SBC and Sift recently announced an upcoming webinar focused on actionable strategies to combat bonus abuse in the igaming industry. Scheduled for this Thursday, 7 November, 2024, at 14:00 GMT, the session aims to equip operators with the ability to protect legitimate players, meet responsible gambling obligations, and drive revenue growth.

The session will feature a panel of industry experts, including:

• Brittany Allen – Senior Trust & Safety Architect, Sift
• Steven Armstrong – Former MLRO and Founder, FRL Compliance
• Stephanie Trinh – Senior Product Marketing Manager, Sift
• Joe Streeter – Editor, CasinoBeats
• Vladislav Gavilrov – Head of Gaming Fraud, Evoke
• Myriah Abela – Lead Compliance Manager, Betsson

These seasoned professionals will share their insights on crucial topics, including:

• The impact of fraudulent bonus claims on profitability and actionable steps to mitigate risks.
• The importance of a robust fraud prevention framework in upholding responsible gambling standards.
• Best practices for real-time detection and prevention of fraudulent behaviours such as multi-accounting and device-switching.
• Case studies of successful strategies employed by leading businesses to tackle digital fraud in igaming while enhancing player experiences and unlocking new growth opportunities.

This webinar presents a unique opportunity for igaming operators to gain valuable knowledge and strategies to enhance their compliance and anti-fraud measures.

Register now to secure your spot and take the first step towards safeguarding your operations while maximising revenue potential!

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Scheduled for this Thursday, October 24th, at 10:00 AM EST and 4:00 PM CEST, the session will feature industry experts from MediaTroopers, Voluum and Income Access, who will delve into critical topics aimed at enhancing marketing strategies.

Participants can look forward to discussions on:

• Paid Media vs. SEO: Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
• Channel Optimization: Strategies to maximise performance across various platforms.
• AI in Marketing: Exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping marketing efforts.
• Seamless Platform Integration: Best practices for ensuring a cohesive marketing strategy.

By registering for this session, attendees will also gain unrestricted access to the complete webinar, allowing them to revisit the insights shared at their own convenience.

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your marketing efforts and build trust in your campaigns through the power of data.

Register now via the link here

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Yuliya Ivanisova (Head of Strategic Partnerships and Marketing) is joined by Yuliy German (SVP Strategic Initiatives), Meenakshi Lakhanpal (General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer) all of Blazesoft – and our Session Moderator: Joe Streeter (Editor) at CasinoBeats & SlotBeats to walk us through some of the major topics, including:

• Adherence to FTC guidelines on endorsements.
• Disclosing connections with endorsers and influencers.
• Transparently labelling sponsored content.
• Prioritizing data privacy by complying with data protection laws
• Obtaining user consent
• Implementing robust security measures

The panel will also discuss the collaboration with legal counsel, and the need to engage experts in online gaming and social casinos for effective navigation of legal complexities.

Sign up via the link below, this will give you access to the live recording session on Wednesday, and also unlimited access to the on demand video once the session has concluded.

https://www.bigmarker.com/sbc-webinars/Accelerate-your-Customer-Management-strategies-for-success-in-online-casinos?utm_bmcr_source=PR

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Brazil is now on the brink of solidifying its position as a major powerhouse in the regulated gaming industry. With a staggering number of more than 130 operators competing for coveted new licences, the market is projected to skyrocket to an impressive US$3bn by the year 2028.

Operators face challenges of fraud prevention, KYC compliance, and player safety in responsible gambling and vigilance is crucial in the evolving market landscape.

Make sure to not miss the discussion with moderator Peter Murray, (Director of Strategy: Betting and Gaming at Mitek), Elizabeth Cronan, (GeoComply, Vice President of Government Relations), Paula Murphy, (Mindway AI, Business Development Manager) and Andre Gelfi, (Betsson Group, Managing Partner Brazil & IBJR – Instituto Brasileiro de Jogo Responsável, President).

An exclusive look at some of Tuesday’s talking points;

• – The latest around the market launch in Brazil and the next steps ahead 
• – What the new regulation means and the key compliance and fraud challenges operators should be aware of? 
• – What are the key considerations for player safety in Brazil? 
• – Real life practical examples of how to streamline compliance challenges in order to grow and protect your business

Register yourself for the live airing of this session, as well as for access to watch the recording once the session has finished – via the link below!

https://www.bigmarker.com/sbc-webinars/Game-on-Brazil-Market-entry-considerations-for-operators-in-2024?utm_bmcr_source=PR

Airing this Tuesday, 14/05/2024 · 3:00 p.m. London (GMT +1:00)

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An SBC webinar titled ‘What’s at stake? Adapting to lower statutory slot limits – A CasinoBeats Summit discussion’, discussed the UK government’s announcement last week that from September there will be a maximum stake limit of £2 for online slots for people under the age of 25, as well as a £5 limit for anyone aged 25 or over.

Kwiff CRO Ian Perrygrove, L&L Europe Ltd CEO Christopher Dalli and Kindred’s Head of Corporate Affairs – UK & Global Tom Banks took part in the webinar moderated by Sarah Ramanauskas, Co-Founder of the Game Safety Institute.

At the start of the conversation, each participant was asked by Ramanauskas if they thought the stake limits were good, bad or somewhere in between.

Dalli was against the stake limits, Perrygrove thinks it is “quite good to have the clarity” and that “a decision has finally been made so we can all work forward on a more level playing field”, while Banks was down the middle as “while it’s a good-intended policy” he feels there are some “missed opportunities in how it’s going to be delivered”.

Ramanauskas gave her own opinion on the online slot stake limits as well, stating that she was also down the middle as she doesn’t think it will “necessarily produce much, or in the way of, harm prevention”.

Perrygrove has backed the stake limits as the industry now has “a final position” to work towards with enough time to make the implementations and that the regulation is “super binary”, hopefully making them quite easy for the UK Gambling Commission to enforce.

Banks, while agreeing with Perrygrove’s points on clarity now being given to the UK slots industry, believes an opportunity has been missed to create better regulations, as a “tiered limit or dynamic limit” approach should have been considered, linking it with financial vulnerability and affordability measures.

“We’ve almost missed the opportunity to leverage the technology and the data we have available to us in an online context… we’ve missed the chance to do something a bit more bespoke and tailored for online,” Banks said.

“The government were clear publishing the consultation when it first launched, that they would be a bit more complicated in terms of policy and legislation and that they wanted to do something quickly. While I understand that rationale, just because it’s the quickest thing to do, doesn’t mean it’s the correct thing to do in the long term.”

Banks continued: “I can’t help but think there was somewhat of a missed chance to link these two policies up and have a proper, customer-focused approach to this where individual customers are treated in relation to their own risk and their own profile.”

Ramanauskas then asked Perrygrove about how these stake limits should be implemented in the wider gambling environment to make sure vulnerable customers are not harmed.

Perrygrove noted that data such as the length of gambling sessions may become a more prominent indicator for potential gambling harm as a result of the stake limits, as he noted players could make their deposits last for longer periods during their gambling sessions.

While agreeing with the rest of the panel that it’s not wrong to have stake limits as a gambling harm prevention measure, Dalli thinks reducing stake limits is not necessarily going to cause more responsible gambling as the freedom of choice for the customer is being limited.

Dalli noted: “If we view it as ‘Is it a suitable responsible gaming measure?’ then I would say no, and the reason why I would say that is that we have already been going so far, for many years, on the affordability front, even though it has never been made legislatively compulsory. 

“Anyone who has been in the market long enough knows that you either fall in line with the affordability obligations or you are going to fall foul of the settlements and penalties, that’s the situation.

He continued: “I’m very much in the ‘no’ camp because although we have seen a strong emphasis on reducing gambling harm, on reducing losses to customers, we are now verging very strongly on the territory of removing the freedom of choice from the customer.

“We’ve already gone to the extent of determining how much the customer can lose, what is affordable for them, imposing mandatory limits, determining for them what’s good for them. Beyond that, all the other measures that are coming in, I do believe will ensure that these customers will be looking for a better experience elsewhere.”

Banks agreed that customers could end up finding somewhere else to play, but also pointed to the licenced sector in addressing the challenge of making sure that the customer experience is still high quality through innovative products and the customer journey.

He stated: “It’s very clear that there will be a loss to operators that don’t have to do these measures. It’s within the government’s own impact assessment that there will be a loss in revenue. As I said, that loss of revenue isn’t just because player X is deciding to not play, it’s because they’re playing somewhere else.”

Near the end of the discussion, Perrygrove expressed concern regarding UK regulatory changes as a whole, as he believes it could impact the possibility of competition coming from new entries to the UK market. 

Perrygrove noted: “We are at the start of a tidal wave of regulatory changes, we’re going to drown in that soon, consultation after consultation. They hit us at the end of last year in a governmental shift with a regulator wanting to move forward and push things forward.

“We’re going to see significant changes in different areas this year at different stages. As has often been said, one thing in its isolation isn’t necessarily going to make significant changes, but the range of them that we’re going to see coming in is going to continue to change the benchmark of our industry.

“I don’t think it affects us, as a small cohort of operators here, because we’ve already been through that … this is just yet another example of stopping competition in our industry with new incoming entities.

“It’s a real barrier, as most pieces of regulation are, it’s a barrier of entry into our market, to become a new competitor and to disrupt the field is becoming much more difficult.”

To watch the full ‘What’s at stake? Adapting to lower statutory slot limits – A CasinoBeats Summit discussion‘ webinar, click here.

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In the latest instalment of the Cloud Acceleration series, entitled Flexible & Sustainable Solutions in Dynamic Environments, taking place Thursday, March 30th at 11AM EDT, which is sponsored by Computacenter alongside Pure Storage, we will take a look at the ways igaming firms can use cloud-based solutions to revamp their existing IT infrastructure, and remain flexible and dynamic in a cost-effective manner.

Leading the live webinar discussion is Computacenter’s Nick Gibbs, who previously worked as Trackside IT Infrastructure Engineer at Red Bull Racing and Converged Infrastructure Specialist at Mercedes-AMG Petronas.

He is joined by Fred Lherault, Field CTO EMHe EA & Emerging at Pure Storage, and Paul Nearn, Solution Leader – Platform & Hybrid IT – Computacenter.

This webinar will be focused around remaining flexible and dynamic with your IT infrastructure, and how gambling operators can respond to busy periods by using cloud computing.

The trio take a look at the transition of tools, people and processes from multiple cloud systems to one centralised multi-cloud platform – something that can sound quite daunting at first, but it is a migration that Computacenter and Pure Storage pride themselves on making easier for partners.

Overspending on cloud technologies will also be a big focus. As many companies look to tighten the purse strings and streamline business processes, data has previously shown that cloud spend has been a key consideration for many gaming companies over the past five years. 

Diving deeper into these concerns, Computacenter will look at the differences between FinOps and tuning – exploring how cost optimisation requires actionable intelligence and the ways that cost control services can fit quite nicely into the services and processes that Computacenter offers to its customers.

Paul Nearn’s F1 experience will also be under the spotlight as he walks us through the process of preparing for race day, and shares some facts and stories about the reality in the pit.

Similar to a gambling firm, F1 teams require the highest possible levels of performance when it comes to race days. This webinar will draw a parallel between this and a gambling company during a busy period, for example around a major sporting event.

During the webinar, Computacenter and Pure Storage will also walk us through the ways multi-cloud technologies will achieve this performance, the applications that this can have for igaming businesses and why reliability of data is of the utmost importance.

To register for the webinar, simply click here and enter your details. Can’t make the live airing? Register anyway, and the webinar will be available on-demand, any time you like.

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April 4th, 2022 was the long awaited date for Canada’s most populous province, Ontario, to join the regulated gaming space. Bringing with it much optimism from all corners of the world, as the province containing Toronto, as well as the nation’s capital Ottawa, and some 14 million people, has the potential to become one of the biggest gaming markets in the world. 

Projections of a multi-billion dollar market and much revenue potential have been accompanied by praise for the initial regulatory regime, which has seen iGaming Ontario promise that “rigorous standards” will be imposed when it comes to game and operator integrity, fairness, player protections and social responsibility.

With an expert panel comprised of Relax Gaming’s Chief Regulatory Officer, Alexia Smilovic Rønde, Bruce Caughill, Managing Director, Canada at Rush Street Interactive, and Amanda Brewer, Country Manager Canada at Kindred, moderated by CasinoBeats editor Craig Davies, the session is sure to provide insight from all angles.

Alongside ‘Game on for iGaming Ontario’, presented by SBC Webinars and GBG, ‘Ontario – the biggest market to regulate in 2022?’ forms a pair of Ontario-focused webinars designed to bring everyone up to speed on the goings on in the so-called ‘Province of Opportunity’, just in time for the Canadian Gaming Summit on June 7th. 

To register for the session, click here and enter your details. 
Interested in seeing both webinars? Click here to register for ‘Game on for iGaming Ontario’, taking place on Tuesday, May 31st at 9:00 Eastern, as well.

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The session will predict just how many of the 50 states will have a legalised ecosystem, what this potential means for offshore sites, the impacts to customer behaviour, and how technology will have helped operators

Taking place Tuesday July 20th (20/07), SBC Webinars teams up with identity verification expert Onfido to present ‘Expanding Horizons – Where will igaming be in five years?’, when a panel will tackle the topic of technology and regulation in the US betting market. 

With representation from two major US operators in FanDuel (Alex Ursa, senior product director) and BetMGM (Liron Warhaftig, vice president of product), the webinar will cover the current legal status and regulatory landscape, and address thoughts on strategy for moving into a newly legalised state, issues that arise and friction that occurs while in the process, and the role that technology can play in this. 

With a particular focus on identity verification and the technology surrounding this, the panel, aided by Onfido’s business development lead, Danny Hakimian, will discuss how regulation may begin to define technologies necessary in online verifications, and how operators make sure they’re onboarding new players of the right age and location. 

The panel is also expected to discuss the challenges of combating fraud, in particular the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on an operator’s approach to fraud. 

With comprehensive technological expertise on the panel, expect a product-heavy look into the past, present and future of the US betting industry, with panel members making their predictions on where they see the industry in five years, and what they believe the market leader of the future will look like. 

Register free for the webinar by clicking here.

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Hosted by beBettor, the specialist in helping UK-licensed betting and gaming operators to understand customer affordability through non-intrusive checks, the session will deliver a timely examination of the latest developments in the key issues around affordability.

The expert panel will try to cut through the continuing uncertainty surrounding the future of affordability regulations in the wake of the Gambling Commission’s Remote Customer Interaction consultation, and offer some insights into what operators can do now to enhance their systems and improve player protection.

Among the specific topics that moderator Harris Hill (business development manager, beBettor) will ask about are how operators currently approach the issue, how new affordability regulations may look, and the steps that can be taken to prepare for them.

The panel will also examine how technology can help operators to improve their processes through the effective use of non-intrusive affordability checks and automated affordability assessments.

Register for the UK Affordability Update hosted by beBettor – Thursday 27 May at 12pm BST. 

McGregor said: “Affordability has been a main topic of focus in the UK market for some time. beBettor is delighted to be working with SBC to deliver an insightful update on everything to do with affordability in the UK. 

“I’ll be joined by a panel of industry experts to discuss proposed affordability changes and what this means for operators, which should make for an engaging and interactive session.”

Join this SBC webinar to stay up to date on the most important developments in affordability in the UK market and learn some valuable information about non-intrusive affordability checks.

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With apps now the preferred method of interacting with operators for tens of millions of players around the world, building a product that performs has never been more important.

While slick front-end design and cutting-edge features play an important role in attracting customers to a gaming app, its long-term success will also be heavily dependent on how the middleware that sits underneath this performs.

This webinar will detail the key considerations when architecting a mobile app, the additional factors to look at when operating in a regulated market, and some of the steps that can help the product to achieve better results. 

The expert panel ready to offer insights from the perspectives of app developers, operators and suppliers includes:

• Stuart Godfree – managing director, mkodo
• Jonathan Plumb – chief information officer, Rank Group
• James Letchford – head of pre-sales solutions, Kambi
• Curtis Roach – marketing manager, mkodo

Among the topics they will be sharing their expertise on are how to implement effective reporting to ensure clear oversight of data from multiple sources, the best strategies for testing, how to manage upgrades, and techniques for maintaining performance levels during times of peak traffic. 

Register for How to Architect Your App for Success – Thursday 6 May at 2pm BST

Godfree said: “As ever larger sections of the population adopt a mobile-first approach to interacting with companies, at the same time as more countries are creating regulated betting and gaming markets, the importance for operators to have user-friendly, robust apps continues to grow. 

“At mkodo, we have a long track record of developing successful apps for lottery, sportsbook, casino and bingo operators around the world. I am looking forward to sharing some of the key things we’ve learned from that work during this session.” 

Join this SBC Webinar to gain some valuable insights into how to produce highly-effective apps for the gambling industry.

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