Gaming Americas Q1 Meetup (Virtual)

What are the Virtual Quarterly Meetups?

The Gaming Americas Quarterly Meetups are designed to keep you up-to-date with what is fresh in the North American and Latin American gambling industry.

The meetups feature several panel discussions per region and topics that are joined by key industry experts, CEOs, C-Level Executives, Business Development Managers, and sometimes government officials/regulators.

All meetups offer the opportunity to network online in special break-out sessions, but also join a round table discussion which answers all burning questions of the industry at a certain point in time during 2021.

SCHEDULE

28 January 2021

• Reclassification of DFS entry fees by the IRS
• US Legislation Update – Which states to monitor in 2021
• The synergy between land-based and online operations (Multichannel convergence, omni-channel, availability on mobile)
• The Gambling Industry on the stock exchange (fanatical evaluations, IPOs, M&As, SPACs, consolidations)
• The US Gambling Industry seeks innovation (eSports is not the so near future, next generation of sports betting, interactive arenas, betting experience in the future, user experience, sports hospitality, fan engagement)
• Canada – Online Gaming, onwards and upwards in 2021 (sports betting bill, Single-Event Sports Betting and online gambling licensing)
• Learning the ropes: The Payments Industry in North America (obstacles of the payment industry in North America and positive news)
• Blockchain and the Gambling Industry, why are we not talking about it? (time to ditch technophobia in North America, transparency and fairness solutions offered by blockchain, data privacy)
• Latin America – Regulation updates: Colombia experience, Panama, Argentina, Brazil
• Debate: Is Latin America learning from the European mistakes?
• Emerging Latin American markets: Chile, Uruguay, Peru (Lotteries representatives)
• Top regulators roundtable
• Focus on the Caribbean region