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Can a Turnkey Operator Survive Finland's Margin Stack? Three Kambi Market Launches Suggest Not
The BetCity founders' "proven playbook" is structurally incompatible with Finland's marketing framework, and the litigation timeline that could complicate their regulatory fitness assessment overlaps directly with the licensing window they need to clear. Kambi Group announced on February 12, 2026 a long-term Turnkey Sportsbook partnership with SuomiVeto, a Finnish SPV registered five weeks earlier by the founders of BetCity.nl. Kambi CEO Werner Becher stated he looks forward


Ireland's Procurement Window: Why Most Suppliers Will Miss It
Operator platform consolidation is creating procurement lockout ahead of GRAI licensing. Suppliers without modular compliance frameworks risk 12-18 month market access delay. Below 12-15% European revenue threshold, exit becomes the rational choice. What's actually happening in Ireland Ireland represents an implementation shock market, not a tax shock market. While operators face a modest 2% turnover tax compared to the UK's punitive 40% GGR levy, the compliance infrastructur


Jurisdictional Cleanliness Now Outranks Product Performance in Procurement Hierarchies
Vendors are being disqualified not for product gaps, but for regulatory exposure that threatens operator licence portfolios. The shift is silent, structural, and accelerating. For twenty years, the gambling industry's strategic question was "Where should we go next?" For the first time, the industry's strategic question is now "Where can we stay?" That shift has arrived suddenly, forcefully, and irreversibly — and it fundamentally alters what operators demand from suppliers.
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


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


IGT’s new CPTO bet: what Andy Hendrickson’s expanded mandate really changes
IGT has promoted CTO Andy Hendrickson to a new Chief Product & Technology Officer role, subject to regulatory approval. Announced on 13 January 2026, the move comes barely half a year after Apollo closed its $6.3bn gaming deal and a month after Hector Fernandez formally took over as CEO. This is less about a new job title and more about how the world’s most widely licensed gaming supplier intends to run product and technology under private-equity ownership. What’s actually be
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