reviews a consecutive week of breakneck developments concerning UK gambling’s regulatory future. Last Monday, Parliament hosted its long-anticipated debate on affordability checks, showcasing a raft of distinct opinions on the Gambling Review’s most divisive matter. Attention turns to the Gambling Commission initiating its two-tier pilot scheme to test affordability checks on gambling accounts – which UK Racing states must be guaranteed as a failed system wi...
Mar 04, 2024•32 min•Ep. 218
With SBC Summit Rio quite literally around the corner, and Brazil at the tip of everyone in the industries collective toungues, our resident expert, SBC Notícias Brasil's Isadora Marcante welcomes Greentube's Michael Bauer (CFO/CGO) and Julia Schagerl (Regional Manager, Germany, Latin America and Scandinavia) to iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove. Isa gets Michael and Julia's thoughts on Brazil, and how they see not only that market but newly regulated markets in general, touching on Peru, and...
Mar 01, 2024•15 min•Ep. 217
SBC Americas Editor Jessica Welman has Georgia on her mind on today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, as the Peach State, notoriously averse to gambling, feels like one of the only states with momentum in this legislative session. Joined by Media Manager Charlie Horner, iGaming Daily digs into where we're at in Georgia, how this compares to last year's progress, and what is holding the Southern state back from regulating. Jess and Charlie also get into some of the finer points o...
Feb 29, 2024•24 min•Ep. 216
We're getting ready to say bem vindo ao Brasil on today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, as we welcome back the SBC Noticias team for the final time before next week's SBC Summit Rio. SBC Noticias Editor Lucía Gando joins host Fernando Noodt, an Argentinian trying his best to pronounce everything correctly in Portuguese and English, and iGD's resident Brasil expert Isadora Marcante of SBC Notícias Brasil to discuss SBC's first foray into the hottest new market in the industry, ...
Feb 28, 2024•22 min•Ep. 215
The UK and the Netherlands betting industries have a lot on their plate regarding payments at the moment, as policymakers in both countries prepare to initiate finance risk checks as an essential part of the customer journey. These are not the only countries where we’ve seen significant regulatory developments however, as this week the Financial Action Task Force removed four countries from its ‘grey list’ of countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-terror...
Feb 27, 2024•25 min•Ep. 214
Following four years of speculation, UK Gambling appears to be exiting its regulatory purgatory as clarity begins to appear on its regulatory future. iGaming Daily reviews a frantic week of affairs for UK Gambling’s regulatory proceedings, as the government announces that £2 and £5 stake limits will be applied from September onwards… Elsewhere, the Gambling Commission announced that it will begin its pilot test on Affordability Checks as recommended by the Gambling Review’s white paper. Yet as U...
Feb 26, 2024•32 min•Ep. 213
As he says himself, every ship needs its captain, and our captain on today's episode of the iGaming Daily podcast sponsored by Optimove is SBC Noticias Journalist Fernando Noodt Molins, joined on the good ship iGD by SBC Noticias Editor Lucía Gando, and SBC Notícias Brasil's Isadora Marcante. Fernando first gets Isa's thoughts on a recent shakeup in the regulatory picture in Brazil, as José Francisco Manssur, special advisor to the Ministry of Finance, and the man responsible for handling the re...
Feb 23, 2024•16 min•Ep. 212
Jessica Welman returned from her Carribean cruise to a tidal wave of news in the industry, and hops into the iGaming Daily hosting chair to discuss as much of it as possible with SBC Media Manager Charlie Horner. Firstly, the month of February has not been kind to the daily fantasy sports industry, as the hits just kept coming for the likes of PrizePicks, Underdog, and others offering DFS+ content. Arkansas, Florida, and now Massachusetts have reached out to the operators to let them know they b...
Feb 22, 2024•26 min•Ep. 211
Avid listeners of the iGaming Daily podcast would have been teased the start of our CRM-focused podcast with Optimove’s CEO, Pini Yakuel and today will see the start of this series. And on today’s episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, a first of two parts, James Ross is joined by Pini Yakuel, where the two discuss Pini's ventures into the boxing ring, James' rollercoaster Fantasy Premier League week and discuss Optimove’s 2023 Year-End letter to their stakeholders with Pini providing ...
Feb 21, 2024•32 min•Ep. 210
Branded slot games have been around for decades with its popularity catapulted by the rise of online casino. The compelling mix of popular franchises, iconic characters, and beloved pop culture is a recipe for success and an important onboarding tool for attracting and retraining new players. And this will be the conversation on today’s episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, where James Ross is joined by Danny Lee, Business Journalist for SlotBeats, to go over all things branded slots....
Feb 20, 2024•30 min•Ep. 209
The closing days of February will see Sweden's Riksdag begin its review of Swedish gambling taxes, in which the Budget of 2024 has proposed to increase gambling’s base tax from 18-to-22% of income. Following a year of costly compliance adjustments, imposed on Sweden’s Gambling Act - Licensed operators believe that they have been left in the cold as a tax increase threatens to disrupt Swedish gambling once more. Meanwhile in Germany, sports betting trade association Deutscher Sportwettenverband (...
Feb 19, 2024•27 min•Ep. 208
Today’s episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, will be slightly different than usual as James Ross will be looking at a future series that is set to launch under the iGaming Daily banner. Joining James to discuss this is Optimove’s CEO and founder, Pini Yakuel, who will be joining James on a monthly basis for our special CRM focused podcast. Host: James Ross Guest: Pini Yakuel Producer: Anaya McDonald Editor: James Ross Remember to check out our partners Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02...
Feb 16, 2024•24 min•Ep. 207
SBC Americas has been back on the litigation beat in recent weeks after a case between a former employer and employee came to light. DraftKings sued its former SVP of Growth Michael Hermalyn after accusing him of plotting to steal company secrets and move over to rival operator Fanatics, just days before Super Bowl 58 - the biggest betting day in the US calendar. Hermalyn denied these claims and the Massachusetts District Court ruled that he can work for Fanatics, but he is prohibited from using...
Feb 15, 2024•26 min•Ep. 206
This weekend saw the conclusion of three different tournaments on three different continents - in North America, the NFL season came to an end with the Super Bowl, an ocean away AFCON gripped African audiences, and in the Middle East the Asian Cup final saw Qatar claim the trophy. With the betting industry’s global extent being the largest it's ever been, the commercial, media and marketing potential of these tournaments is at an all time high. This will be the topic of today’s episode of iGamin...
Feb 14, 2024•30 min•Ep. 205
Catena Media has stressed patience following a difficult fourth quarter with the firm undergoing a strategic reboot. The Stockholm-listed igaming media group published its full-year 2023 results, reporting a dire close to year trading, registering Q4 revenues of 14.5 million euros, a decrease of 41 percent to 2022 comparatives of 24.5 million euros. And this will be the topic of today’s episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, James Ross is joined by Conor Porter and Danny Lee, Senior an...
Feb 13, 2024•26 min•Ep. 204
