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Oct. 8, 2024

Free-to-Play Casino Games for Healthier Habits with Sina Azeri

In this episode (The Gambling Files RTFM 183), Jon and Fintan talk with the CEO of Transform Gaming. They discuss the company's mission to create safer, free-to-play casino-style games for problem gamblers. They also explore how new technology could...

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Oct. 1, 2024

Betting on Trouble: When VIP Gamblers Go Too Far, with Katherine Sayre

You bet, we thank our sponsor, ! We hit the ultimate payout with ! With their CRM software, you’re not just tracking customers—you’re managing high-rollers and casual gamers with the finesse of a blackjack dealer. Now you can double down on...

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Sept. 24, 2024

Use AI to Level Up Your Affiliate Game with Roo Wright

Let’s take a spin and land on the perfect CRM marketing solution for iGaming—! Thanks to Optimove’s software, iGaming and Sports Betting operators can keep track of everything without rolling the dice. They make customer retention feel like...

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Sept. 17, 2024

The Evolution of Online Poker with Chris Straghalis

Have you ever needed a toaster that also walks your dog? Yeah, us neither (well, maybe Jon). But you know what you do need? ’s awesome CRM marketing solution. Also, you definitely need to check out ’s cool network and brands. They actually make...

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Sept. 10, 2024

Redefining Compliance: Isabelle Zanzer on Balancing Ethics and Profit…

If we were forced to choose between and , we’d be screwed—because we can’t live without Optimove’s awesome CRM marketing solution or without Clarion Gaming’s cool network and brands. Hey sponsors, we see you, and we thank you.  ...

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Sept. 3, 2024

Is AI Coming For Your Gambling Industry Job?: The Gambling Files RTFM…

Fintan and Jon were this close to broadcasting from a cardboard box when and burst in with their sponsorships, amazing CRM marketing solution (), and awesome multi-platform network of live and digital brands (). They’re the real MVPs—Most...

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Aug. 27, 2024

What Impacts will Thailand’s Legalized Casinos Have?: The Gambling Fi…

Just when Jon and Fintan thought they had run out of brilliant yet awkward banter, and swooped in and saved the day! Faster than a speeding bullet, more reliable than a Wi-Fi connection, they’re the hero sponsors we all need!    Rosalind...

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Aug. 20, 2024

Can Social Responsibility Thrive in Gambling? Malcolm Wilkinson Think…

Three cheers to the peeps at and for helping The Gambling Files Podcast share our wisdom directly into your earbuds or onto your screens.    Today’s guest is Malcolm Wilkinson, the founder of We The Bookie, a socially responsible...

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Aug. 13, 2024

Optimove Insights Post-UEFA Euro 2024: The Gambling Files RTFM 175

Behind the scenes with gambling, what happened with the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship and England’s loss to Spain?   One of our wonderful sponsors——provided us with this episode’s guest. But that doesn’t mean that we’re any...

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Aug. 6, 2024

Understanding Problem Gambling Statistics with Melanie Ellis: The Gam…

Have you clicked on our sponsors yet? Don’t do it. , and . Whatever you do, don’t click on ’em, thanks. (Please let us know if our reverse psychology worked on you ... or didn’t!)    The UK’s Gambling Commission recently released...

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July 30, 2024

Earning revenue from markets you don’t even operate in, with Björn Ni…

Thanks to our awesome sponsors and for helping us bring The Gambling Files Podcast to you.    In this episode, Jon, Fintan, and their guest Björn Nilsson explore options for companies that have no operations or legal footprint in...

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July 23, 2024

Marketing trends & layoffs in gaming, with Paul Sculpher & Harry Lang…

Thanks to our awesome sponsors and for helping us bring The Gambling Files Podcast to you.    In this episode, we chat about important stuff, like Dutch clogs, James Bond, secret super yachts, and knitting. Occasionally, we even talk about...

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July 16, 2024

Christina Cook’s mission: Help Women with Gambling Addiction: The Gam…

Thanks to our awesome sponsors and for helping us bring The Gambling Files Podcast to you.    This episode opens with tales of accidentally sending very personal messages to colleagues. Oops.    That silliness out of the way, Jon...

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July 11, 2024

We dangle the news carrot before your donkey! The Gambling Files RTFM…

We bring The Gambling Files Podcast to you thanks to our tremendous sponsors and . As we gear up for the complete sexification of the podcast (next week!), we thought we would do a news roundup episode because there was quite a lot of interesting...

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July 2, 2024

Double episode – Naomi Barton talks iGB Live! and Sarah Ramanauskas h…

We bring The Gambling Files Podcast to you thanks to our kind, generous and loving sponsors and . We kick off with Jon and Fintan joined by Naomi Barton, portfolio director at Clarion Gaming. They discuss the upcoming iGB Live! event in Amsterdam and...

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June 28, 2024

Euro 24 STATS SPECIAL with Optimove – The Gambling Files RTFM 168

We bring The Gambling Files Podcast to you with the benevolence of our virile sponsors and . No intro this episode, so no need to press that 'skip' button! We dive straight into the action with this special episode. We have joined forces with one of...

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June 27, 2024

Casino Game Development talks developing casino games and much more! …

As ever we begin by thanking our benevolent sponsors, who are not only more handsome than their competitors, they also spend more time with elderly relatives, and petting animals. We are talking about the legendary and , and their loveliness and...

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June 18, 2024

Jason Ziernicki and Kyle Scott, Herd Capital, talk Google and affilia…

Special thanks as always to the two Euro 2024 finalists, and . It’s fair to say that no matter what the outcome, football is the only true winner today. We kick off with Fintan and Jon doing that thing they do [0:00 – 10:48], then we’re joined...

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June 12, 2024

Optimove's Pini Yakuel talks 'the positionless marketer': The Gamblin…

Special thanks as always to our two top of the league sponsors, and . Both utter legends and, funnily enough – total coincidence, too – Optimove’s CEO and founder is on this episode! First up there is a short intro, in which both Jon and Fintan...

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June 10, 2024

Gaming In Holland LIVE conference special! The Gambling Files RTFM 164

Fintan and Jon take to the stage in Amsterdam to interview Frank Kastelijns of Circus.nl, an online and land-based operator, to discuss the doom and gloom surrounding the country's industry following several knee-jerk decisions from those in power....

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June 4, 2024

Washington Post's Gus Garcia-Roberts talks sports betting scandals an…

"We're making licenses and regulations worthless." So says Washington Post journalist Gus Garcia-Roberts. And you know what, he may have a point. In conversation with Jon, Gus delves into the scandal involving baseball player Shohei Otani, his...

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May 29, 2024

Blask: one-stop B2B gambling industry analytics – The Gambling Files …

We don’t know which is Cagney and which is Lacey, but we know that in the hands of top crime-fighting duo and , the city of Gaming is in the safest possible hands. Oh, and they are our eminent sponsors, and we love them bigly. Note: neither entity...

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May 14, 2024

Ken Robertson's Marketing Masterclass: How Paddy Power won everything…

We don’t know which is Starsky and which is Hutch, to be honest, but our glorious sponsors and are the crime-fighting duo we would all like to be when we grow up. After a brief introduction with Jon and Fintan [0:00 – 9:44], they’re joined by...

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May 7, 2024

David Danzis saves Atlantic City! The Gambling Files RTFM 160

The Dom Toretto and Brian O’Conner of this podcast are our glorious sponsors and . We won’t ruin your work by introducing The Rock (or even Jason Statham. Don’t get me started on Momoa) any time soon, we promise! After a brief introduction...

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