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Spring Gaming Events in Full Swing
The Innovation Group team is out in full force for this year’s stacked lineup of spring gaming conferences. Find insights from recent events and updates on where to catch us below.
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Wyman's Field Notes from iGaming Next
Last week, TIG Partner and SVP Brian Wyman attended iGaming Next NYC and recently posted an article to LinkedIn sharing three major themes he took away from the content and conversations there. We’ve included an excerpt below, but check out the full article – including his final theme of “Product, Product, Product” – here.
I was privileged to attend the iGaming Next conference last week in New York. If you’ve never been, it’s a very nice event and truly a global meeting-of-the-minds regarding iGaming. Kudos to their team! For those unable to attend, three key themes stood out to me (and, if you were there, I’d love to hear your thoughts…):
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The space is ripe for M&A. The early mania around sports betting and all things digital combined with a great environment for raising capital enabled many brands to launch all across the interactive space. Now, in a considerably more challenging market to raise – and with investors tapping their feet even at DraftKings asking when profitability is coming – some smaller companies are facing strong headwinds. Even for larger companies, thin margins and a fragmented market suggest consolidation may be inevitable.
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Everyone is waiting for iCasino. For the last several years, U.S. conference content has been dominated by the topic of emerging markets for sports betting. Notwithstanding that some eyes (including mine) are focused on Minnesota and Kentucky sports bills, recent sentiment has been that sports betting is yesterday’s news. The industry now is waiting for the online casino dominoes to fall. And who can blame them? With enormous margins bolstered by as-yet reasonable tax rates, coupled with a huge opportunity to link land-based casinos for a truly omnichannel experience, this is a golden goose for gaming. The problem? State legislatures are less enthusiastic about the idea, meaning a slow trickle of states coming online is more likely than the race we saw to legalize sports betting. So, instead of twiddling their collective thumbs, the industry has been focused on my third theme…
Read the rest on LinkedIn.
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Chris Irwin to Lead Discussion on Tribal Online Gaming at IGA
Don’t miss TIG’s SVP of Native American Services Chris Irwin later this month in the education program at Indian Gaming 2023. Join Chris and fellow industry experts for the following program in San Diego:
Tuesday, March 28 | 11 AM – Noon
Room 26 A&B
Class II Mobile on Premise Online Gaming: Tribal Right and Opportunity
Class II gaming is a right of all tribal operators. This panel will explore how to leverage online gaming technologies to enable Class II Mobile on Premise for your casino premise and tribal sovereign land.
Joining Chris for the discussion are:
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Sean Boyd, Executive Officer, Marketing & Business Development, Chickasaw Nation Department of Commerce
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Thomas Castleberry, VP Sales, iGaming North America, Anaxi, a division of Aristocrat
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Valerie Spicer, Chief Gaming Officer, Vetnos
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Marcus Yoder, Chief Commercial Officer, Playtech
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TIG for Gaming America | iGaming in Canada: What’s Next?
In April 2022, the Canadian gaming landscape changed dramatically with the opening of the Ontario iGaming market to private gaming operators. Aside from Ontario, all other Canadian provinces use their government-owned lottery and gaming corporations as the exclusive legal provider of iGaming. For the latest issue of Gaming America, our own Kevin Dennis, SVP, Canada, sat down with his colleague Troy Ross, President of TRM Public Affairs, to get his take on the opening of iGaming in Ontario and what’s next across Canada. Read the article here.
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Upcoming Events, Denver and Toronto
We hope to connect with you at one or more of the following:
Thursday, March 23 | Denver Gaming Happy Hour
Join The Innovation Group and SBC Gaming for a meetup of Denver-area gaming professionals in partnership with the Colorado iGaming Social Society. Come meet your peers at Denver Brewing Company from 5:30 – 8 PM. Drink tickets will be provided. Contact Matt Hockenjos at SBC for more details or to RSVP.
April | Toronto Area Gaming Events
Connect with TIG SVP, Canada, Kevin Dennis at two Canadian market events next month in Toronto. On April 4, Kevin will attend the Canadian Gaming Association’s Ontario’s iGaming Market Turns 1! – a one-day program at the Toronto Region Board of Trade examining and celebrating the first anniversary of Ontario’s iGaming Market. And later next month, Kevin will participate in the Canadian Hotel Investment Conference on April 18 and 19. If you’ll be there, contact Kevin to set up a coffee and learn more about TIG’s growth in the market.
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Contact our team to set up a meeting or to begin a conversation. We look forward to speaking soon. | |
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Brian Wyman, Ph.D.
SVP, Operations & Data Analytics
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Chris Irwin
SVP, Native American Services
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Kevin Dennis
SVP, Canada
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