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It’s a mere two weeks into 2024 and already there’s big noises coming out of UK giants bet365 and Entain.  Publishing its 2022/2023 financial accounts, bet365 declared corporate losses of £60m, as the UK’s biggest online gambling brand expanded its corporate resources to overcome new regulatory duties and enlarged its tech unit to execute ‘localised expansions’ within new markets. Beginning a new...

iGaming Daily returns after a brief hiatus over the Christmas period as we’re refreshed, recharged and ready to tackle some of the biggest topics and news five-days a week. Monday to Friday.  Today’s topic of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Rio, topic will come in the form of SEO as Ivana Flynn, SEO Director at ComeOn Group and renowned industry SEO expert, returns in her monthly episode, d...

Detailing the operator’s expansion plans across several continents, with a focus on Latin America and Brazil, Campeón Gaming’s Group CCO, George Merodoulakis, explains the need for operators to be “smarter, faster and adapt better” when entering new territories. Taking time out of a busy SBC Summit Barcelona, Merodoulakis joined SBC’s Multimedia Editor James Ross, to discuss the aims for LatAm and...

At the recent SBC Summit Barcelona conference, Xtremepush's CEO, Tommy Kearns and John Smith, VP of Sales, Gamification, and Loyalty, sat down with then Editor of Payment Expert, now Editor of CasinoBeats, to discuss the acquisition of Thunderbite.  As part of the discussion, Kearns and Smith explained the benefits of the merger, the importance of first party data and tailoring its product to user...

The SBC Leaders podcast is back with a bang as Betfred Group CEO Joanne Whittaker and Betfred USA CEO Kresimir Spajic join SBC Managing Director Andy McCarron for an in-person, sitdown interview recorded at this year's SBC Summit in Barcelona.  Joining for a discussion on life, business and many things in between, Joanne and Kresimir discuss Betfred's transition from a UK retail juggernaut into a...

As the lottery operator prepares for a milestone moment in the new year, Allwyn’s Chief Operating Officer, Jan Matuska, provided an overview of the group’s international activity at the SBC Summit Barcelona. Speaking to then SBC News’ Senior Reporter, now Editor of Payment Expert and Insider Sport, Ted Orme-Claye, Matuska explained that Allwyn is on a mission to transform the UK’s National Lottery...

During this year’s edition of SBC Summit North America, the team had the chance to sit down and talk about the latest trends in sports marketing with some of the biggest players in the space.  Multimedia editor James Ross invited SGG Media’s CEO, Troy Paul, for a one-to-one conversation on how working with different sports betting operators across various social media platforms can shape the busin...

In the first of a soon to be regular feature, SEO Director at ComeOn Group and renowned industry SEO expert Ivana Flynn takes the helm of the iGaming Daily podcast to discuss the latest trends and hottest talking points related to all things search. Today's episode sees Ivana joined by the Betsson Group's very own SEO Expert, Aurimas Marcinkevičius, to discuss three fascinating-sounding new featur...

The new year is upon us but before we take a break to spend some holiday time with the family and ready for 2024, here at iGaming Daily we are going to look back on 2023. The repeal of PASPA celebrated its fifth birthday, IGRA celebrated its 35th birthday, and the online gambling industry in the US continued to grow and develop.  On today’s episode of iGaming Daily, SBC Americas Editor Jessica Wel...

In the third episode of Bets & Balance Sheets, in collaboration with SBC Media and Aurum Solutions, Vasco Rodrigues, CMO at Aurum Solutions is joined by Robert B. Stoddard, Partner at KPMG and Paulo Andrade, Delivery Manager at Aurum Solutions. The trio focus on the financial dynamics of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within the gambling sector. Discuss recent M&A deals and their ratio...

The sporting calendar sets a unique tone during the Christmas period, with an influx of festive football combined with a plethora of other sporting fixtures that take centre stage for the holiday season.  This presents a challenge for operators though, whether this be trading around the Christmas period or engaging new bettors.  For today’s episode of the iGamingDaily, Conor Porter is joined by Te...

Recently, the Premier League has announced it has agreed a landmark TV deal with domestic broadcasters to now cover more live games than ever before.  The newly agreed broadcast deal will last until the end of the 2028-29 season and sees up to 267 live games to be shown per season, with Sky Sports landing the most games with 215 after being awarded four live rights packages.  And this will be the...

The Baby Boom, Generation X, Millennials and now Gen Z, names given to define different generations.  However, it’s the latter of the four that has captured the attention of the igaming industry over the last 12-months.   As fresh developments and tech innovation continue to accelerate across the globe, the challenges with attraction and retaining users soars to new heights. And this will be today...

Bonus bets, promo dollars, sign-up offers, extra action, whatever you do just don’t call them free bets. Whatever you call them though, promotional spending is a huge part of every US sportsbook, particularly when it comes to launching a new state.  On today’s episode of iGaming Daily, SBC Americas Editor Jessica Welman, alongside her colleague Senior Journalist Charlie Horner, delve into promo sp...

There’s winds of change happening across the gambling sector as Entain’s troubled 2023 looks set to bring in new leadership and Brazil’s ongoing sports betting bill gets stuck in limbo.  And these two will be the topic of today’s episode of iGaming Daily, where James Ross is joined by Charlie Horner and Edward Menmuir for the first half of the show to talk about Entain.  In the second half, Charli...

The progress for getting new states to legalise online casino may have stagnated in 2023, but the iGaming industry itself's year growing and launching a wide range of new products, verticals, and partnerships. One of the most active brands on that front was BetMGM. On today's episode of iGaming Daily, SBC Americas Editor, Jessica Welman is joined by BetMGM’s VP of Gaming Angus Nisbet, to talk abou...

Earlier this month, the Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine province of Santa Fe approved the regulatory project for online gaming and sports betting.  Following a day of debate, which saw 38 votes in favour and six against, this regulation, promoted by deputy Fabian Bastia and first introduced by his party colleague Marcelo Gonzalez, has now been sent to the Senate in order to obtain full approv...

Andrea McGeachin, CEO at Neosurf , returns in back-to-back episodes to conclude the week in Friday's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Rio. Joining Andrea are Head of Group Payments at Pinnacle Sports, Isabelle Delisle and Rahul Das, Director of Payments at LiveScore, with all three previously participating on the Emulating ecommerce: Payment Leaders' acquisition challenge panel at...

Andrea McGeachin, CEO at Neosurf ,  returns to take control of hosting duties on Thursday's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Rio, as she is joined by Vladimir Malakchi, the outgoing CCO at Evoplay, where the conversation started with Andreas' first encounter with Vladimir, relationships with people in the industry and what inspires each other. To read the SBC Leaders article with...

German gambling sees no serene end-of-year as conflicts come to the forefront of the governance of the Fourth Interstate Market. A frantic November saw the trade bodies of DSWV (sports betting) and DOCV (online casino) publish the ‘Schnabl Report’ outlining the abject failure of the Interstate regime to protect German consumers citing that 50% of German gamblers engaged with licensed providers. Th...

On today’s episode of iGaming Daily we’ll be showcasing a new podcast that SBC Media has been working on, in collaboration with Aurum Solutions.  Part of a three-part series, the video podcast, entitled Bets & Balance Sheets, will look into, M&A activity in the gambling sector, market trends and financial risks and rewards in expanding into new gambling markets.  In the first episode of Be...

What makes a good slot? A tale as old as time, which has seen suppliers throughout the years look to create the Holy Grail of slot games that captures the allure and intrigue of players. Yet, how far can the boundaries be pushed, certainly when it comes to slot themes, and how far is too far? These will be the questions on Monday's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Rio, as Joe Stre...

On the latest episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Rio, SBC Managing Director Andy McCarron was joined by a very special guest, CEO and Founder of EPIC Risk Management, Paul Buck, to discuss an EPIC decade, 10 years of the revolutionary gambling harm prevention company. Paul took Andy through 10 EPIC years, Paul's own experiences with gambling addiction and how this led to the creatio...

To quote Ferris Bueller - "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." As 2023 begins to wind down and the industry begins to look beyond the season of jolly old Saint Nick and into 2024, this time of the year is also a perfect place to stop, sit back and reflect on the last 12-months. So on today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summi...

The relationship between payments and gaming is vital, with the gaming sector leaning on payment tech to ensure a safe and smooth player experience. The gaming industry will have had a keen eye on the developments of innovation in payments that took centre stage last week as the UK government pitched plans for its future growth. This relationship will be the central topic of today's podcast as Joe...