iGaming Daily

In today's episode Host Charlie Horner is joined by Editor-at-Large Ted Menmuir as the pair explore the controversial topic of affordability checks in the UK gambling industry, examining regulatory challenges, industry reactions, and potential impacts on consumer behaviour and black market activity.

Key topics

• Regulatory challenges of affordability checks
• Industry reactions and concerns
• Potential impact on black market activity

Host: Charlie Horner
Guest: Ted Menmuir
Producer: Anaya McDonald
Editor: Anaya McDonald

Learn how Optimove’s Positionless Marketing is changing how iGaming teams operate. Discover how operators are using Optimove’s Positionless Marketing Platform to launch personalised CRM campaigns, dynamically change casino lobbies and bet slips, and create engaging gamified experiences. Learn more at optimove.com.

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In today's episode of iGaming Daily Host Charlie Horner is joined by Canadian Gaming Business Editor Tom Nightingale as the duo provides an in-depth preview of SBC Summit Canada, focusing on the upcoming Alberta iGaming launch, regulatory nuances, advertising debates, and the impact of the World Cup on Canadian gambling. Industry experts discuss market opportunities, regulatory challenges, and strategic insights for stakeholders.

Host: Charlie Horner
Guest: Tom Nightingale
Producer: Anaya McDonald
Editor: Anaya McDonald

Learn how Optimove’s Positionless Marketing is changing how iGaming teams operate. Discover how operators are using Optimove’s Positionless Marketing Platform to launch personalised CRM campaigns, dynamically change casino lobbies and bet slips, and create engaging gamified experiences. Learn more at optimove.com.

Finally, remember 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. 

In today's episode of iGaming Daily, host Fernando Noodt is joined by SBC Editor-at-Large Ted Menmuir and SBC Americas Senior Journalist Justin Byers as the trio discuss the sudden departure of FanDuel CEO Amy Howe and Flutter Entertainment's strategic "revitalisation project" following their Q1 results.

Tune in to find out:

• The leadership shakeup at FanDuel: The details surrounding Amy Howe’s exit after a five-year tenure and the internal promotion of Christian Genetski to the CEO role.  
• The "revitalization" of the US sportsbook: Why Flutter leadership is prioritizing a re-engineering of the FanDuel product to address soft liabilities and improve user engagement.  
• Global Q1 performance and guidance: Insight into Flutter’s re-forecasted end-of-year revenue targets of $18.5 billion and the impact of new UK tax regulations.  
• International expansion hurdles: An analysis of Flutter’s major investments in Italy with Sisal (SNI) and the challenges of the evolving regulatory framework in Brazil.  
• The prediction market race: How FanDuel aims to compete with rivals like DraftKings and Fanatics by investing nearly $300 million into its "one-app" prediction market product.  

Host: Fernando Noodt
Guests: Justin Byers & Ted Menmuir
Producer: Anaya McDonald
Editor: Anaya McDonald

Learn how Optimove’s Positionless Marketing is changing how iGaming teams operate. Discover how operators are using Optimove’s Positionless Marketing Platform to launch personalised CRM campaigns, dynamically change casino lobbies and bet slips, and create engaging gamified experiences. Learn more at optimove.com.

Finally, remember 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. 

In today's episode of iGaming Daily, Editor of iGaming Expert and Host Joe Streeter is joined by Leo Judkins, Founder of iGaming Leaders, and Tom Galanis, CEO of TAG Media, as the trio discuss the mental health challenges, strategic pressures, and emotional weight behind making high-stakes decisions in the fast-paced iGaming industry. 

Tune in to today's episode to find out:

• The emotional toll of leadership: Leo Judkins recounts the "existential" difficulty of resigning from a stable career to start his own business and the heavy personal cost of managing large-scale redundancies.
• Balancing data and gut instinct: Tom Galanis explains why data is rarely 100% conclusive and how leaders must rely on "guttural instinct" and pattern recognition to execute tough choices.
• The importance of strategic "stepping back": Why "shower thoughts" and physical activities like walking a dog are essential tools to combat the constant firefighting of the iGaming event cycle.
• Managing "Imposter Syndrome" and authenticity: How embracing vulnerability and being the same person in the boardroom as you are at the bar can lead to better leadership outcomes.
• Navigating market volatility: Insights into recent difficult decisions, such as divesting from UK affiliate assets due to changing market conditions and regulatory shifts.

Host: Joe Streeter
Guests: Leo Judkins & Tom Galanis
Producer: Anaya McDonald
Editor: Anaya McDonald

Learn how Optimove’s Positionless Marketing is changing how iGaming teams operate. Discover how operators are using Optimove’s Positionless Marketing Platform to launch personalised CRM campaigns, dynamically change casino lobbies and bet slips, and create engaging gamified experiences. Learn more at optimove.com.

Finally, remember 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. 

In today's episode of iGaming Daily, Host Fernando Noodt is joined by SBC Editor-at-Large Ted Menmuir and SBC News Business Journalist Patrick Killeen as the trio discuss the precarious financial standing of Evoke PLC following the long-overdue disclosure of its 2025 full-year results and the potential "do or die" acquisition by Bally's.

Tune in to today's episode to find out:

• The Reality of the Numbers: While leadership points to 2% growth in annual income reaching £1.7 billion, analysts view this as a real-term decline when measured against UK inflation.
• Debt and Deficits: Evoke is currently anchored by a massive £550 million corporate loss and a £2 billion debt pile that consumes nearly all cash generation through high interest repayments.
• A Potential Lifeline: Bally’s and Intralot have emerged with a potential 50p per share offer valuing the company at £225 million, though current low share prices suggest a lack of market confidence in the deal.
• Operational Struggles: Despite cost-cutting measures such as closing approximately 270 retail shops, the business faces increasing pressure from an upcoming 40% RGT tax in the UK.
• Strategic Outlook: Growth in the international unit, specifically in Romania and Spain, serves as the primary positive narrative as the board explores whether the business can survive as a combined entity or must be broken up.

Host: Fernando Noodt
Guests: Ted Menmuir & Patrick Killeen
Producer: Anaya McDonald
Editor: Anaya McDonald

Learn how Optimove’s Positionless Marketing is changing how iGaming teams operate. Discover how operators are using Optimove’s Positionless Marketing Platform to launch personalised CRM campaigns, dynamically change casino lobbies and bet slips, and create engaging gamified experiences. Learn more at optimove.com.

Finally, remember 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. 

In today's episode of iGaming Daily, SEO expert Ivana Flynn is joined by Andrew McGarry, Head of SEO at PowerPlay, as the duo discuss the commercial power of SEO forecasting and how to align technical strategy with business growth to secure executive buy-in.   

Tune in to today's episode to find out:

• Bridging the Gap: Why SEOs often fail to show their value to C-suite executives and how to speak their language.  
• The Bucket Theory: Understanding why technical and content efforts are wasted if your site's "bucket" has structural holes.  
• Forecasting Growth: How to use historical data trends to map out FTD (First Time Deposit) uplifts instead of just tracking traffic.  
• World Cup Strategy: Choosing your "attack angle" to compete with media giants for high-intent sporting traffic.  
• The Death of "Good Enough": Why AI-generated vanilla content is being de-indexed and how original expertise is the only way to survive Google’s quality bar.  

Host: Ivana Flynn
Guest: Andrew McGarry
Producer: Anaya McDonald
Editor: Anaya McDonald

Learn how Optimove’s Positionless Marketing is changing how iGaming teams operate. Discover how operators are using Optimove’s Positionless Marketing Platform to launch personalised CRM campaigns, dynamically change casino lobbies and bet slips, and create engaging gamified experiences. Learn more at optimove.com.

Finally, remember 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. 

In today's episode of iGaming Daily, SBC Media Director Martyn Elliott takes hosting duties on the floor at SBC Summit in Malta joined by iGaming Expert Editor Joe Streeter and SBC Editor-at-Large Ted Menmuir as the trio discuss the major highlights from the summit floor, including the evolving threats of AI-driven fraud and the urgent regulatory challenges currently facing European markets.

Tune in to today's episode to find out:

• AI and Fraud Evolution: How artificial intelligence is making fraud tools more accessible and allowing dangerous bots to target operators at a massive scale.
• Taxation Trends: The industry’s growing concern over a taxation contagion in the UK and Netherlands and how these political decisions might impact other European markets.
• The Estonia Anomaly: Why Estonia decided to investigate cutting gambling taxes to boost their economy and position themselves as a regional hub.
• The Black Market Threat: Why the frictionless experience offered by unlicensed operators involving zero KYC checks is drawing players away from regulated sites.
• Cross-Border Solutions: The potential for EU-wide cooperation to implement transcontinental payment blocking and unified enforcement against criminal gambling rings.

Host: Martyn Elliot
Guests: Ted Menmuir & Joe Streeter
Producer: Anaya McDonald
Editor: Anaya McDonald

Learn how Optimove’s Positionless Marketing is changing how iGaming teams operate. Discover how operators are using Optimove’s Positionless Marketing Platform to launch personalised CRM campaigns, dynamically change casino lobbies and bet slips, and create engaging gamified experiences. Learn more at optimove.com.

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In today's episode of iGaming Daily, host Charlie Horner is joined by SBC News Editor Ted Orme-Claye and Adelaide Lopez, Partner at Wiggin LLP, a lawyer who specialises in complex data protection, media, intellectual property disputes, and all facets of commercial litigation, and Patrick Rennie, Partner at Wiggin LLP, who is a highly experienced data protection expert with specialist knowledge across the Film & TV, Interactive Entertainment and Betting & Gaming sectors, as the trio discuss Skybet’s successful appeal of a landmark 2025 High Court ruling regarding player consent and direct marketing for problem gamblers.  

Tune in to today’s episode to find out:

• How the Court of Appeal overturned a ruling that previously required operators to "read a player's mind" regarding their state of mental health during consent.  
• Why the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) intervened in the case to address concerns over the legal definition of consent.  
• What this "back to basics" verdict means for the future of objective consent tests under UK GDPR.  
• The impact this decision has on the commercial freedom of online operators and the autonomy of individual consumers.  
• Best practices for operators to balance effective marketing campaigns with robust safer gambling monitoring. 

Host: Charlie Horner
Guests: Ted Orme-Claye, Patrick Rennie & Adelaide Lopez
Producer: Anaya McDonald
Editor: Anaya McDonald

Learn how Optimove’s Positionless Marketing is changing how iGaming teams operate. Discover how operators are using Optimove’s Positionless Marketing Platform to launch personalised CRM campaigns, dynamically change casino lobbies and bet slips, and create engaging gamified experiences. Learn more at optimove.com.

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Entain has taken another hit after Eminence Capital, its third-largest shareholder, announced it will be winding down and returning capital to investors.

In today’s episode of iGaming Daily, Charlie Horner is joined by Ted Orme-Claye and Patrick Killeen to break down what this means for Entain, its share price, and wider investor confidence in the global gambling sector.

The discussion explores:
Who Eminence Capital is and why its exit matters
Why Entain’s share price reacted to the news
The history between Eminence and Entain
How wider gambling stocks have performed in 2026
Why investor confidence has been shaken across the sector
The impact of regulation, tax rises and prediction markets
Whether there are still reasons to be positive for operators

With Entain, Flutter, DraftKings and other gambling stocks facing pressure, this episode asks whether the sector is entering a tougher investment era, or simply adjusting to a new reality.

Host: Charlie Horner
Guests: Ted Orme-Claye & Patrick Killeen

Learn how Optimove’s Positionless Marketing is changing how iGaming teams operate. Discover how operators are using Optimove’s Positionless Marketing Platform to launch personalised CRM campaigns, dynamically change casino lobbies and bet slips, and create engaging gamified experiences. Learn more at optimove.com.

Finally, remember 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. 

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Prediction markets have become one of the most disruptive forces in global betting, and Brazil has just drawn a clear line.

In today’s episode of iGaming Daily, Fernando Noodt is joined by Leonardo Biazzi and Ana Maria Menezes to break down Brazil’s move to restrict prediction markets, block platforms and treat event-based derivatives as part of the country’s existing gambling framework.

The discussion explores what this means for major players such as Kalshi and Polymarket, whether Brazil is taking a coordinated regulatory stance, and how this could develop ahead of the country’s presidential election.

In this episode:

•  Why Brazil is cracking down on prediction markets 
•  What the decision means for Kalshi and Polymarket 
•  How event-based derivatives are being treated under Brazilian gambling law 
•  Whether prediction markets will challenge the decision in court 
•  Why Brazil may be missing an opportunity to regulate instead of prohibit 
•  How Lula’s election-year gambling agenda shapes the debate 
•  Whether this is the end of prediction markets in Brazil or just the start of a longer battle 

This is a major moment for Brazil’s betting market and a key test case for how governments may approach prediction markets globally.

Host: Fernando Noodt
Guests: Leonardo Biazzi & Ana Maria Menezes

Learn how Optimove’s Positionless Marketing is changing how iGaming teams operate. Discover how operators are using Optimove’s Positionless Marketing Platform to launch personalised CRM campaigns, dynamically change casino lobbies and bet slips, and create engaging gamified experiences. Learn more at optimove.com.

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