NEXT.io Podcast

🎙 Podcast #101 with Pierre Lindh and Ian Turnbull, EVP Betting & Gaming at DAZN Group We’ve seen the meteoric rise of DAZN Group starting from a streaming service offering coverage of Japanese J.League football to adding La Liga and quickly acquiring rights to many obscure leagues and sports not usually covered, and bringing them to mainstream attention. They very soon went from offering their...

🟡 Malta removed from FATF grey list; 🟡 FanDuel dominates US sportsbetting market; 🟡 Stockmarket enters bear territory - what's next for the iGaming industry?; 🟡 Unibet closing down German Sports Betting. The iGaming NEXT Weekly News roundup is a weekly live stream held every Friday at 10 AM CET across all of our social media platforms. These sessions, hosted by Pierre Lindh, Nico Jansen &...

🎙After a brief hiatus while things really ramped up with her own startup BeyondPlay, Karolina returns to podcast hosting with her guest Francesco Borgosano, CEO and Co-Founder of Huddle. Huddle have recently received investment from Las Vegas Sands. Here Karolina talks with Francesco more about that, as well as about startups and the challenges they face when searching for investment _____  T...

Swedish authorities search LeoVegas head office amid insider trading investigation Stake.com continues aggressive marketing drive Las Vegas Sands unexpected M&A strategy Kindred shares jump 10% on NL news Dan Bilzerian ousted as GGPoker ambassador 📺 Watch the Weekly News on Youtube to see the lovely faces of our hosts: https://youtu.be/8zhJ3pFQVks The iGaming NEXT Weekly News roundup is a wee...

🎙 Podcast #100 with Pierre Lindh and Todd Haushalter, Chief Product Officer at Evolution In this special landmark episode, we decided to shake things up a bit and headed to one of the most exciting bars in Malts - La Luz! The 100th podcast is a bit a different - you get to meet a different side of the two most known names in the industry. Today they sit down as friends just having a conversation a...

In this episode, Heidi Lofthus sits down with Thomas Mahoney, Cheif Marketing & Operations Officer at ARize Group. Thomas explains employee branding and why it's important for every business. The concept has evolved and lived through two ‘generations’ of employer branding with a third one on its way. What is certain is that employer branding has become an integral part of company structures, h...

🎙 Podcast #98 with Pierre Lindh and Julian Buhagiar, co-founder of RB Capital Listen in as Julian Buhagiar joins Pierre Lindh once again to dissect quarterly reports. This time we take a look at the Q1 reports of 2022 from some of the biggest names in the industry, Evolution, Kambi, Kindred and Betsson! ABOUT JULIAN: Julian is co-founder of RB Capital. He is an investor & board director to mul...

🎙 Podcast #96 with Pierre Lindh and Benjie Cherniak, a private investor within the iGaming industry. In this podcast, Pierre Lindh and Benjie Cherniak dive deep into the vibrant startup landscape of the American online sports betting and iGaming industries. Join them as they discuss what it takes for an entrepreneur to make it and why not everyone is up for the task. ABOUT BENJIE: Benjie Cherniak...

🎙 Podcast #11 with Heidi Lofthus and Mika Peltola, Co-Founder of Siffi Listen as Mika sits down with Heidi to discuss mental wellbeing in the workplace, and how since going remote the need for self reflection has increased. They talk about the need for digital on-demand solutions to aim towards increasing this awareness and removing the stigma of mental illness in a safe environment for the employ...

🎙 Podcast #96 with Pierre Lindh and Magnus Andersson, a private investor within the iGaming industry Pierre Lindh got the opportunity to probe Magnus Andersson on his extensive knowledge in the investment and iGaming sectors, discussing everything from Bull / Bear market strategies, investments and the future.  ABOUT MAGNUS: Magnus Andersson is a private investor and stock writer. He has been...

🎙 Podcast #95 with Pierre Lindh and Edo Haitin, Managing Director of Live Casino at Playtech Edo Haitin once again joins Pierre Lindh for an exciting podcast discussing Live Casino. Listen as they discuss what the future holds, incorpariting future technologies into the player experience, creating bespoke games and creating the 'WOW' factor ABOUT EDO:  With nearly a decade of experience acros...

🎙 Podcast #94 with Pierre Lindh and Lyudmila Milenina, President & CEO at First Sports Media   We have all seen the ongoing invasion of Ukraine across news and social media, and read the stories of people having to evacuate their homes, cities and country to escape. We have heard of colleagues within the industry that are caught in this conflict, and heard from companies that are working...

🎙 Podcast #93 with Pierre Lindh and Paul Burns, President & CEO at Canadian Gaming Association   This week on Monday 4th April, we saw the launch of Online Sports Betting and iGaming in the state of Ontario, Canada! President and CEO of the Canadian Gaming Association, Paul Burns, sat down with Pierre Lindh to discuss the launch. This is an exciting time for the future of the Canadian mar...

Morgan Stanley gaming analyst Thomas Allen joins iGaming NEXT co-founder and MD, Pierre Lindh, to discuss the future of iGaming and sports betting investment in the burgeoning United States market.   Managing Director Thomas Allen sets out why he believes that the current share prices of publicly listed gambling firms in the US do not reflect their value in the mid- to long-term, as he expect...

🎙 Podcast #91 with Pierre Lindh and Stefan Kovach, CEO at Rarer Things   Stefan Kovach once again joins Pierre Lindh to discuss the growing Metaverse, the changing trends of crypto currency vs fiat, NFTs and how the web3 paradigm shift affects us all. ABOUT STEFAN KOVACH:   Stefan Kovach has been working for internet startups since the late 90s and has worked in the gambling industry for...

🎙 Podcast #90 with Pierre Lindh and Martin Lycka, SVP for American Regulatory Affairs and Responsible Gambling at Entain   Earlier in February, Martin Lycka joined Pierre Lindh to discuss the growing US market, which states may be next to join the world of online sports betting, and how the success of sportsbook could pave the way for online casino. ABOUT MARTIN LYCKA:   Martin Lycka is...

🎙 Podcast with Heidi Lofthus and David Näsström   Heidi Lofthus and David Näsström, co-owner at Refapp, discusses old versus new trends in how references are taken during the recruitment period; how phone calls are outdated, stressing and time costly. Digital solutions continue improving the experience for everyone involved. They also touch upon how reference checking does also come with ethi...

🎙 Podcast #88 with Pierre Lindh and Paul Leyland, Partner at Regulus Partners   On Friday 18/02/22, DraftKings released their Q4 report for 2021. Paul Leyland joined Pierre Lindh in a livestream to analyse the report. If you missed it, you can catch it again now ABOUT PAUL LEYLAND:   Paul advises on economic, financial and business models in gambling and related sectors, with a focu...

🎙 Podcast with Heidi Lofthus and Karl Grech Karl Grech talks to our Heidi Lofthus about what drives motivation and how you can use “wasted time” for something good. Emotional Intelligence focus is on the agenda in many organizations and one way to highlight the various mindsets in a team is by introducing the Lego Serious Play design to optimize brainstorming. ABOUT KARL GRECH:  As a performa...

🎙 Podcast  #89 with Pierre Lindh, Rory Credland and Sam Milliken   We are thrilled to welcome our new Event Director, Sam Milliken who is joining iGaming NEXT. In this podcast, we explore how our habits have changed forever due to the pandemic, and how that has affected the conference industry. We also talk about what the future holds for iGaming NEXT! _____ This episode of the iGam...

🎙In this episode Karolina talks to Michael Brady, Founder Director of Eyas Gaming about his journey in gaming over the past 22 years, on founding and scaling Bede Gaming and the recent sale of a majority stake to the Gauselmann Group. They discuss the key factors for success for a company with ambitions to become the First Choice Platform to enable Operators to maximise their offering. _____ This...

🎙 Podcast #87 by Pierre Lindh with Alex Pratt, Group MD of Clarion & the Digital Marketing Portfolio   In this episode Alex Pratt joins Pierre to discuss the current status of ICE and what to expect from this years show. We’ve seen some of the biggest exhibitors pulling out from ICE 2022 as a result of the date change. Alex discusses the hardships with all the changes, gives insight...

🎙 Podcast #87 by Michael Pederson with Martin Nieri, Partner at iGaming Collective  "Brand building is a business strategy for growth" says Martin Nieri. On this episode, Michael Pedersen together with Martin Nieri discuss brand and brand building in the iGaming industry. Martin answers questions what is a brand and, most importantly, what it isn't. The misconceptions when it comes to the nec...

🎙 Podcast #86 by Pierre Lindh with Tsachi Maimon, CEO of Aspire Global   Aspire Global outperformed the entire iGaming industry on the stock market since the start of the pandemic, and in this podcast Pierre & Tsachi sit back to talk about what made Aspire Global so successful leading up to the recent acquisition by Neogames, and what comes next for the company. ABOUT TSACHI:  ...

🎙 Podcast #85 by Pierre Lindh with James King, CEO at Flows In this episode, Pierre Lindh & James King, CEO of Flows explore their experience of raising capital as a startup. In 2021 money is cheap, which means that investees have more leverage than ever to set demands on their prospective investors. What are the pitfalls and what should first-time investees think about when raising capital to...