Vixio Regulatory Radar Podcast

Various factors, including pressure from China, have caused the traditionally outward-facing Philippines online gambling sector to go through something of a facelift, but how much has really changed, and what does the future hold for this turbulent market?

The Dutch online gambling market enters 2023 with just as many questions looming over it as it ever has. Chief among them a pending prohibition on advertising and the future of the country's strained relationship with Curacao. In this episode, we speak with trade association chief Peter-Paul de Goej for his view on these and many other factors affecting the future of gambling in the Netherlands.

Podcast host Joe Ewens is joined by fellow VIXIO GamblingCompliance regulatory experts Martin Williams and James Kilsby for a detailed discussion on the hot topics affecting the gambling industry this year. The trio look at the key talking points from the year that was 2022, as well as look to the future at what will set the agenda for the year ahead in key gambling jurisdictions - Europe, Asia an...

With the U.S. sports-betting market dominated by a handful of large commercial operators, Las Vegas casino owner Derek Stevens believes there is a profitable future for a smaller player in the market. Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to legalize sports betting in 2018, Stevens was in the early stages of developing Circa Resort and Casino, downtown's first from-the-ground-up casi...

VIXIO Vice President and Latin America expert James Kilsby is joined by Vixio GamblingCompliance journalist Talia Samuelson to discuss the regulatory landscape and challenges in Latin America's most prominent markets.  Up for discussion are Peru's new online gambling law, Brazil's future with a new President, and Chile's multiple gambling bills and legal complaints. VIXIO GamblingCompliance subscr...

In this episode, VIXIO GamblingCompliance journalist  Harrison Sayers interviews  Laurent Fournié the CEO Trust & Sign- at Docaposte, the pair discuss the standardisation of data laws, growing regulatory pressures on the industry, and why trust is as important as ever in the digital age.

Ahead of her appearance at next month's Scandinavian Gaming Show, lawyer Minna Ripatti gives us her view on the possible end to Finland's gambling monopoly in the long run and the more imminent threat of payment blocking and advertising crackdowns.

As we approach the sixth annual  VIXIO GamblingCompliance Global Regulator Awards (GRAs) , on November 30, 2022, we sat down with  Paul Burns  the winner of this year's Compliance Lifetime Special Achievement Award. In this very special episode, VIXIO GamblingCompliance's Chief Analyst and VP Americas James Kilsby interviewed Paul ahead of the GRAs, discussing his career in the Canadian Gaming Ass...

This episode discusses the proliferation of sports betting across Africa, recent regulatory changes, and the key events shaping the industry landscape.  Podcast regular and journalist Harrison Sayers speaks with VIXIO analyst Zachary Birnbaum about the growth of sports betting in different African markets, the opportunities for growth, and the key compliance concerns driving change. VIXIO Gambling...

In the wake of the recent KPMG eSummit in Malta, VIXIO speak to the firm's gaming director, Russell Mifsud, on what he learned from a meeting of minds on the island and an uncertain future for Malta as a hub for the gambling industry. For more information on the topics covered in this podcast recording and the recent KPMG eSummit, download the KPMG produced eSummit report, which can be found here...

In this short bonus episode, we will be discussing the VIXIO GamblingCompliance Global Regulatory Awards, providing information on how to get involved, the history of the awards and some background information on the awards process. Since their launch in 2017, the independently adjudicated Global Regulatory Awards hosted by VIXIO GamblingCompliance have become the biggest of their kind, the first...

In this episode, VIXIO is joined by the Executive Director of the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) and a member of the Global Regulatory Award independent judging panel Keith Whyte to discuss the potential wave of problem gambling set to hit the U.S. following the expansion of sports betting and online gaming. We set to find out just how much we know about the rate of problem gambling i...

In this podcast episode, VIXIO GamblingCompliance Contributing Editor for Asia, Martin Williams, explores major judicial, legislative and market developments impacting the Indian online gaming industry over the last year. Pandemic damage has accelerated litigation by and against the industry, but sympathetic regional High Courts and Supreme Court backing are likely to shepherd liberalisation and r...

On April 4th, populous Ontario is set to become the first province in Canada to launch a competitive market for online gambling, in perhaps the most eagerly anticipated new market launch of 2022 anywhere in the global online gambling industry.   In this episode, theScore CEO John Levy discusses his company's ambitions in an Ontario market that is set to offer radically different competitive dynami...

While sports betting has exploded in popularity in the U.S. with over 32 states offering legal betting, online casino gaming has only been permitted in six states, despite far stronger revenues than sports betting. In this episode, VIXIO GamblingCompliance Reporter Matt Carey joins the podcast to discuss the factors impeding online casino legislation in several U.S. markets and the trends that hav...

The U.S. payments industry has experienced tremendous growth over the last two years, as the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the adoption of various cashless technologies by the gaming industry. In this podcast episode, we are joined by Joe Pappano, co-CEO of Sightline Payments, to talk about the growth of cashless gaming in the U.S., and its adoption by Genting Group's new $4.3bn Resorts Wor...

To celebrate the 50th episode of the VIXIO GamblingCompliance podcast, we bring together three of our in-house experts to reflect on the most dramatic changes that have affected the global gambling scene since we aired our first episode. Our experts from Europe, Asia and North America identify where we think the blockbuster moments of the next two years are likely to be found.  

As we approach the fifth annual VIXIO GamblingCompliance Global Regulator Awards (GRAs), on October 21, 2021, we sat down with Birgitte Sand the winner of this year's Compliance Lifetime Special Achievement Award, and former head of the Danish regulator. In this role Birgitte famously took on the formidable task of overseeing the country's transition from a monopoly gambling model to a system of l...

In this episode, Paul Burns, CEO and president of the Canadian Gaming Association, joins VIXIO GamblingCompliance's chief analyst James Kilsby to discuss the rollout of single-event sports betting across Canada as well as the imminent opening of Ontario's online gambling market to registered private operators through a groundbreaking regulatory model. While regulatory standards are now in place, q...

In this episode, VIXIO GamblingCompliance's chief analyst James Kilsby speaks with Brazilian gambling law expert Luiz Felipe Maia of FYMSA Advogados in Sao Paulo about Brazil's long and winding road to regulated sports betting. Two and a half years after Brazil's Congress passed a law to legalise both land-based and online fixed-odds betting, delayed efforts to establish a concession or licensing...

Malta has just begun to reckon with the reality of life on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) greylist. Individuals and companies in Malta have already begun to report banking woes and gambling firms are putting pressure on officials to fix the problems quickly. To discuss the damage that is starting to hit home and how gambling can help the island escape its current status, we spoke to Greent...

BONUS EPISODE: Podcast regulars Matt Carey and Danny Stone from VIXIO GamblingCompliance recently joined a Twitter Space live conversation hosted by U.S. based investment advisers Roundhill Investments. For this bonus episode of the podcast, we have taken an extract from this conversation where VIXIO's U.S. experts discuss sports betting data,  trends and much more.

In this episode of the VIXIO GamblingCompliance podcast, we are delighted to be joined by Ian Kay, Vice President, Gaming & Trading, EMEA at leading payment processing company Worldpay from FIS. We delve into the research from Worldpay's latest Global Gaming Payments Report and discuss the crucial role that payments play within the global gambling industry. 

The long-awaited 2021 Interstate Treaty on Gambling came into force in Germany on July 1. New federal gambling regulation allows online slots and online poker at a federal level for the first time and lifts the ban on other online casino games. In this episode of the podcast, we are joined by VIXIO's Senior Analyst, Boguslaw Kott, to discuss the organisation of the gambling authority, new controve...

Sports integrity was thrust into the spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic as betting operators scrambled to ensure they had something to offer customers as most major sporting events were shut down.  IBIA (International Betting Integrity Association) CEO, and new Global Regulatory Awards judge, Khalid Ali joins the podcast to delve into the challenges facing the fight against sporting manipul...