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On the latest episode of iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove, Ted Menmuir, SBC’s Content Director is joined by Jake Pollard to discuss an amendment in France that would have regulated the country’s online casino market.However, since recording the episode, news broke over the weekend that the French government has withdrawn the budget amendment. The decision was announced by Budget Minister Laurent Saint-Martin, who stated that further consultations were needed to avoid the negative impacts and job losses warned by regional stakeholders.Though postponed, the government retains the mandate to review online casino laws, with potential future measures focusing on tax generation, land-based protections, and harm reduction and despite the setback, Ted and Jake’s discussion still remains relevant as they consider the potential impact of regulating the online casino market in France.The duo talk about why France has upheld a fragmented market to date, why land-based casinos are unhappy at the prospect of an online casino market and the prospect of high taxes on the sector if it does become regulated by the government.To read more about what was discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- https://sbcnews.co.uk/europe/2024/10/22/france-icasino-amendments-2025/ - https://sbcnews.co.uk/europe/2024/10/28/france-postpones-icasino/Host: Ted MenmuirGuests: Jake PollardProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02gLC5L0 or go to Optimove.com/sbc to get your first month free when buying the industry's leading customer-loyalty service.

Betsson AB has reported its eleventh consecutive quarter of growth, with the group’s leadership citing that Betsson’s brands are now outperforming the growth of markets and competitive metrics. Today on iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove, Ted Menmuir, SBC’s Content Director, is joined by Pontus Lindwall, CEO of Betsson AB, to reflect on this period of success for the company.The pair discuss how Betsson’s “well-oiled machine” is helping to fuel this continued momentum, Betsson’s recent strategic acquisition of Sporting Solutions and why the firm is focusing on Italy, particularly through its sponsorship of Serie A side Inter Milan.Lindwall also talks about the timely introduction of online casino regulation in France, Betsson’s early bet on Latin America and potential regulatory updates in Croatia and Georgia. After a short break, Ted is then joined by Joe Streeter and Danny Lee from the CasinoBeats team to break down what they heard during the interview and also consider what’s next for Betsson across its various markets. To read more about what was discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- Betsson hits peak LatAm activity as Brazil Bets comes into playHost: Ted MenmuirGuests: Pontus Lindwall, Joe Streeter & Danny LeeProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02gLC5L0 or go to Optimove.com/sbc to get your first month free when buying the industry's leading customer-loyalty service.

Last week, FanDuel reached a long-term commercial partnership with Diamond Sports for the exclusive right to name the media company’s regional sports networks (RSNs). As part of the deal, FanDuel has naming rights to Diamond’s portfolio of 16 RSNs that provide access to new markets nationwide.And on the latest episode of iGaming Daily supported by Optimove, Jessica Welman, Editor of SBC Americas, is joined by Charlie Horner, SBC’s Media Manager, to delve deeper into the deal.They discuss what the deal entails, where it went wrong for Bally Sports previously and why FanDuel believes that they can capitalise where Bally’s couldn’t, as well as what the success of this project would look like for FanDuel.After the break, the due move on to take a look at the affiliate space where XLMedia has exited the game, selling its North American domains to Sportradar in a deal that could be worth up to $30m. They talk about what Sportradar is getting from the deal, why XLMedia is throwing in the towel and what value suppliers are getting in the affiliate business.Elsewhere, Catena Media announced the layoffs of 29 employees and Jess and Charlie consider whether this could be a canary in the coal mine for North American affiliates.To read more about what was discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- https://sbcamericas.com/2024/10/18/fanduel-naming-rights-diamond-sports/- https://sbcamericas.com/2024/10/22/catena-media-content-layoffs/- https://sbcamericas.com/2024/10/21/sportradar-xlmedia-affiliate-sale- https://sbcamericas.com/2024/08/15/betting-hero-geocomply-37m/Host: Jessica WelmanGuests: Charlie HornerProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02gLC5L0 or go to Optimove.com/sbc to get your first month free when buying the industry's leading customer-loyalty service.

It’s all about Latin America for the latest episode of iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove. Fernando Noodt, Senior Journalist for SBC Noticias, is joined by Lucía Gando, Editor of SBC Noticias, and Isadora Marcante, SBC's Relationship Manager for Brazil, to look at the latest news coming from the region.The show starts in Brazil where the senate is set to vote on the return of legalised land-based casinos, a sector that has been banned since 1946. The trio discuss the potential financial impact of the change and why the online sector is supportive of the return of the land-based casinos.Staying in Brazil, they then move on to talk about the reaction to President Lula’s comments by the industry. As covered previously on the show, Lula warned that he may end online betting and gaming in the country if the new regulations do not achieve the results expected by the government.Attention then turns to the “blooming” market in Ecuador where the government has again authorised advertising of the gambling and betting sector throughout the country via Executive Decree 421. Fernando, Lu and Isa discuss how this could help develop the gambling market in Ecuador.Finally, there is a shout out for the latest edition of the SBC Leaders Magazine which features interviews with industry executives in Brazil, Ecuador and elsewhere. To read more about what was discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- https://issuu.com/sbc.global/docs/sbc_leaders_magazine_issue_33- https://sbcnoticias.com/playgreen-foco-latam-sbc-leaders-magazine/- https://sbcnoticias.com/br/cassinos-podem-gerar-mais-10-milhoes-empregos/- Ecuador enables gambling and betting advertisingHost: Fernando NoodtGuests: Lucía Gando & Isadora MarcanteProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02gLC5L0 or go to Optimove.com/sbc to get your first month free when buying the industry's leading customer-loyalty service. 

Having an effective and meaningful VIP scheme is crucial for building long-lasting relationships with high-lifetime value players and gifting is a huge part of any successful VIP scheme. However,  being able to ensure that operators get a proper return on that investment is not always straightforward.Today on iGaming Daily, Charlie Horner, SBC’s Media Manager, is speaking to Marko Heino, Founder and CEO of Framme, a platform that offers automated VIP gifting schemes for the igaming industry and helps operators “send gifts your customers and partners actually want”. Additionally, he is also joined by Robin Becker, Head of Marketing at Hub88, and Sonja Itäinen, an igaming professional and partner of Framme.During the show, the group discuss why VIP gifting is so important, what impact an effective gifting scheme can have for an igaming company’s operations and how operators can implement VIP gifting more systematically. They also talk about how Framme curates its range of gifts and what some of these gifts are that are available.Finally, they consider what the future looks like for VIP hosting and gifting and what trends operators should be aware of when planning their VIP strategy.Host: Charlie HornerGuests: Marko Heino, Robin Becker, Sonja ItainenProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02gLC5L0 or go to Optimove.com/sbc to get your first month free when buying the industry's leading customer-loyalty service. 

Last week, Evoke reported its “first quarter of year-on-year growth since Q1 2022”, marking the gambling group’s first period of sustained growth since its £2bn acquisition of William Hill. Management highlighted a 3% increase in corporate revenues, driven by double-digit growth in the core markets of Denmark, Italy and Spain.On today’s episode of iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove, Ted Menmuir, SBC’s Content Director, was joined by the Editor of CasinoBeats, Joe Streeter, to talk about Evoke’s turnaround in Q3 throughout its core markets. Despite the positive results, Evoke’s performance was weighed down by clear disparities in the UK, as online casino growth was hampered by declining sports betting results and continued retail declines.The duo discuss some of the reasons for the disparity in the UK, if Evoke is fixing its William Hill affairs and how exposed it will be to any potential changes to the UK gambling’s tax during the upcoming budget.To read more about what was discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- https://sbcnews.co.uk/featurednews/2024/10/18/evoke-bets-on-core-market-growth-against-uk-drags/Host: Ted MenmuirGuests: Joe StreeterProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02gLC5L0 or go to Optimove.com/sbc to get your first month free when buying the industry's leading customer-loyalty service. 

Yesterday (17 October), Entain posted a positive Q3 trading statement, in which the FTSE100 gambling group cited confidence in achieving the year one objectives of its corporate reorganisation and new CEO Gavin Issacs reaffirmed the view that Entain should be viewed as a “highly attractive business”.And this will be the topic for the latest episode of iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove. Host Martyn Elliott, SBC’s Project Director, is joined by Ted Menmuir, SBC’s Content Director, and Conor Porter, Senior Journalist for CasinoBeats, to delve deeper into the results.The trio discuss how the group turned the corner in the UK, and if further growth could be hampered by potential tax hikes, whether its BetMGM joint venture is reaching a critical period and why Entian has such a positive position in Brazil ahead of the federal launch of the regulated gaming market in the country.Finally, to end the episode, they consider what is next for Entain in the final quarter of the year and try to decide if the company has had a good or bad 2024. To read more about what was discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- https://casinobeats.com/2024/10/17/entain-q3-2024-uk-possible-tax-increase/- https://sbcnews.co.uk/featurednews/2024/10/17/entain-q3-gavin-ceo/Host: Martyn ElliottGuests: Ted Menmuir & Conor PorterProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02gLC5L0 or go to Optimove.com/sbc to get your first month free when buying the industry's leading customer-loyalty service. 

Jessica Welman, Editor of SBC Americas, is back with Charlie Horner, SBC’s Media Manager, for the latest episode of iGaming Daily supported by Optimove.On the agenda for the duo is sweepstakes gaming, which was the hot topic throughout the recently concluded Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. In the wake of the event, members of the Indian Gaming Association and California Nations Indian Gaming Association appeared on a webinar sounding off on the vertical, equating both sweeps and DFS+ with vampires.The duo discuss what the tribes are accusing sweeps of doing, why DFS 2.0 are being grouped in with sweeps and what course of action the tribes have. They also look at who else is talking about sweeps and what the general consensus is within the industry on the vertical.After a short break, they then switch focus to look at a recent study released by the NCAA that found thousands of college athletes are being subjected to widespread public abuse on social media by “angry sports bettors”.Jess and Charlie delve deeper into the results and ask whether this will finally change the minds of sportsbooks and regulators considering the NCAA’s repeated calls for a nationwide ban on individual prop bets for all college sports. To read more about what was discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- California Tribes Reaching Out to Google About DFS, Sweeps (sbcamericas.com)- Social Media Abuse Deeply Linked To Betting, Finds NCAA (sbcamericas.com)Host: Jessica WelmanGuests: Charlie HornerProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02gLC5L0 or go to Optimove.com/sbc to get your first month free when buying the industry's leading customer-loyalty service.

It’s all about Brazil on today’s episode of iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove. Fernando Noodt, Senior Journalist for SBC Noticias, was joined by Lucía Gando, editor of SBC Noticias, and Isadora Marcante, SBC’s Relationship Manager - Brazil, to discuss the latest updates from Brazil, as the country draws even closer to the opening of its regulated online gaming market.The trio react to the message from President Lula who warned that he will “end” online betting and gaming in the country if the new regulations do not achieve the results expected by the government, which has created “insecurity” amongst operators. They also discuss the extensive list of authorised operators that has been released, the news that the government will try to block over 2,000 unauthorised sites and the ongoing issues in Rio de Janeiro as the Attorney General’s Office has filed a civil lawsuit to prohibit the operation of betting companies licensed by the state’s regulator, Loterj, outside of Rio.To end the episode they switch their focus to the latest from Argentina where the government of Mendoza has announced that 25% of what is collected at the provincial level from gambling and betting will be allocated to mental health and addiction programmes. To read more about what was discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- Bloqueio de sites de apostas irregulares começa nesta sexta (sbcnoticias.com)- Alckmin: "se a regulamentação das bets não for boa, proíbe" (sbcnoticias.com)- Presidente Lula fala em "acabar" com apostas se regulamentação não "der resultado" (sbcnoticias.com)- AGU visa restrigir operação da LOTERJ ao estado do RJ (sbcnoticias.com)- Mendoza: 25% of the proceeds from gambling will be invested in Mental Health (sbcnoticias.com)Host: Fernando NoodtGuests: Lucía Gando & Isadora MarcanteProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02gLC5L0 or go to Optimove.com/sbc to get your first month free when buying the industry's leading customer-loyalty service. 

UK gambling faces a cold Autumn as this weekend news broke that reformist think tanks have urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to squeeze sector taxes.All eyes will be on the chancellor on 30 October as she presents Labour’s first budget in 14 years. One think tank has proposed to double tax on ‘higher risk gambling segments’, whilst the other takes the blunt measure of doubling tax on remote gambling from 21% to 42%.And this will be the topic of the latest episode of iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove. Ted Orme-Claye, Editor of Payment Expert, was joined by Ted Menmuir, SBC’s Content Director, and Joe Streeter, Editor of CasinoBeats, to discuss the latest developments in the story.The trio recap the industry's reaction to the news, led by the Betting and Gaming Council, who decried the think tanks as playing “fantasy economics”, as well as consider whether the proposed increase could lead to an “exodus” of operators from the UK.They also preview what they expect to see from Labour’s budget given a rocky first 100 days in charge for Keir Starmer and his party. To read more about what was discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- https://sbcnews.co.uk/featurednews/2024/10/14/reeves-squeeze-remote-tax-uk/- https://casinobeats.com/2024/10/14/bgcs-grainne-hurst-slams-anti-gambling-campaigners-driving-tax-rise-speculation/ Host: Ted Orme-ClayeGuest: Ted Menmuir & Joe StreeterProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out Optimove at https://hubs.la/Q02gLC5L0 or go to Optimove.com/sbc to get your first month free when buying the industry's leading customer-loyalty service.