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A dedicated resource in giving deeper insight and understanding around evolving technology shaping the Gambling Industry
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The Supplier Squeeze: Who Owns the Margin Layer Now
The gambling supplier model is not collapsing. But it is being repriced, and the structural component of that repricing is stronger than most supplier executives currently admit. Most supplier commentary treats the current pressure as cyclical: tighter procurement, slower deal cycles, harder contract negotiations. Wait it out and spending loosens again. That reading is wrong. What is happening now is a convergence of tax shocks, regulatory cost inflation and falling internal


Southern Europe: More Enforcement, Same Problem
Greece, Romania, and Italy are escalating enforcement against unlicensed gambling while leaving the tax rates, product restrictions, and advertising bans that drive players offshore untouched. The cost is falling on licensed operators and their suppliers. This brief examines who pays, how much, and what comes next. Governments across Southern Europe are escalating enforcement against unlicensed gambling rather than reforming the tax rates, product restrictions, and advertisin


Brazil Is About to Require Supplier Licensing. The Incorporation Deadline Is Already Running.
The SPA has opened a public consultation on a draft Ordinance that would make supplier recognition mandatory for any B2B company providing services to licensed Brazilian operators. If enacted as written, this does not merely add a compliance step; it restructures the conditions under which B2B commercial relationships in the Brazilian market are legally permissible. The consultation closes March 23, 2026. But the constraint that cannot be reversed by reading the final text is
CTO in Focus


"CTO in Focus" Maciej Smolarek, BetGames
BetGames CTO Maciej Smolarek applies a commercially-grounded engineering lens to roadmap decisions, treating bespoke requests as market signal, not noise. His bias is toward evidence over fashion, compliance as a boundary for velocity, and personalisation as the next serious P&L lever in interactive gaming. In this CTO in Focus, Gaming Eminence speaks with Maciej about value filtration, integration discipline, and the organisational habits that keep teams shipping in regulate


"CTO in Focus" Daniel Whiteley, Bede Gaming
From fintech to immersive media to betting, Daniel Whiteley has built his career in industries where milliseconds matter and trust is...


"CTO in Focus" Nemanja Maric, Fincore
In this edition of CTO in Focus, Gaming Eminence sits down with Nemanja Maric , CTO of Fincore , to discuss his journey through the tech...
Operator Profiles


Operator Profile: Boyd Gaming Corp
This company profile (as of Aug 2025) covers Boyd Gaming Corporation, a casino and digital gaming operator with 28 properties across 10...


Operator Profile: Bally's Corp
This company profile (as of Aug 2025) covers Bally’s Corporation, an omni-channel gaming and entertainment operator spanning 19 U.S....


Operator Profile: Kindred Group PLC
This company profile (as of Aug 2025) covers Kindred Group PLC , one of Europe’s largest online gambling operators and a pioneer in...
Press Releases


Scientific Games' new engineering leadership is a vendor consolidation signal
On 24 February 2026, Scientific Games named Rich Wasserman as SVP, Product Engineering, tasking him with leading engineering across its global lottery portfolio. The trade press has covered it as an appointment. It is more usefully read as a procurement signal and when set alongside a parallel hire made three weeks earlier, it points to a specific and consequential shift in how Scientific Games intends to manage its vendor relationships. Full announcement details are availabl


Why SOFTSWISS’ CTO appointment is more about execution posture than leadership change
An internal promotion that reflects how execution discipline is becoming a competitive variable for scaled B2B platforms. Most trade coverage will treat this as a straightforward internal promotion. That misses the sequencing and, more importantly, the context. SOFTSWISS has completed two senior technology appointments in close succession, elevating Sergey Kastukevich from Deputy CTO to Chief Technology Officer, following an earlier C-level hire Denis Romanovskiy the firm’s


Dabble’s UK casino move shifts the product rules and tests its social-first model
Dabble’s UK casino licence is being described as a straightforward expansion into iGaming. It is not. By securing full remote casino and virtual event betting permissions in Great Britain, Dabble has crossed into a product category where software integrity, responsible design, and evidencing controls outweigh engagement mechanics. The challenge is not access. It is whether a social-first wagering model can survive casino-grade regulation without being structurally constrain
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