Big Betting Balagan Dan Phillips, Lee Richardson, Vigne Kozacek

In our ‘Golden’ 50th episode, Martin Britton, who is the MD for GLI EMEA, joined us to talk through what the future holds for the industry in new and developing markets around licensing and testing requirements. In other news, the guys discuss the continued UK National Lottery licensing fallout between Allwyn and Camelot, along with SPACs, changing faces and controversy at Lottery.com and more regulatory oversight for Entain to deal with down under.

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Jesper Karrbrink, co-founder of Green Jade Games and the former CEO of both Mr Green and Svenska Spel joined us today. He provided great insight into his background, thoughts on the future of slots, social games, and the likely impact of new regulations, as well as updates on the Crypto Casino space and more. In other news, numbers and M&A activity from the likes of Evolution, Playtech, Entain, Flutter and more are covered, along with discussion around the impact on the industry of the cost-of-living crisis and what the LATAM market may hold in store.

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Leigh Nissim the CEO & Founder of Future Anthem and former IGT and Light & Wonder exec joined us today providing some great insights into his background, career and the innovative things he is up to. In other news, we review the latest M&A activity and recent trading numbers from the likes of Flutter, Caesars, Playtech & MGM / Leo Vegas. Licensing developments in California and Brazil are also covered and we trail some exciting news about forthcoming changes to the Balagan family! Don’t forget to like rate review and subscribe and check out our back catalogue at https://bigbettingbalagan.com/.

Alex Pratt, MD at Clarion Gaming joined us today to update us on the latest plans for the forthcoming and much-anticipated trade show. In other news… results at Playtech, legal challenges regarding the UK National Lottery bid, and potential industry impact due to the energy crisis all get the Balagan treatment. Don’t forget to like rate review and subscribe and please reach out if you would like to meet us at ICE.

CEO of Openbet and former SG / ‘Light & Wonder’ exec Jordan Levin joined us on the pod today for a look back at his career, what makes him tick as well as his plans for Openbet and his thoughts on the industry in general. In a packed news section, we wrap up the winners and losers from Cheltenham.

We also discuss the fallout of Camelot’s failed bid to retain the UK National Lottery License as well as their £3m+ fine for various RG and technical failings. Ontario’s pending launch, and a review of ‘Jackpot’ which is a new book by journalist Rob Davies on the state of the industry in the UK all get the Balagan treatment.

An expert panel of Bingo specialists including Angus Nisbet (Playtech), Andrew Steddy (PlayOJO) and affiliate expert Sue Dawson joined us today examining and educating on this core but often overlooked vertical in the industry. We discuss the value, trends, M&A, technology and global opportunities it is driving in what was a fascinating session. In other news, the Super Bowl, UKGC, Camelot, bet365 and activity in Argentina and across LATAM also get the Balagan treatment.