Deep Dive

It’s a candidate’s game: iGaming recruitment

Employment trends are finally on a backpedal, as iGaming needs surge, and people strive to get to the next level. But this movement, in particular working from home, has changed how the paradigm works. Now employees are demanding more, and getting it, at iGaming explosively expands across both regulated and……markets.

Cybersecurity: making the pre-emptive strike can save millions

May 24, 2023 • 0 Comment

Hackers are getting increasingly more sophisticated and persistent, but some 80 percent of hacks happen through compromised credentials, taking some 250 days to recognize the breach. A first cybersecurity step for operators is conducting a vulnerability and penetration test, to not be another one of the 94 percent of companies that have been hacked.

Esports consumers – young, savvy and with propensity for betting

May 23, 2023 • 0 Comment

There’s huge potential for the gaming industry regarding Esports, which is still nascent despite being a multi-billion-dollar industry, say a panel of experts. Driven mostly by live betting and focusing on an audience with a disposable income and betting propensity, consumers are no longer living in their parent’s basement – but are savvy consumers, with a need to structure marketing campaigns accordingly – particularly based on region.

Asian online gaming: know your market and get teams on the ground

May 19, 2023 • 0 Comment

Asia cannot be regarded as a whole: for developers, aggregators and operators, the focus needs to be on focusing as closely as possible on the target market, learning everything and getting teams in place on the ground, but even so success is not guaranteed.

Convincing players and working with regulators key to cashless

May 18, 2023 • 0 Comment

Bringing players on board to a cashless environment while also ensuring that regulators are able to keep up with the trends will be essential in the role that it plays in gaming. A top panel of experts discusses the strong advantages cashless can play – for both operators and players, in ensuring responsible gaming and sustainable customers – while noting that not every cashless avenue has to be based on an app.

PH Senator Sherwin Gatchalian: time to end all POGOs [podcast]

May 12, 2023 • 0 Comment

The end of all POGOs. That’s the objective of Philippine Senator Sherwin Gatchalian. Speaking to AGB, the official says that just ending POGOs is not enough to restore the country’s reputation, also calling for a complete restructuring of the regulatory body – confining PAGCOR to only be an operator, while setting up a new regulator – the opposite of PAGCOR’s current divestment plans.

The Philippines market is perfect to test for success, slots aren’t going away

May 9, 2023 • 0 Comment

There is only more room to grow for slots within the Asian marketplace, with the Philippines being a great testing ground, as up to 60 percent of GGR comes from the segment. In a panel filled with insights from Aristocrat, IGT and Light & Wonder, counterpointed with Okada Manila’s perspective, industry veterans discuss the advantages, changes, and different development needs, while looking at how much innovation is actually possible within the space.

Philippines eyeing $10 billion in GGR, competition driving revival

May 8, 2023 • 0 Comment

Philippines gaming industry could generate up to $10 billion in GGR in the future, according to some estimates. In a special panel at ASEAN 2023, operators and advisors indicate the strong competition is leading the industry to constantly improve and what they expect to see throughout this year and moving forward, as 2019 levels are already on the horizon.

All eyes on Thailand – the next big gaming destination: Daniel Cheng

May 4, 2023 • 0 Comment

Thailand is moving at lightspeed in paving the way for integrated resorts in the country. Senior Gaming Executive Daniel Cheng breaks down where the IRs could be located, what scale of investment tranches are available, bipartisan support, likely rules for locals and the country’s main objective of ensuring its tourism destination dominance in the region.

AI skewed in punters’ favor, regulation key for indominable tech: experts

May 3, 2023 • 0 Comment

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently exerting, and will exert even more, a profound impact on gaming – with the advantages currently weighted towards punters. Experts Frank Schuengel and Harmen Brenninkmeijer outline how operators need to lead the way in educating punters, while regulators scramble to establish the right rules to ensure fairness.