The Gambling Files

Fintan and Jon kick off with discussing the recent rumours about Entain and MGM renewing their will they-won't-they dance, plus they probably talk about some other unconnected stuff [0:00 - 23:53]. Then Jay Sayta, the pie-fingered genius himself, swoops in to bring us up to date on some confusing changes to the gaming laws in India and to hopefully clarify some of the more confusing bits for us [23:54 - 53:01]. Enjoy the episode!

No time stamps on this episode as guest Kate Chambers is with us from the beginning. First off, Jon brings us up to date on what he's actually doing at the moment, which brings us nicely to Kate joining the conversation to talk about the new resource she has just launched, The Gaming Boardroom (www.thegamingboardroom.com). It's a unique resource combining L&D, news, wider business insight, online and in-person events, reporting and much more. And Jon's part of it as well. So have a listen!

Jon gets proper told off by Fintan, who explains that the term Insect Overlord is not nearly as flattering as he thinks it is [0:00 - 14:45]. Then, our new overlord joins us from his recruitment castle in the shape of Paul Sculpher of GRS-Recruit.com, to talk about his many years in the industry and the hazards of recruitment [14:46 - 1:01:06]. Jon and Fintan chip in with some horror stories of their years of being headhunted (Fintan) and unemployable (the rest of the team).

It's the start of season 2, episode 70 (or episode 1? I really need to work that out), and we kick off with Fintan and Jon talking some rubbish or other. I mean, having a highly-focussed conversation which is probably about gaming but might be in quite an oblique fashion.

Then we welcome the lovely Jesse Learmonth, host of The Betting Startup Podcast, who talks startups, favourites, what's going on for startups right now and all kinds of stuff. We even get into the top five Canadians *ever*. Enjoy the episode!

Finally we reach the end of season 1 with the 69th episode, as our own small tribute to Bill & Ted. It's a big episode, kicking off with Fintan and Jon discussing all sorts of stuff, and Jon revealing he was once interviewed by the police over a serious allegation [0:00 - 32:24]. We then meet our guest, to discuss 2023 predictions with WhiteLabelCasinos.com CEO Phil Pearson, including what will happen to... well, pretty much everything [32:25 - 1:46:14]. It's a wide-ranging conversation, and Jon has kindly left all of Fintan's technical issues in there for your enjoyment.

Fintan and Jon discuss recent BGC comms [0:00 - 7:52], then we get to the good stuff. Brilliant German gambling lawyer Michelle Hembury, of Melchers Law, brings the latest developments from Germany and explains the ramifications [7:53 - 40:50]. It's all solid gold.

You asked, we listened! We've done an even longer intro this episode thanks to public demand. Fintan and Jon discuss New Year's resolutions (well, Fintan does), then get in to talking Ohio, and potential game changers in the state. Or not [0:00 - 43:17]. Then we're joined by the excellent Antti Koivula to bring us up to date on the big recent news from Finland [43:18 - 1:26:04], so this is an episode not to be missed. Happy new year, here's to 2023 not being rubbish!

A twisty-turny episode today... Well, it's not really. It's much more straightforward. No intro, straight into a peach of an episode with Oklahoma State University's Associate Professor of Management, John Holden. Jon and John discuss REITs, how they may in fact be a highly flawed and dangerous path for a business to tread in the long term; John also talks about the fairly recent-ish NYT story about dubious marketing practises of gambling companies onto US university campuses, and we also discuss something Jon may have in fact completely dreamt up. Still no Fintan, but his amateur love of Adult Leisure magazines is also discussed. 54 minutes of pure gold. Enjoy the episode, and see you in 2023!

No Fintan this episode, as he's gadding about, gallivanting and doing things 'dads' do around Christmas. Bah, and humbug. Jon keeps the waffle to a minimum (I KNOW RIGHT) in the intro, [0:00 - 2:51] before introducing Brian Smillie, of 2Mee fame. Brian says the company is experiencing huge growth with a relatively simple offering; it's easy to see how it could resonate with users, not least, as Jon suggests, in an RG context. Ben explains how the talent part works, the potential for building a brand's own comms talent, and much more [2:52 - 35:44].

It's time to talk business, but first Fintan and Jon waffle [0:00 - 6:17] before being joined by this episode's guest, Varun Sudhakar of BetDEX fame. Varun explains the concept and execution of the recently-launched blockchain-based betting exchange [6:18 - 47:28].

This episode was scheduled to go out last week, but Jon had to move his office into his house so it was delayed. Sorry about that.