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A busy morning saw markets updated with the respective full-year 2023 results of gambling giants Flutter Entertainment and 888 Holdings.Flutter's revenue is going from strength to strength across most of its markets following a business transformation in 2023. Yet Flutter’s stellar metrics are dragged by corporate losses of $1.2bn. Meanwhile, 888 is now undergoing a proposed rebrand to become Evoke, as part of its Value Creation plan, as revenue for the operator improved driven by a shift away from dot com markets.Once more, 888 posts consecutive year losses of £56m – as all eyes turn to how new CEO, Per Widerström, will turn around corporate performance and value.Joining CasinoBeats Senior Editor, Conor Porter, to discuss the above, is CasinoBeats Editor, Joe Streeter, and Ted Menmuir, Content Director at SBC News.To read more on the topics discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- https://casinobeats.com/2024/03/26/flutter-entertainment-full-year-2023/- https://sbcnews.co.uk/sportsbook/2024/03/26/flutter-fy2023-transform/Host: Conor PorterGuests: Joe Streeter & Ted MenmuirProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

iGaming Daily welcomes back Martyn Elliott fresh from a trip to Romania and Ceaușescu's Palace of the Parliament, and after visiting one of the great structure's from one of the most notorious Communist head's of state, Martyn chairs a relevant discussion on gambling surveillance.The subject of the surveillance of gambling operators and their customer activities has crept-up once more on European gambling’s regulatory agenda. And with talk of covert agents in the Netherlands and 'centralised' control of gambling in Spain, Sweden and Germany, Martyn welcomes Ted Menmuir to iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, to discuss Big Brother's growing influence on the European industry. To read more on the topic discussed in today's episode, click on the following link:- https://sbcnews.co.uk/europe/2024/03/21/jansen-doubles-down-on-covert-ksa-agents-idea-to-better-monitor-online-operators/Host: Martyn ElliottGuest: Ted MenmuirProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

Joe Streeter returns to the hosts chair once again on the iGaming Daily podcast, sponsored by Optimove, as he welcomes Payment Expert & InsiderSport's Ted Orme-Claye and Kieran O'Conner, to discuss the buzz from this week's Pay360 conference in London, and what the payments industry are discussing. The guys also speak about Nottingham Forest's recent points deduction, the new PSR (Profit & Sustainability Rules) for the Premier League, as well as the impact this deduction & subsequent appeal will have on trading rooms with the relegation odds in flux. Remember to check out our partners 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.Host: Joe StreeterGuest: Ted Orme-Claye, Kieran O'ConnerProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James Ross

Jessica Welman welcomes Charlie Horner back to iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, to discuss iGaming's impact on land-based casinos, a debate from ten years ago that has recently raged back to life with a wide range of studies telling us a wide range of stories about iGaming’s cannibalization. With even labor unions inserting themselves into the debate, who is right and who is wrong? Join Jess & Charlie to help you work that out. Remember to check out our partners 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.Host: Jessica WelmanGuest: Charlie HornerProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James Ross

After the sun and champagne of Rio, the Noticias team return to the daily grind to update the latest news happening around Latin America on today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove. In the latest episode, Fernando Noodt and Isadora Marcante provide updates in Chile regarding iGaming and sports betting regulations and Brazil's match fixing investigation in sports betting update.  Then, in the second half of the show, Payment Expert & Insider Sport's Editor, Ted Orme-Claye, dials in live from London to talk about his experience at Pay360 at the Excel Centre in London. Read more on today's talking points;Chile’s latest developments at the Finance Commission: https://sbcnoticias.com/juego-online-chile-accj-comision-hacienda/CBF-SIGA join forces for integrity: https://sbcnoticias.com/br/cbf-siga-integridade-esportiva-acordo/Romário pushes for creation of sports betting CPI: https://sbcnoticias.com/br/cpi-apostas-esportivas-definicao-membros/Interview with BetGoals CEO Bogdan Andries: https://sbcnoticias.com/br/betgoals-ceo-bogdan-andries-entrevista/Remember to check out our partners 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.Host: Fernando NoodtGuest: Isadora Marcante, Ted Orme-ClayeProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James Ross

The Middle East is one of the few unexplored frontiers when it comes to the gaming industry, but what are the prospects for industry growth in the region? Host Conor Porter is joined by his CasinoBeats & SlotBeats colleagues Joe Streeter and Danny Lee, dig into this topic on today's episode of iGaming Daily sponsored by Optimove, and put the spotlight on the Middle East and in particular the UAE, after Bill Hornbuckle, MGM Resorts CEO and President, discussed the region at length at the J.P. Morgan Gaming, Lodging, Restaurant & Leisure Management Access Forum.In the second half of the podcast, the guys discuss some recent big news at Entain around their legal challenge against Sports Entertainment Media BV and related parties involved in valuing its Netherlands subsidiary, BetCity.nl., before discussing themed slots in light of St. Patrick's Day in a Slots round-up. Host: Conor PorterGuest: Joe Streeter, Danny LeeProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.Register for SBC Digital Innovation - Sportsbook Tech: https://sbcevents.com/news/digital-innovation-sportsbook-tech-day/And read more on today's talking points:https://casinobeats.com/2024/03/19/entain-betcity-value-below-initial-deal/https://casinobeats.com/2024/03/18/mgm-resorts-ceo-confident-in-gaming-growth-for-abu-dhabi-and-dubai/https://slotbeats.com/featured/light-wonder-lauds-landmark-release-with-squid-game-one-lucky-day/

Following on from last week's Cheltenham Festival, the iGaming Daily podcast, sponsored by Optimove, go through the talking points from another newsworthy week at the biggest race meeting over the fences on the British calendar. Joe Streeter hosts SBC News Editor Ted Menmuir and Senior Journalist Viktor Kayed to discuss what we learned in Gloucestershire last week, including where the interest levels are for racing in the UK, what we can read into attendances being down this year, some big wins for Sir Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp, and some industry reaction from the festival. In the second half of the podcast, attention turns towards Westminster as Parliament debated gambling advertising in sport while the festival was rolling on. Host: Joe StreeterGuest: Ted Menmuir, Viktor KayedProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

Latin American gambling markets are growing. In fact, the region is expected to grow a CAGR of roughly 18% until 2028, according to ResearchAndMarkets.com. Countries such as Brazil, which is finalising its regulation of sports betting and online games, Chile, which is preparing to vote on the bill that regulates the market, and Colombia, the pioneer of the online gambling industry in the region when legalised and regulated the market in 2016, are just a few examples of the iGaming industry in Latin America. So, on today’s podcast, Isadora Marcante of SBC Noticias, will discuss all things Latin America with Jack Smith, Senior Sales Director at Sportingtech.Host: Isadora MarcanteGuest: Jack SmithProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

With it being Problem Gambling Awareness Month in the US, today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, takes a closer look at some of the challenges the industry are facing surrounding problem gambling. And joining SBC Americas Editor, Jessica Welman, to discuss his recent LinkedIn Newsletter, titled 'The Problem with Problem Gambling', is Jonathan Michaels, Principle, Michaels Strategies. In his LinkedIn Newsletter, Michaels explained that mainstream media, while shining a light on said challenges, they 'missed a key opportunity' to help those who struggle with gambling addiction, with none focusing on what or how problematic behaviour is identified. To read more of Michaels's newsletter, click on the following link:- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/problem-gambling-jonathan-michaels-arjpe/?trackingId=hlFjlz4IQmyyDvMl6S3i7w%3D%3DHost: Jessica WelmanGuest: Jonathan MichaelsProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

iGaming Daily's resident SEO expert, Ivana Flynn, is back for another fascinating episode of her SEO specials, bringing you expert discussion on the biggest topics surrounding Google and search engine optimisation impacting not only the industry, but businesses and SEOs around the world.In today's episode, iGaming SEO expert, Ivana Flynn, once again takes the reigns of the iGaming Daily podcast, sponsored by Optimove, as she discusses how SEO and PR work in tandem to ensure that the PR and SEO activites maximise the efforts. Joining Ivana to talk through all of the above is Liga Tarasova, Editor in Chief at Online gamblers.com & Milica Kuzmanović, Global Offsite SEO Lead, Betsson Group. Host: Ivana FlynnGuests: Liga Tarasova & Milica KuzmanovićProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.