NEXT.io Podcast

- Overhaul in the UK. New Prime Minister, new DCMS minister who has campaigned for gambling reform. Damian Collins still gambling minister, but for how long? When is the bloody review coming out!? UKGC postpones to safer gambling requirements   - First issue for new Prime Minister is energy crisis, which is pervading all walks of life, including in our industry. Cutbacks at Flutter UK&I,...

🟡 Special Guest Ryan Butler, Editor at iGaming NEXT 🟡 Deep Dive Into Ontario Numbers   🟡 Kansas Sports Betting Launches today as of 1st of September 🟡 LeoVegas shareholders unanimously approve MGM buyout  The iGaming NEXT Weekly News roundup is a weekly live stream held every Thursday at 3PM CET across all of our social media platforms. These sessions, hosted by Pierre Lindh, Nico Ja...

🟡 Special Guest- Conor Mulheir, Editor at iGaming NEXT   🟡 DAZN Bet tests the waters as UK becomes debut market   🟡 Better Collective sees revenue up 40% in Q2 with US as the largest market   🟡 MGM one step closer to acquiring LeoVegas after passing regulatory hurdles   🟡 Gauselmann Group dominance on Germany’s whitelist raises questions among the iGaming industry  &n...

🎙 Podcast #108 with Pierre Lindh and Anton Severin, Director of Research at American Gaming Association On this episode, Pierre and Anton talk about the American Gaming Association and its uniting force in the US market. They raise the issue of illegal gambling markets and how to raise awareness on this matter, as well as Anton gives some stats on player behaviour moving from illegal to a legal ma...

🟡 FanDuel EBITDA positive in North America  🟡 Entain to pay record UK settlement of £17m 🟡 Disney investor pushes for ESPN spinoff 🟡 Update on California with MLB support The iGaming NEXT Weekly News roundup is a weekly live stream held every Thursday at 3PM CET across all of our social media platforms. These sessions, hosted by Pierre Lindh, Nico Jansen & Jake Evans with occasional g...

🎙 Podcast #107 with Pierre Lindh and Bill Pascrell, III (BP3), Partner at Princeton Public Affairs Group, Inc.  "Why is online gaming important? Because it's hugely important to tramp down on gambling addiction. It's the most important tool you can use for RG. If you don't do it- it's going to the black market"   Pierre and Bill sit down and discuss all things N.America- what is the curr...

🎙 Podcast #106 with Pierre Lindh and Ryan Butler, Editor for iGaming NEXT Time for another in-depth quarterley report analysis! Here, Pierre and Ryan take a deep dive into the latest Q2 report to be released, this time from DraftKings, and break down what the results mean, and what we can expect from DraftKings in the second half of the year. ___ This episode of the iGaming NEXT Podcast is hosted...

🟡 Special Guest- Ryan Butler, Editor at iGaming NEXT 🟡 Jake Paul enters the iGaming industry 🟡 Underdog hiring for director of trading and risk as sportsbook investment intensifies 🟡 DraftKings stock jumps after beating Q2 revenue and EPS forecasts The iGaming NEXT Weekly News roundup is a weekly live stream held every Thursday at 3PM CET across all of our social media platforms. These session...

🟡 Lottery.com may be forced to wind down operations as cash reserves run dry 🟡 Sportsbooks launch new ad targeting "wealthy" tribes as battle for California sports betting legalization keeps heating up 🟡 Smarkets’ SBK slams bookies for casino cross-sell and bad odds in controversial new ad campaign 🟡 Ontario launch contributes minimal revenue for PointsBet in Q4 The iGaming NEXT Weekly News ro...

🎙 Podcast with Heidi Lofthus and Sacha Borg, Recruitment Manager at Tailwag Recruitment  "I'm employing you not to work 40hrs/week, I'm employing you to get the job done"   Sacha Borg is a Recruitment Manager who loves helping companies find employees and people find jobs all over the world. He talks about what fascinates him about recruitment, the hardships in finding talent and recruit...

🟡 Another iGaming NEXT Editorial Team's Special with Jake Evans & Conor Mulheir !   🟡 Special Guest Jason Trost , CEO of Smarkets   🟡 Smarkets’ SBK slams bookies for casino cross-sell and bad odds in controversial new ad campaign   🟡  DFS disruptor Underdog pulls off $35m funding round and plans to enter US sports betting   🟡 And much more!    The iGamin...

🟡 Evolution Quarterly Report Special 🟡 Special Guest Magnus Andersson, Private Investor The iGaming NEXT Weekly News roundup is a weekly live stream held every Thursday at 3PM CET across all of our social media platforms. These sessions, hosted by Pierre Lindh, Nico Jansen & Jake Evans with occasional guests present the latest news in iGaming along with a deep dive into each topic. All liste...

🟡 White paper detailing UK re-regulation leaked  🟡 New York rakes in record $302.3m in tax from mobile sports betting in six months   🟡 Netherlands moves to ban all untargeted gambling ads   🟡 Kindred Group unable to award Dutch welcome bonuses due to technical malfunction   🟡 Fake Indian cricket team caught duping Russian gamblers   The iGaming NEXT Weekly News round...

🎙 Podcast #105 with Pierre Lindh, Pini Yakuel, CEO at Optimove & Damien Evans, Co-Founder & CEO at Graphyte A very special podcast including two CEO's in the personalization market. Pini and Damien talk about Optimove's acquisition of Graphyte. Evans presents what is Graphyte and the reason behind starting the company, meanwhile Yakuel talks about discovering the company and the decision t...

🟡 Exclusive surprise guest- Thomas Wendt , Co-Founder & Director of Apparat Gaming 🟡 Betsson leaving Slots market in Germany very quietly 🟡 Banks could lose big on 888 debt sale as investors pass on bonds option 🟡 Premier League clubs to vote on voluntary gambling sponsorship ban 🟡 Wynn Resorts lays out plans for $2bn UAE resort project The iGaming NEXT Weekly News roundup is a weekly liv...

🟡 This episode will be hosted by the iGaming NEXT Editorial Team- Managing Editor Jake Evans and Editor Conor Mulheir; 🟡 Premier League Everton to cut ties with gambling operator Stake.com 🟡 New curbs after Premier Leagues escape the sponsor ban. The iGaming NEXT Weekly News roundup is a weekly live stream held every Thursday at 3PM CET across all of our social media platforms. These sessions,...

🎙 Podcast #104 with Pierre Lindh and Ivan Montik, Founder of SOFTSWISS In this podcast Pierre takes a dive into Ivan's history and how he discovered Bitcoin in the very early days, and in turn pivoting SOFTSWISS to be the first platform to offer bitcoin payments to its partners in 2012. They also discuss the time when Ivan was interviewed by a certain Vitalik Buterin in 2012 who later went on to s...

🟡 Special guest- Magnus Andersson; 🟡 Evolution acquires NolimitCity at up to €340m; 🟡 FATF adds Gibraltar to AML grey-list citing ‘strategic deficiencies’; 🟡 BetBull to cease all operations on 3 July. 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 & Jak...

🎙 Podcast #103 with Pierre Lindh and Sanjay Thakur, Co-Founder, CEO & CTO at Verdict MMA   This episode is all about MMA. Sanjay recalls how he got interested in the sport and how he and his 3 high school friends founded Verdict MMA firstly as a side project.   With investors like Ben Askren, Verdict MMA is set to increase the overall experience of MMA fans by giving them a platform...

🎙 Podcast #102 with Pierre Lindh and Tim Heath, Founder of Yolo Group and General Partner of Yolo Investments Tim Heath, shares knowledge and experience gained from over two decades of experience within the igaming and emerging technologies sectors.  Pierre Lindh sit down with Tim to talk about making smart investments amidst navigating a turbulent market during recent global events. Tim star...

🎙 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...