When gaming meets gambling: a whole new world of variables

I’ve spent a lot of time working with startups in the eSports industry over the last few years, as it has grown from a peculiar novelty to a major standalone industry attracting hundreds of millions of dollars in investment and ...

Bruce Elliott makes waves in Macau with eSports predictions

At the end of last month, the great and the good of Asian online gaming met in Macau for the iGaming Asia Congress. One of the presentations that was extremely well received was our very own Bruce Elliott’s presentation on the ...

Gaming compliance: a good MLRO makes you as snug as a pug in a rug

There was once a time when a gaming entity’s Operations Manager was the top dog when the regulator came to visit. The Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), by contrast, was only really called upon in times of crisis. In recent ...

The new route to fame and fortune

I met a genuine celebrity last week. In 1998 he was a World Champion in his sport, the star player of a team that made history by being the first team in his emerging sport to gain major corporate sponsorship. Can you guess who it was?...

The next big eGaming opportunity: eWhat?

Berlin, the home of the upcoming EiG (European iGaming Conference), is a major tech hotspot, boasting a close knit start-up culture reminiscent of Silicon Valley back in the late 1990s, when eGaming got its start. Berlin was the recent ...