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We're back on the SEO beat on iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, as Ivana Flynn is back in the host's chair, welcoming a very special guest, Aleyda Solís, SEO Consultant and founder of Orainti. Aleyda is hosting a closed-door SEO workshop at next week's CasinoBeats Summit in Malta, and joins Ivana for a discussion on the Google updates that the whole internet is feeling the effects of. Ivana and Aleyda chat about what's going on with Google, the present and future of AI generated content and how the algorithm updates have taken effect, 'parasite SEO', Google's Gemini AI vs Bing and ChatGPT, and SEO on LinkedIn. Ivana also quizzes Aleyda on the differences between SEO in the gaming industry and other industries.If you want to see Aleyda and Ivana in person, it's not too late! Tickets for CasinoBeats Summit are still available at SBCEvents.comHost: Ivana FlynnGuest: Aleyda SolísProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James Ross Remember to check out our partners 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.

FanDuel was a big winner this week, as the firm reported a successful Q1 that witnessed year-over-year growth but still fell short of Wall Street expectations. And this will be the topic of today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, as SBC Americas Editor, Jessica Welman, is joined once again by Charlie Horner, to look at how FanDuel's increased focus on iGaming could boost the company's revenue. The duo also delve into the affiliate landscape, where a change from Google could jeopardize some of the industry's top partnerships.To find out more about the topic's discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- https://sbcamericas.com/2024/05/14/fanduel-flutter-quarterly-growth/- https://sbcamericas.com/2024/03/07/google-march-2024-spam-policy/Host: Jessica WelmanGuest: Charlie HornerProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

Today's episode of iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove, returns to Latin America, which sees the return of the SBC Noticias team. Joining Fernando Noodt to look at the latest developments in Brazil, which is set to see the completion of its new gambling regulations that have sent the industry into a flurry of excitment, and Argentina's own gambling regulations, is Editor, Lucía Gando and Senior Journalist, Isadora Marcante. The trio talk about the final details of Brazil's portarias and, across the border to the country's neighbours, look closer into Argentina's gambling framework, with regulation into the online gaming space leading to more exporsure for the industry, as well and new issues to tackle and address. To read more on the topics dicussed in today's podcast, click on the following links:- https://sbcnoticias.com/apuestas-argentina-proyecto-ley-cc-ari/- https://sbcnoticias.com/br/congresso-nacional-derruba-vetos-tributo-apostas/- https://sbcnoticias.com/br/ibjr-comunicado-oficial-taxacao-das-apostas-in-2191-2024/Host: Fernando NoodtGuests: Isadora Marcante & Lucía GandoProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

We’re heading to the Balkans in today’s episode of iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove, with Bulgaria witnessing proposals to tighten its gambling regulations in the past month. In April, a new bill to amend the country’s Gambling Act was proposed by Bulgaria’s biggest political party GERB, alongside the Movement for Rights and Freedoms party. The amendments, if approved by the National Assembly, will see a ban on gambling advertisements throughout TV, radio, print and online, as well as all kinds of promotional places on public buildings. And this will be the topic on today’s episode of iGaming Daily, James Ross is joined by Viktor Kayed, Senior Journalist at SBC News and a native Bulgarian! To read more on the topic of today's discussion, click on the following links:- https://sbcnews.co.uk/featurednews/2024/04/30/bulgaria-proposes-ad-ban-social-tax-and-civic-limits-to-gambling-overhaul/- https://sbcnews.co.uk/featurednews/2024/04/25/bulgaria-gambling-ad-ban/- https://sbcnews.co.uk/marketing/2024/04/04/bulgaria-vote-gambling-change/Host: James RossGuest: Viktor KayedProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

The doors of the Meadowlands Center closed on Thursday for this year's SBC Summit North America, the coverage from iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove, wraps up today, as today's episode sees CasinoBeats' Editor, Joe Streeter and Isadora Marcante, Senior Journalist from SBC Noticias, recapped the conference week. While the event focused on the North American market, Isadora opened the show to discuss a panel session on Brazil's potential from a US-perspective. Joe also touched on how the land-based and iGaming sector can work together to avoid cannibalization within the States, as well as his growing understanding of the Tribal scene. The two also discussed on sports leagues can continue to utilise data and partnerships between influencers, sports teams and gambling firms to help drive player engagement. Host: Joe StreeterGuest: Isadora MarcanteProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

On the second, and final, day of the SBC Summit North America 2024 conference, the iGaming Daily team are once again on the conference room floor as SBC Americas Editor, Jessica Welman, welcomes her Senior Journalist, Justin Byers, for his podcast debut. The duo talk about Justin's first experience at an SBC event, as well as what they got up to on the first day, as well as agenda plans for the final day of the conference and panel sessions they're excited to sit in on. Host: Jessica WelmanGuest: Justin ByersProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

The doors have opened for SBC Summit North America, as exhibitors flock to the Meadowlands Exposition Center, New Jersey. Joining SBC Americas' Editor, Jessica Welman, on the conference room floor is CasinoBeats Editor, Joe Streeter and Lucía Mouriño, VP Relationships LatAm at SBC, to discuss what's on the agenda for day one and what the trio were up to prior to the start of SBC Summit North America 2024. Lucía Mouriño also delves into the interest in the recently regulated Brazilian market from US-based firms and the grey market within the region. Host: Jessica WelmanGuests: Joe Streeter & Lucía MouriñoProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

SBC Managing Director Andy McCarron steps in as host on today’s episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, recording live from New York, New York.Andy is joined at Tribeca360 by SBC Americas Editor Jessica Welman and CasinoBeats Editor Joe Streeter at the Player Protection Symposium, on the eve of SBC Summit North America 2024. The three discuss the Symposium, as well as the previous day’s inaugural Capital Markets Forum at the New York Stock Exchange in Freedom Hall.Host: Andy McCarronGuests: Jessica Welman, Joe StreeterProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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 the inaugural episode of Past Posting, from iGaming Daily, SBC's Sue Schneider, VP Growth & Strategy, Americas, makes her podcast hosting debut as she kickstarts her series that delves into names of the past to talk to the veterans and pioneers within the industry, to get a flavours of how things were and how it has evolved. Joining Sue for the first episode, with Mark Blandford, Partner at Burlywood Capital, to discuss how his land-based adventure with Sportingbet, entering the internet space in the early days and the challenges that grew from non regulation to the present day.  Host: Sue SchneiderGuest: Mark BlandfordProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

Returning the iGaming Daily for another episode of Indigenous Voices is Kelli Weaver, VP North America - North America at SBC. Following on from her last episode with Jacob Coin, Executive Advisor to Chairman-San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Kelli welcomes Jamie Hummingbird, Chair for the National Tribal Gaming Commissioners & Regulators, to discuss how technology has been welcomed in the tribal scene and the licensing process tribal regulators go through in comparison to States across North America.  Host: Kelli WeaverGuest: Jamie HummingbirdProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

This week, gambling social media exploded because of all things Skee-Ball. Just about everyone on X, formerly known as Twitter, had a hot take about an announcement from arcade venue Dave & Buster's that it would be working with Lucra to develop a skill game based option in its app for customers to compete on its games with real money on the line. And while people were heating up online, the commentary from Fanatics and DraftKings as it relates to the court case of Mike Hermalyn got even more fiery.These will be the topics on today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, as SBC Americas Editor, Jessica Welman, is once again joined by her partner in crime, SBC's Media Manager, Charlie Horner. To read more on the topics discussed in the latest episode, click on the following links:- https://sbcamericas.com/2024/04/30/hermalyn-draftkings-fanatics-injunction/- https://sbcamericas.com/2024/04/30/dave-busters-lucra-skill-partnership/ Host: Jessica WelmanGuest: Charlie HornerProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

Online casino legislation may have stagnated this year, but the US online casino and lottery industries are anything but passive. The market continues to grow with new entrants coming into states like New Jersey and Michigan, and operators starting to recognise the potential of iLottery in addition to iGaming. On today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, SBC Americas Editor, Jessica Welman, speaks with Greentube's Director of Global Sales and Key Account Management, Markus Antl, about how that market is growing as well as the unavoidable cannibalisation debate and what he sees as the latest developments in North America. Host: Jessica WelmanGuest: Markus AntlProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

Signs of clarity come to the UK gambling space as both the Gambling Commission and Betting and Gaming Council offer a clearer insight into how affordability checks will be applied. Announced this morning, the BGC and UKGC, in tandem, unveiled the establishment of a new voluntary code on customer checks’, which is said to minimise friction of financial checks and improve consistencies in know-your-customer duties. In addition, the UKGC also looks set to implement some, quote on quote, ‘light touch’ affordability checks, with the intention of ‘boosting safety and choice for consumers’This will be the topic of today’s episode of iGaming Daily, supported by Optimove, with me your host, James Ross, am joined by SBC News’ Content Director, Ted Menmuir and CasinoBeats Editor, Joe Streeter. To read more on the topics discussed in today's episode, click on the following links:- https://sbcnews.co.uk/sportsbook/2024/05/01/bgc-launches-interim-code-on-customer-risk-checks/- https://casinobeats.com/2024/05/01/ukgc-to-introduce-light-touch-financial-risk-checks-from-august/Host: James RossGuests: Ted Menmuir & Joe StreeterProducer: James RossEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove welcomes a very special guest in Betsson's Pontus Lindwall, CEO of Betsson AB to the podcast to discuss their promising 2024 Q1 results. Pontus joins Joe Streeter, Editor of CasinoBeats & SlotBeats to discuss a quarter headlined by impressive growth on the iGaming sector. Joe also asks Pontus about Betsson's Francesco Totti-powered launch in Italy, updates in LatAm and particularly Argentina, and how their M&A strategy has furthered their growth.Host: Joe StreeterGuests: Pontus LindwallProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: Anaya McDonaldRemember to check out our partners 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.

The UK Gambling advertising discussion once again reared its head, this time at the House of Lords, and Martyn Elliott returns to the host's chair on iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, complete with a strong lineup of UK gambling industry experts to discuss the debate and debate the discussion. Led by Lord Foster of Bath, reformists at the House of Lords demand that the government explain why the Gambling Review’s White Paper is scant on advertising policies and reforms. Martyn and our two Teds, Ted Menmuir (Content Director & Editor, SBC News) and Ted Orme-Claye (Editor, Payment Expert & Insider Sport), analyse a further round of debates on the future gambling advertising , drawing contrasting opinion and mixed emotions from political stakeholders.Host: Martyn ElliottGuests: Ted Menmuir, Ted Orme-ClayeProducer: Taylor BuckleyEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

We return to Brazil on today's episode of iGaming Daily sponsored by Optimove, as Isadora Marcante, senior journalist at SBC Notícias Brasil hosts Ari Celia, Director of Institutional Relations at Pay4Fun.Ari, a veteran in the Brazilian market, takes us through the past, present and future of payments in Brazil for the industry and beyond, and the issues gaming companies and players have had with payment processing and digital wallets, financial regulation in Brazil and much more. Isa and Ari also discuss the regulation, how this impacts payments and Pay4Fun, how regulation in areas such as payments and marketing will affect the operators, as well as discussing Pay4Fun's current operations, integrations and partnerships. Host: Isadora MarcanteGuests:  Ari CeliaProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: Anaya McDonaldRemember to check out our partners 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.

Jessica Welman returns to the host's chair for today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, joined by SBC Media Manager Charlie Horner to discuss some rampant legal action in the US and Canada. With the courts in Massachusetts and New York all over DraftKings like a cheap suit, Jess and Charlie are back to their strong suit, explaining complex litigation to the masses. With DK facing two class-actions questioning the operator's marketing tactics, who is bringing this legal action, and what is the result likely to be? Plus, the lowdown on PointsBet Canada's lawsuit in involving former NHL players in the second half of the show.Read more on SBC Americas and Canadian Gaming Businesshttps://sbcamericas.com/2024/04/18/draftkings-risk-free-class-action/https://sbcamericas.com/2023/12/11/ma-draftkings-class-action-bonus/https://sbcamericas.com/2024/04/01/draftkings-class-action-venue-change/https://www.canadiangamingbusiness.com/2024/04/19/nhl-alumni-association-suing-pointsbet-canada-for-breach-of-contract/Host: Jessica WelmanGuests:  Charlie HornerProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: Anaya McDonaldRemember to check out our partners 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.

SBC hosted a Digital Innovation - Casino Day last week on April 17th, delving into the online casino space and addressing the major topics currently facing the sector. Representatives from some of the largest companies in the industry participated in the event, sharing their knowledge and insights on the current trajectory of online casinos and the direction it should pursue. On todays episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove. Host Conor Porter, Senior Journalist of CasinoBeats, is joined by Danny Lee, Senior Journalist of SlotBeats, and Martyn Elliott, Project Director of SBC Media, to reflect on some of the topics mentioned on the digital day from slots to technology and gameshows.Host: Conor PorterGuests:  Martyn Elliott & Danny Lee Producer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossTo read more on the topic discussed in today's podcast, click on the following link: https://sbcevents.com/news/digital-innovation-casino/ Remember to check out our partners 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.

Last week, saw  Dutch reformists claim victory as motions to ban 'high risk online casino games' and 'to implement an outright ban on online gambling advertising' won a narrow majority at the Dutch Kamer.Attention turns to Dutch Legal Protection Minister Franc Weerwind, to whether new gambling motions can be determined as a law.Whether ditched or retained, the KOA Act faces unprecedented changes across all legislative components, compelling Dutch operators to navigate a reversal in the framework that initially launched the market in 2021. And this will be the discussion on today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, as SBC's Martyn Elliott, is joined by Content Director, Ted Menmuir and Ted Orme-Claye.  Host: Martyn ElliottGuests: Ted Menmuir Producer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.

Geolocation is an essential tool to have to be an effective and compliant business in the North American online gaming space. Being able to identify where players are located and whether they are indeed within the state lines is crucial to comply with state laws.With Radar, the geolocation platform provider with years of experience servicing varying sectors now offering its services to the US market, todays episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, see's host and Editor of SBC Americas, Jessica Welman joined by CEO of Radar, Nick Patrick to talk all the latest developments in geolocation, and Radars plans having now moved into the iGaming space.To read more on the topic discussed in today's podcast, click on the following link:https://sbcamericas.com/2024/03/21/radar-geolocation-alternative-us/Host: Jessica WelmanGuests: Nick Patrick, CEO of RadarProducer: Anaya McDonaldEditor: James RossRemember to check out our partners 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.