This is an absolute peach of a TL;DR - we have Kindred Group's Amanda Brewer giving a heads-up about what we will be discussing on the next (RTFM) episode [0:00-07:23], the wonderful Ros Wade and Sharon Singleton from Asia Gaming Brief join us to discuss the explosive recent events in Macau [07:25-10:12], and we close this episode with a tease from Jennifer Gaynor's book 'That (Expletive) Broad: Women Who Broke Barriers in the Casino and Gaming Industry' [10:15-15:22].

In The Gambling Files deeper dive this week, Fintan and Jon go author crazy, with Business Post journalist Aaron Rogan discussing his excellent book Punters: how Paddy Power bet millions and changed gambling forever, and the ebullient Arnold Snyder talks about his final Blackjack book, Radical Blackjack. Arnold talks about some of his techniques to beat the house over the years, and his adventures at the table.

Fintan and Jon go author crazy this week, with Business Post journalist Aaron Rogan discussing his excellent book Punters: how Paddy Power bet millions and changed gambling forever, and the ebullient Arnold Snyder talks about his final Blackjack book, Radical Blackjack. Arnold talks about some of his techniques to beat the house over the years, and his adventures at the table.

Ahhhh, the deeper dive... Fintan and Jon are joined in this week's longer episode by Push Technology's Sean Bowen, discussing the mechanics of data wrangling and the importance of efficiency for operators of all kinds, and Richard Marcus, poacher turned gamekeeper, practitioner of the Dark Arts of table game manipulation and master storyteller. Join us...

Fintan and Jon are joined in this week's TL;DR episode by Push Technology's Sean Bowen, discussing the mechanics of data wrangling and the importance of efficiency for operators of all kinds, and Richard Marcus, poacher turned gamekeeper, practitioner of the Dark Arts of table game manipulation and master storyteller. Join us...

This is it, the big one, RTFM, the deep dive. Fintan and Jon have just the one guest this week, but what a guest - author and journalist Max Frumes discusses his superb book The Caesars Palace Coup: How A Billionaire Brawl Over The Famous Casino Exposed The Power and Greed of Wall Street. As you can see, the book also has an excellent title. Max co-authored the book with Sujeet Indap who unfortunately couldn't join us.

Fintan and Jon have just the one guest this week, but what a guest - author and journalist Max Frumes discusses his superb book The Caesars Palace Coup: How A Billionaire Brawl Over The Famous Casino Exposed The Power and Greed of Wall Street. As you can see, the book also has an excellent title. Max co-authored the book with Sujeet Indap who unfortunately couldn't join us.

Fintan and Jon are joined by Melanie Ellis to discuss licensing requirements for the UK iGaming market, and what it takes to surrender one - and should Ray Winstone be the one requesting it be handed over? [00:00-38:12]

Our second guest this week is Sarah Ramanauskas of Gambling Integrity, who discusses the failures of the UK industry's last public campaign slogan, and the hopes for the new one, and much more. [38:13]

Fintan and Jon are joined by Melanie Ellis to discuss licensing requirements for the UK iGaming market, and what it takes to surrender one - and should Ray Winstone be the one requesting it be handed over?

Our second guest this week is Sarah Ramanauskas of Gambling Integrity, who discusses the failures of the UK industry's last public campaign slogan, and the hopes for the new one, and much more.

Fintan and Jon welcome back superstar experts Sharon Singleton and Ros Wade of AGBrief, discussing events in Goa and looking at some of the issues going on in Australia in light of recent news. Ory Weihs joins the circus to talk about his successes at XLMedia and the nuts and bolts of an IPO.