Episode 76. Africa: What opportunities and challenges await Gambling businesses
The GamblingCompliance Podcast
Release Date: 08/22/2023
Episode 81. What is the Future of Online Gambling in Sweden
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In this episode, we focus on the Swedish gambling market as we interview Gustaf Hofstede, the secretary general of BOS, the Swedish trade association for online gambling. Gustaf discusses plans to hike taxes in Sweden, how supplier licensing has worked so far and where the Nordic neighbour Finland looks to Sweden as an example as it moves to open its online gambling market.
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Episode 80. How Can Gambling Businesses Manage Cyber Security?
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The takeaway from the recent cyberattacks against MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment is that no internal control systems are one hundred per cent secure. Andrew Ginter serves as Waterfall Security Solutions vice president of industrial security. In his role with the Israeli-based company, he evangelises a technology approach to cyber security for industrial control networks and critical network infrastructure. Ginter recently joined with U.S. editor Chris Sieroty to discuss the fallout from the attacks on MGM and Caesars and how companies can better secure their critical...
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Episode 79. Can Open Banking Solve the Financial Checks Conundrum?
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Financial risk checks or affordability sit at the top of the regulatory agenda in the UK and for a watching world. The country is considering how to implement a new requirement for operators to assess the spending power of their customers. In this episode, Vixio's associate Editor, Harrison Sayers, interviews Tom Farrell, the CMO of open banking provider ClearStake. They spoke about the challenges posed by the existing regime of financial risk checks and the role open banking will play in the supposedly frictionless future.
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Episode 78. Sports Betting in Brazil: What's next for the potential multi-billion dollar market?
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The attempt to legalise sports betting in Brazil has been a lenghtly stop-start saga stretching back more than four years. However, 2023 has finally seen an explosion of activity that's moved the nation closer than ever to a fully regulated online gambling market. In this episode, Vixio Chief Analyst James Kilsby discusses the complex trials and tribulations of the past few months. As well as looking into where things go for a market that Vixio estimates will be worth over $ 3.8 billion within the next five years.
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Episode 77. UK White Paper: Defining the Future
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A wave of consultations published this summer has revealed how the UK's regulator and government intend to re-write the rules for gambling businesses in Britain. Many stakeholders are making their voices heard in this pivotal period of gambling. This podcast episode is the full audio recording from a recent Vixio GamblingCompliance webinar, which took place on September 15, 2023. Vixio brought together leading experts with the key decision-makers behind the consultations to discuss the impending new era of UK gambling regulation. This episode feature speakers from the Department for Digital,...
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Episode 76. Africa: What opportunities and challenges await Gambling businesses
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Gambling companies looking for new markets to explore are increasingly turning to the continent of Africa for new opportunities. But while in many countries regulations are developing, there are also plenty of established markets with well-developed gambling ecosystems. VIXIO's associate Editor Harrison Sayers sat down with his colleague and fellow Africa expert senior legal analyst Zack Birnbaum, to give us a flavour of the most pressing issues for gambling regulation across Africa.
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Episode 75. What does the future hold for Online Gambling across The Netherlands?
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Ever since it fully opened its doors in 2019, the Dutch online gambling market has been characterised by rapid changes in regulations. Driven in part by ill political winds that are proving hard to disperse, the latest round of changes to the market has seen a ban on many types of gambling advertising. And there is more to come, with promised changes to duty of care and much more on the horizon. In this episode of the VIXIO GamblingCompliance podcast, Justin Franzen, a partner at law firm Kalff Katz and Franzen, breaks down what's in store for one of Europe's major markets.
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Episode 74. Scandal in the Philippines
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The Philippines remains the epicentre of Asian online gambling, with a tortured history of offshore allegations and a sometimes toxic intertwining with regional politics. In this episode, VIXIO's contributing editor for Asia, Martin Williams, discusses recent dramatic developments across the Philippines, such as the advent of an inward-facing online gambling market and raids on offshore-facing operators that freed thousands of workers being kept in slavery.
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Episodes 73. Market Outlook: The Global Sports Betting Opportunity
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The ongoing expansion of locally regulated markets continues to gather pace, opening up new opportunities for sports betting. This podcast is the audio recording of a session conducted as part of the Festival of Sports Book hosted by Kambi and moderated by Oliver Lamb, Kambi's SVP of Risk & Compliance. It features insight from VIXIO's Danny Stone and Joe Ewens. The trio analyses key markets to watch out for and map long-term global growth prospects.
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Episode 72: UK White Paper: The End of the Beginning
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After more than two years of delays and debates, the UK government has released its white paper on gambling regulatory reform, firing the starting gun on a pivotal 12 months for the country’s gambling industry. Almost every significant proposed change, from online stake limits to affordability checks, is subject to rapidly approaching consultations, defining the compliance landscape in the world’s largest regulated online gambling jurisdiction for years. This podcast episode is the full audio recording from a recent VIXIO GamblingCompliance webinar. In this recording, VIXIO brought...
info_outlineGambling companies looking for new markets to explore are increasingly turning to the continent of Africa for new opportunities. But while in many countries regulations are developing, there are also plenty of established markets with well-developed gambling ecosystems.
VIXIO's associate Editor Harrison Sayers sat down with his colleague and fellow Africa expert senior legal analyst Zack Birnbaum, to give us a flavour of the most pressing issues for gambling regulation across Africa.