Connected with Pragmatic Solutions

Alea's natively integrated jackpot engine gives operators a white-label, casino-branded jackpot across their full content catalogue, with a direct revenue share on player contributions: a model structurally different from provider network jackpots, where operators fund prizes but earn nothing back. In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, our CEO Ashley Lang speaks with Alexandre (Al...

Open banking payments provider Trustly explains how iGaming operators can use pay by bank to deliver instant deposits and payouts, eliminate card-related friction, and onboard players without form-filling using bank-verified KYC data. Vasilije Lekovic is Vice President of Gaming at Trustly, where he has led the gaming commercial department for over 11 years. He was instrumental in launching Trustl...

ClickHouse Sales Director Lee Wright explains how iGaming operators can run real-time player, affiliate, and fraud analytics at scale, all while cutting data infrastructure costs by up to 100x compared to Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, and Redshift. In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, our CEO Ashley Lang speaks with Lee Wright, Sales Director at ClickHouse, about how columnar...

Odgers Partner Andrew Bulloss draws on 16 years of senior executive search in iGaming to explain what boards, investors, and founders are now asking for from their senior leadership teams, how AI is entering executive briefs, and what separates the candidates who succeed at C-suite level from those who don't. Odgers is one of the world's leading executive search firms, with a dedicated global gami...

iGaming CRM specialist Kyborg explains how operators can move beyond deposit-focused campaigns to build behavioural-based retention strategies, manage VIP churn proactively, and integrate AI without losing strategic control. Brigitta Szenczy is Co-Founder of Kyborg, a specialist CRM and player lifecycle agency with a decade of iGaming experience. She works with operators to diagnose CRM weaknesses...

Do you have a clear view of player behaviour across markets? What if the data behind your decisions is only telling part of the story? In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, our CEO Ashley Lang speaks with Max Tesla, CEO and Co-Founder of Blask, about how iGaming businesses can access real-time competitive intelligence to make better-informed market decisions. Blask is a market int...

How does the investment market view your iGaming business and what creates value? In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, our CEO Ashley Lang speaks with Crispin Nieboer, Partner at Tekkorp Capital, about how iGaming operators and B2B providers can build, protect, and realise value. Crispin brings decades of experience in the industry, having served in C-Level roles from start-ups t...

How can your marketing teams get full value from their technology stack? Are your acquisition and engagement strategies keeping pace with rising costs and competition? In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, our CEO Ashley Lang speaks with Simon Gatenby, a marketing and technology leader who has played a key role in transforming the digital marketing capabilities of some of the indu...

There's a problem impacting the iGaming industry that you may not be aware of, and that is eroding trust and credibility. It's pirated, fake games content. The problem is bigger than you may think, and we all have a part to play in eliminating it. In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, our CEO, Ashley Lang, sits down with James Elliott, Founder of @Gamecheckcom to discuss the growi...

How secure is your login process? Are passwords costing you players? In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, our CEO Ashley Lang speaks with Rob Griffin and Michael Tanaka, co-founders of MIRACL. They discuss how MIRACL is transforming authentication for iGaming operators by eliminating passwords, streamlining multi-factor login, and delivering a secure, two-second sign-in experienc...

How can you scale your business to a new regulated market 3x faster? Could a 4x performance boost be hiding in your infrastructure? In this special episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, our CEO Ashley Lang sits down for an in-depth conversation with Sergey Kurson and Serhii Avramchuk, part of the founding team of the iGaming vertical at Amazon Web Services (AWS). They explore how AWS esta...

Is your sportsbook platform truly maximising your margins? Can margin optimisation drive significant revenue without increasing operational costs? In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, CEO Ashley Lang sits down with Gareth Crook, Senior Vice President of Sports at Pragmatic Play, to discuss the company’s strategic entry into the sports betting vertical. Pragmatic Play Sports offer...

Are your marketing campaigns fully leveraging the power of AI and real-time data? What if your CRM strategies could run with 75% less effort? In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, our CEO Ashley Lang interviews Simon Lidzén, co-founder and CEO of Fast Track, to explore how the company is reinventing CRM to deliver the ultimate 1 to 1 player engagement experience. Fast Track’s real...

How much additional revenue could you gain by automating your marketing campaigns at scale? Can legacy CRM systems keep pace with real-time player actions? How is your CRM setup preparing your team for agentic AI in iGaming? In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions our Director of Client Relations & Programme Amy Santos speaks with Tommy Kearns, CEO of Xtremepush, to explore how this...

Dealing with too many payment providers in different markets? What if one integration could enable 600+ local payment methods? In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, Andrea Sala, Partnerships Manager at Nuvei, talks with our CEO Ashley Lang about how operators can streamline payments and drive growth using scalable, future-ready technology. With over 20 years in the iGaming industr...

🎧 The Connected with Pragmatic Solutions podcast has filled a gap in the market in terms of product discovery and is exceeding our viewership expectations. We're grateful to our integrated partners for joining the conversation and sharing strategic insights that bring true value to operators. Having launched 7 thought-provoking episodes so far, in partnership with NEXT.io - The World’s iGaming Co...

What if your jackpot product could deliver a guaranteed monthly GGR uplift? Can jackpot free bets become a meaningful engagement and reactivation tool? In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, our CEO Ashley Lang dives into the innovative world of jackpot mechanics with Peter Mareš, CTO of ThrillTech, a company reimagining how operator-branded jackpots engage players and grow revenue...

How do you spot a loyal player on their first session? Are you spending bonus funds on the right customers, or wasting them? What if your acquisition team is bringing in the wrong kind of traffic? These are just a few of the questions we tackle in Episode #6 of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, featuring Gerry Murray, Co-Founder of Cyclickal. Gerry shares how Cyclickal helps operators unlock com...

How can operators avoid losing millions with security-first aggregation? In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, our CEO Ashley Lang speaks to Alexandre Tomic, founder of Alea, to explore how they’re simplifying content distribution for operators and delivering massive reach for studios. Alexandre explains how Alea takes a partner-first approach to aggregation, intentionally avoidin...

How confident are you in your onboarding journeys? Are your compliance workflows helping or hindering growth? In our latest Connected with Pragmatic Solutions podcast, our COO, Michael Boylan speaks with Riten Gohil from Signicat, to explore how innovation is reshaping risk management and compliance in the iGaming industry. Topics include building flexible, data-driven KYC, KYB, and AML workflows...

The less it’s noticed, the greater the impact. Which part of the user experience brings the most value by staying as effortless as possible? In the 3rd episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, Johan Strand, CEO of Zimpler, describes how account-to-account payments are transforming the way operators manage conversion, compliance, and customer experience. As open banking adoption accelerates a...

What if compliance didn’t slow you down - but actually drove growth? How can operators future-proof their compliance strategies while maximising player value? What role does behavioural data play in redefining responsible gambling at scale? In this episode of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions, Paul Foster and Simon Bold of Crucial Compliance reveal how automation, behavioural modelling, and deep...

How is AI changing the role of B2C marketers in iGaming? What impact does personalised engagement have on customer lifetime value? Motti Colman, VP Revenue at Optimove, joins us to explore these topics and more in the first episode of “Connected with Pragmatic Solutions.” Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction to Optimove and Connected Podcast 00:01:09 Core Problems Optimove Solves for Gaming Operators 00...

We are excited to announce the launch of Connected with Pragmatic Solutions - a weekly video podcast series created in collaboration with NEXT.io. This spotlight series showcases conversations with our integrated partners who are driving innovation and delivering strategic value to iGaming operators across the globe. Each week, explore expert perspectives on the trends, technologies, and challenge...