Right to the Source

Right to the Source is back and trying desperately to stick to formats as Robin Harrison and Ed Birkin talk through casinos in Liechtenstein, the potential of the Panama online gaming market and why Italian betting and gaming remains resilient.   The choice of markets may seem somewhat random, but it’s at least somewhat deliberate. We want to offer listeners a truly global view of the gaming marke...

Right to the Source is back, and this week Robin Harrison and Ed Birkin are discussing the Peru online gaming market and whether Brazil casino regulation can be salvaged.     This week Ed is testing formats, so from last week’s random country generator Peru and Niger are up for discussion. Peru online gambling regulation passed last year, and while Brazil stole the spotlight, it’s a stable market...

Right to the Source hits the big 1-0, as Robin Harrison and Ed Birkin recover from iGB L!VE and discuss changes to the Netherlands gaming market and whether re-regulation in the New Zealand gaming market will be a success.   Once we get through the usual diversions - Ed’s footballing prowess, Christina Aguilera’s first number one single and famous people from New Zealand this time - we get down to...

Right to the Source is back and once again it’s taking iGB L!VE ! And not with a series of wild diversions into multiple other topics, as Robin Harrison and Ed Birkin bring in Clarion Gaming brand director Jody Frost to keep them on topic.   The show is making its London debut at ExCeL, with the show doors swinging open Wednesday, and Jody joins to explain the work, thought and preparation that ha...

Right to the Source is gearing up for iGB L!VE, with Robin Harrison roaming the venue and Ed Birkin taking to the stage for a session on Brazil.   True to form, the conversation quickly diverges, to take in the current state of the Spanish market where GGR continues to go up in spite of advertising spend declining. That of course leads onto Italy, and some arguments around the Premier League’s fro...

Right to the Source welcomes its very first guest as Mark Flores Martin braves Ed Birkin’s skepticism and Robin Harrison’s flurry of buzzwords to discuss the evolution of AI in gambling.   Mark’s business Xgenia started out using AI to power game development, before pivoting to create “AIs building AIs”. The focus is providing the tools for clients to build their own artificial intelligence, train...

Right to the Source is back with some hasty calculations on Illinois’ tax grab, before Robin Harrison and Ed Birkin with a jazzy new recording setup turn the conversation to gaming regulators.   Robin and Ed discuss how these industry referees are caught between political pressure from lawmakers and industry expectations, and whether regulatory goals actually reflect market realities. There’s also...

Right to the Source is back and as promised Robin Harrison of iGB and Ed Birkin of H2 Gambling Capital are discussing the African gambling market. They talk through the continent's biggest markets and the growth prospects for gambling in South Africa, the rising popularity of virtual sports in Nigeria and why gambling tax in Kenya limits the market. Ultimately it's a look at what holds the African...

After a week off while Ed waded through the rain in Miami and Robin wandered around Paris, Right to the Source is back to talk about... the US, Latin America and France. It's not all a story of what the guys did on holiday however, with a deep dive on the fragmented market in Argentina and Mexico's highly competitive nature, before a short hop, skip and a jump across the Atlantic to look at France...

Everyone is talking about it so it'd be rude for Right to the Source not to consider what's next for Bet365. This episode also has more on other potential power players in the US and some chatter on who's winning in Latin America thrown in for good measure. Chapters (00:00:00) - Right to the Source (00:00:38) - Potential Sale for Bet365 (00:08:25) - William Hill vs DraftKings: A Combination (00:15...

Right to the Source returns with Robin Harrison and Ed Birkin talking taxes in the UK, whether Finland is taking the right route with its regulatory model, and questioning the size of the crypto gambling sector. Chapters (00:00:09) - Right to the Source: Potential tax rise in the UK (00:01:56) - UK GGR: Tax reform and affordability checks (00:05:04) - Ways of Taxation: Horse Racing (00:07:20) - Ga...

Right to the Source returns in a shiny new format, with one familiar face in H2 Gambling Capital's Ed Birkin and one new (but tired) face in Clarion Gaming's Robin Harrison, as they discuss early numbers from Brazil's regulated betting and gaming market. Speaking live from Sao Paulo, Ed and Robin discuss the first few months of legal gambling in Brazil, and how the competitive landscape is shaping...