In this episode, Karolina talked with Dermot Smurfit, CEO of Gan Limited, about the beginnings of the GAN journey, challenges in developing multiplayer skill games and the pillars of their expansion strategy, to become a leading content distribution platform in the US. We also discuss the reasoning behind the acquisition of Silverback Gaming, the importance of empowering Founders you invest in, the launch of Super RGS, and where Coolbet fits into the bigger picture.

ABOUT DERMOT SMURFIT  

With operations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Tennessee, Indiana, Nevada and California, GAN’s mission to bring America’s casinos online is far from over and leverages the enterprise technology system developed by GAN in Europe since 2002, as well as the digital user acquisition marketing and retention know-how within GAN Digital, the multi-client agency owned by GAN in Tel Aviv, Israel, which provides Marketing Services to American clients. Dermot is a corporate attorney by background and education and leads approximately five hundred people worldwide with engineering groups in London, Tallinn and Bulgaria, supported by technology operations in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dermot took GAN public on the NASDAQ stock exchange in May 2020 (NASDAQ: GAN) raising $167M in expansion capital in order to cement GAN’s market position as a leading player in the fast-growing U.S. Internet gambling market.

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