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Ep. 160: Building the Gambling as a service platform w/ Sebastian Lewis from Plucky

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Ep. 160 features Sebastian from Plucky, which is pioneering "gambling as a service," enabling brands with an audience to offer real money gaming without getting involved in regulation. This episode was recorded on-site at the NEXT Summit New York in March 2025.

 

Hear him discuss: 

  • Winning the Starties award for Best Collaboration after partnering with Genius Sports to monetize free-to-play games
  • The deal with The Sun, monetizing half a million UK fantasy players through Plucky’s platform
  • His journey from a high school dropout to building and exiting multiple tech startups
  • How Plucky integrates regulated real money gaming seamlessly into fantasy and live environments
  • Plans to expand into Ireland, Australia, South Africa, and explore the U.S. market as a game of skill provider
  • The innovative live environment partnership with Sixes Cricket, allowing friends to bet while playing in a bar
  • The importance of lifetime value and building stickiness in Plucky’s business model
  • Why he believes in prioritizing distribution over product in the early stages of a startup
  • His strategy for handing off leadership when Plucky scales beyond the initial growth stage
  • His long-term vision of making Plucky a verb synonymous with engaging audiences in real money gaming environments
  • How he sees massive potential in blending real money gaming with live sports environments in the future

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    Catch the video version of this episode here.

     

    Learn more 👇

    ➡️ Plucky website 

    ➡️ Sebastian Lewis on Linkedin

     

     

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