Gambling Insider: MAR APR 2023

MAR APR 2023

Every March/April issue of Gambling Insider magazine fills me with pride as Editor, because we get to report on the winners at the Global Gaming Awards London. This year's ceremony, once again taking place at the Hippodrome Casino, saw regular winners bet365, Kambi, LeoVegas and Trustly triumph once again.
But there were new winners, too: Pragmatic Play and BetConstruct were delighted with their Online Casino of the year and Platform Provider of the year Awards respectively (while Pragmatic Play also won Online Slot of the year). Being voted for by their industry peers, everyone who took an Award home from our West End venue knew they truly deserved it. From page 28 onward, we have a full section dedicated to these winners, while our Product Reviews from page 72 showcase some of the Awards' winning products.
Once again, I'd like to extend my personal thanks to all of our sponsors, not least Lead Partner BetConstruct. But also to Mariya Savova, our Marketing & Events Manager, who makes the Awards what they are with her tireless work ethic and who hosted the Awards so wonderfully well on the day.
We have two more Global Gaming Awards ceremonies coming up in 2023: Las Vegas and Asia, the latter of which we preview on page 44.
Beyond the Awards, our cover feature this issue centres on a theme I can't help but notice is becoming more and more prevalent within gambling: the rebrand. Whether it's a slight repositioning, like that of Grosvenor Casinos, or a full rebrand like that of Flutter and Entain in recent years, a change in name, marketing or messaging can have a massive impact on customers, employees and investors alike. I explore more, using a number of case studies, on page 46.
Elsewhere in our March/April issue, we speak exclusively to Evolution Group's Europe CEO Gionata La Torre on page 52, which is the executive's first interview since taking on his new role at the company. Our Big Question feature, meanwhile, provides some meaty responses (page 56) on a key question: how can slots innovate from here?
In our Roundtable, we bring you five pages on the increasingly hot topic of Latin American betting markets (page 62), while Gustaf Hoffstedt provides his brand of thought-provoking analysis to our Final Word feature (page 82) on Swedish gambling advertising.
Finally, we have just released a new app that combines all our digital and print publications in one place. Search for Gambling Insider on the App Store & Google Play.