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1 week ago | 
igamingbusiness.com | Robin Harrison
After a quick stopover at the Grand Canyon Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann welcome Ali Bartlett to the World Series of Politics, talking everything Indiana. Listen to the World Series of Politics on Apple PodcastsFresh from her move to Greenberg Traurig, Ali joins our dynamic duo to talk about Indiana igaming. However it’s not coming in the current session, after a bill sailed through the public policy committee, but failed to get a hearing in ways and means.
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1 week ago | 
igamingbusiness.com | Robin Harrison
Kansas sports betting licencees will not have their contracts renewed should a new budget provision be voted through by the state’s House of Representatives today (11 April).
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1 month ago | 
igamingbusiness.com | Robin Harrison
This week John Pappas makes his long-awaited debut on the World Series of Politics, joining Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann to talk futures contracts, some of regulated igaming’s more surprising opponents and legislative progress in the current session. First up, the trio tackle the call for submissions sounded by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ahead of its roundtable on predictions markets, scheduled for late April.
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2 months ago | 
igamingbusiness.com | Robin Harrison
Welcome back to the World Series of Politics, where we’re talking developments in Illinois and Hawaii, before welcoming Xace’s chief banking officer Andria Evripidou for a deep dive on crypto’s growing role in gambling. After a whistlestop tour of Illinois, where igaming legislation is in play, and another attempt at sports betting in Hawaii is on the move through the legislature, takes the stage to talk cryptocurrency in gambling.
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2 months ago | 
igamingbusiness.com | Robin Harrison
You want sports betting bills? You want some icasino bills? We’ve got them and more, and there’s even an opportunity to stop over in New York for a look at the (down)state of the casino process and touch on tax hikes in Ohio (again) in the latest episode of the World Series of Politics. It was an early mover in sports betting, but since 2018 Mississippi sports betting is only allowed in the state’s casinos.
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2 months ago | 
igamingbusiness.com | Robin Harrison
Werner Becher had a tough act to follow, taking charge of Kambi from Kristian Nylen, but he says it’s been a case of refining an ongoing transformation process to build out a modular product range from a turnkey business. Speaking in the iGB@ICE studio, he reflects on the first six months of his tenure, including launching for clients in Brazil on 1 January, when the market opened.
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2 months ago | 
igamingbusiness.com | Robin Harrison
In this episode of the World Series of Politics hosts Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann welcome Aposta Ganga’s Hugo Baungartner to assess the launch of regulated online gambling in Brazil. Since 1 January, Brazil sports betting and gaming has officially launched following a lengthy legislative process, and Hugo has been involved at every step of the way.
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2 months ago | 
igamingbusiness.com | Robin Harrison
We’re talking sports in the iGB@ICE studio, with Adam Sachs, counsel and senior policy advisor at Dentons. Sachs previously acted as chief counsel for MLB’s Kansas City Royals for three years and has been instrumental in helping the team forge relationships with the gaming sector. In conversation with Brendan Bussman, managing partner of B Global advisors, Sachs said the team was looking to implement an “esports component” to any deal the team pursues in the future.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
igamingbusiness.com | Robin Harrison
This week Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann are talking all things ICE, as Clarion Gaming’s Stuart Hunter makes his annual pilgrimage to the World Series of Politics to discuss the world’s biggest gambling event. And did you know the podcast is now 40 episodes old? Neither Brendan, Brandt nor their producer realised until after we’d put the episode out. We’ll celebrate properly in 41.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
igamingbusiness.com | Robin Harrison
Welcome back to the final World Series of Politics of 2024! We’ve had some laughs, spilled a few tears, and it’s time to gather round the wireless, celebrate 2024’s wins and look ahead to 2025. It’s a packed final show, kicking off with the big win of 2024. Yes, Washington, D.C. finally has a competitive sports betting market, and revenue is around 15x higher than it was under the previous single-operator model.
