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As expected, last week’s industry focus was zoned in on a bustling ICE 2024 conference, ending its home stay at London’s Dockland Excel.   Yet away from the industry’s conference proceedings, the affairs of European gambling continue to unfold concerning key markets and their respective agendas.   Italy’s autonomous regions and municipalities back the government’s proposed ‘reorganisation decree’...

In the final episode of the week, SBC Media's Editorial team participated in the iGaming Daily podcast, sponsored by Optimove, on the third and final day of ICE London, which also happened to be the final ICE in the Excel London, as the conference moves to pastures new next year. Joining Ted Orme-Claye to discuss what's been on their agenda throughout the week was Joe Streeter, Editor of CasinoBea...

SBC Media's trio of LatAm ladies are back in the booth for Episode 198 of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, as we give a warm welcome back to Lucía Mouriño, who steps in as host for a conversation recorded at the final ICE London event before the gaming show heads to Catalonia for 2025. Unsurprisingly for anyone who has attended the show this year, or listened to our pods in the previous few d...

Day two of ICE is almost over, and iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, brings you the latest updates from the bustling exhibition floor at the ExCel in London. Back again two days running as host for our ICE special is Joe Streeter, Editor of CasinoBeats & SlotBeats and all-around industry expert, and he's joined by his SlotBeats colleague Danny Lee, attending his first ever ICE, and by SBC...

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove. Today Joe Streeter, Editor of CasinoBeats, just joined by Ted Orme-Claye and Isadora Marcante, from the exhibition floor at ICE and to discuss some of the news circulating this morning, as well as what's on their agendas this week. Host: Joe Streeter Guests: Ted Orme-Claye & Isadora Marcante Producer: Anaya McDona...

On the second episode of Affiliate Leaders show by iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, Julian Pitts is joined once again by Peter Gunni,  CCOnat Traffic Labs, to look further into the affiliate marketing sector.  In today’s episode the duo are going to be traversing through the secrets of a well-equipped affiliate and what’s in their toolkit, as well as how affiliates craft a user-friendly site....

We are in the middle of an inflection point when it comes to US sports betting, particularly when it comes to advertising. While ESPN’s Outside the Lines and 60 Minutes ready to cast a probing eye on the industry this week, the industry is responding with a star-studded list of athletes and celebrities promoting sportsbooks. And one of those names stands out above the rest... Lebron James announce...

It's been a while since we were blessed by the presence of our SBC Noticias and SBC Notícias Brasil teams on the podcast, so today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, sees the welcome return of Fernando Noodt who steps into the host's chair in the absence of James Ross, and he's joined by Isadora Marcante of SBC Notícias Brasil and Lucía Gando SBC Noticias of to discuss all the late...

Last September, Scott Sibella announced an abrupt departure from Resorts World, stepping down as its President and CEO for, what was stated at the time, as violating company policy.  However, since then, details of what these violations were have been in short supply.  This was until Thursday last week, when the Department of Justice reported that Sibella pleaded guilty to failing to file reports...

As the European landscape continues to change for the gambling industry, the sector also sees parallels when it comes to the affiliate space.  None more so when it comes to emerging markets. With all eyes focused on the opening of Brazil, a little closer to home sees Finland’s potential opening of an online casino space from either 2025 or 2026.  And while Finland or Brazil won’t be the topic of t...

The world of sport has witnessed the rise in Saudi-backed investment, whether that be via football clubs like Newcastle United, hosting major boxing events, the creation of LIV Golf or the recent announcement of the first Saudi Arabia snooker invitational. Now the gambling sector has witnessed a rise in Saudi’s neighbour, the United Arab Emirates, which only last year launched a new regulatory aut...

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. On this episode, Ivana turns her attention to the tech side, and brings in some of the foremost technical SEO e...

The Big Game is turning into a Big Game for sports betting operators. This year, we are going to potentially see three different Super Bowl commercials from sports betting operators in addition to a ton of promotions and partnerships.  With Sin City hosting the NFL’s biggest day, will the power dynamics of sportsbooks shift in favour of the brick and mortar company? This will be the topic on today...

Most days we do like to cover the biggest or breaking news circulating the iGaming sphere, but there are the odd few days where raising awareness to a broader topic takes centre stage, and today’s episode will do just that.  Last week, SBC held its Affiliates Digital Day, which consisted of five webinars branching off to different topics revolving around the affiliate landscape. This ranged from S...

On Monday, Française des Jeux (FDJ) awakened the gambling sector to its €2.6bn acquisition, tabled to investors of Kindred Group Plc.   As proclaimed to the Paris Euronext, FDJ makes a bold and daring move to become “Europe’s second biggest gambling operator” – as it continues its M&A appetite beyond French shores.   What is the ripple-effect of FDJ’s transformative bid to acquire Kindred Grou...

A flurry of regulatory updates saw separate reports warn the gambling sector of its continued exposure to the threats of money laundering and terrorist financing (TF). Publishing its Independent National Risk Assessment, NRA Report, the government of Malta states that it has addressed all AML concerns of 2019, which saw the key online gambling hub placed on the Enhanced Monitoring Grey-list of MON...

The US federal excise tax has existed long before the repeal of PASPA, but it is a subject that is rarely discussed—until now. Last week, federal lawmakers introduced the Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act, or GRIT Act, which proposes using the money collected through the federal excise tax to support Responsible Gaming (RG) causes. However, the measure was not well-receive...

A busy morning saw Flutter publish its full-year 2023 pre-close trading update, as industry and city eyes closely monitor the giant’s developments ahead of its New York listing on Monday 29th January.   Dissecting results, analysts picked up on the continued growth of FanDuel in the US, despite its revenue targets being impacted by costly, customer-friendly results.   Meanwhile, in the UK, Flutter...

In todays episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove , we're going to be tackling very different, but very multi-dynamic developments taking place on the opposite sides of the Atlantic.  In the first half of the show we’ll be in the UK where BetMGM has put its sports marketing into overdrive as the new-ish market entrant seeks to build up visibility, most recently in horse racing.  In the sec...

We’re in a New York state of mind in the first half of today’s episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove as late last week, the concrete jungle once again introduced legislation with a hope to legalise online casinos in the Empire State.  Put forward by Senator Joseph Addabbo, the 2024 bill is said to be similar to the one submitted last year, with a slight few changes.  Joining James Ross t...

The second business week of 2024 rang in the sounds of change as Flutter Entertainment announced that its long-term stalwart, Richard Flint, will leave the company's boardroom ahead of the firm's NYSE dual-listing at the end of the month. Coincidentally, 24 hours following Flint’s resignation, industry trade body the Betting and Gaming Council declared changes to its leadership and boardroom, anno...

As a bonus episode of the iGaming Daily podcast, sponsored by Optimove , listeners are treated to a reflection of the most recent Behind the Badge podcast. Joining Ted Orme-Claye, Editor of Insider Sport, was Behind the Badge Co-Hosts, George Harborne and Joe Streeter, to reflect on their recent discussion with David Adams, Head of Partnerships at Kansas City Royals, which looked into the state of...

On the 21st December, the Chamber of Deputies provided the gambling sector an early Christmas present, approving regulation, which witnessed the reintegration of online games, which the Senate wanted to exclude as part of over 100 amendments.  Then to round off the New Year in style, President Lula sanctioned the Bill that will now see regulation of sports betting and iGaming in Latin America’s bi...

The launch of North Carolina sports betting has been a waiting game as the state lottery is working to approve and license interested operators with the hopes of launching in time for March Madness. While launch is still a couple of months away, there have been some interesting developments out of the Tar Heel State including some new partnerships and the first foray of Underdog into the sports be...

The world of darts experienced a monumental shift over the Christmas period as the 2024 PDC World Championship drew in huge crowds, mainly down to the success of a then unknown 16-year-old - Luke Littler.  Taking the darts world by storm, Littler overcame all the odds to reach the Darts World Championship where he lost to pre tournament favourite Luke Humphries.  During the tournament, Prostate Ca...