Martyn Elliott
Senior Media Manager at SBC
Appears in 29 Episodes
Ep 304: Euro round-up but no football please
The UEFA Euro 2024 championships have concluded on the somber note that football will not be coming home for UK audiences. The end of the six-week tournament marks Eur...
Ep 294: A depressing general election week and notes from Tbilisi
On Thursday the British electorate heads to the polls to decide the outcome of the General Election following a six-week campaign that has seen political wagering drag...
Ep 293: Betting on Britain's ballot date
As the general election campaign drags on with both current Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak and, if the polls are to be believed, in-bound Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer...
Ep 288: Is iGaming going through a generational shift?
iGaming Daily's coverage of the Canadian Gaming Summit 2024 comes to a close as SBC Americas Editor, Jessica Welman, welcomes Martyn Elliott, Media Project Director at...
Bonus: How to write a winning SBC awards submission
Ahead of this Thursday's (June 20) deadline for the SBC Awards at the inaugural SBC Summit in Lisbon, iGaming Daily present a special video episode of the podcast, des...
Ep 274: Cricket's gambling relationship stumped by Durham charges
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup got underway yesterday, but cricket’s latest attempt to grab the attention of US sports fans came just hours after news broke of the sport’...
Ep 270: Rishi’s election call rumbles UK gambling
iGaming Daily returns from Malta’s CasinoBeats Summit to the unexpected news that PM Rishi Sunak has declared a General Election on 4th July. Momentum towards a settle...
Ep 249: Advertising concerns the House of Lords
The UK Gambling advertising discussion once again reared its head, this time at the House of Lords, and Martyn Elliott returns to the host's chair on iGaming Daily, sp...
Ep 246: Digital Innovation in iGaming: Insights from Casino Day
SBC hosted a Digital Innovation - Casino Day last week on April 17th, delving into the online casino space and addressing the major topics currently facing the sector....
Ep 245: Kamer puts KOA on the ropes
Last week, saw Dutch reformists claim victory as motions to ban 'high risk online casino games' and 'to implement an outright ban on online gambling advertising' won ...
Ep 230: Big Brother creeps in on European gambling
iGaming Daily welcomes back Martyn Elliott fresh from a trip to Romania and Ceaușescu's Palace of the Parliament, and after visiting one of the great structure's from ...
Ep 221: Netflix bites into sports broadcasting with Mike Tyson and Jake Paul
iGaming Daily takes to the ring as the conversation turns to the recently announced boxing fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, set to be streamed live on Netflix. ...
Ep 220: Entain in the Membrane, Entain in the Brain!
Last Thursday, Entain published its full-year accounts revealing the scars of a problematic 2023. The long-awaited results of the LSE gambling group left no place for ...
Ep 215: Part two of a Very British Affair
iGaming Daily, sponsored by Optimove, reviews a consecutive week of breakneck developments concerning UK gambling’s regulatory future. Last Monday, Parliament hosted ...
Ep 210: Affordability - A Very British Affair
Following four years of speculation, UK Gambling appears to be exiting its regulatory purgatory as clarity begins to appear on its regulatory future. iGaming Daily rev...
Ep 187: Digital Day Debrief
Most days we do like to cover the biggest or breaking news circulating the iGaming sphere, but there are the odd few days where raising awareness to a broader topic ta...
Ep 180: Gladiators leave the gambling arena
The second business week of 2024 rang in the sounds of change as Flutter Entertainment announced that its long-term stalwart, Richard Flint, will leave the company's b...
Ep 176: 2024 awakens to noises by bet365 and Entain
It’s a mere two weeks into 2024 and already there’s big noises coming out of UK giants bet365 and Entain. Publishing its 2022/2023 financial accounts, bet365 declared ...
Ep 157: German gambling divided by a tale of two reports
German gambling sees no serene end-of-year as conflicts come to the forefront of the governance of the Fourth Interstate Market.A frantic November saw the trade bodies...
Ep 145: UK gambling's white paper regulatory agenda moves to 2024
As announced by Policy and Public Affairs Director, Tim Miller the Gambling Commission, will undertake a further seven consultations to progress its regulatory review ...
Ep 135: Streamlining, sunrises and Stateside dreams - what next for Entain?
Prior to posting its Q3 trading update, Entain had warned investors of ‘aggravating factors’ impacting period trading and lowering the firm’s full-year earnings guidan...
Ep 122: Converting the Rugby World Cup into new betting engagement
After what many people are calling the greatest weekend of rugby action ever, with the World Cup quarter-finals producing four scintillating contests, iGaming Daily, s...
Ep 115: Ireland takes the long-road to re-regulation
Last December, the three parties forming Ireland’s tri-coalition government published ‘The Gambling Regulation Bill 2022’ - settling on definitive terms needed to over...
Ep 072: Oppenheimer to Open Banking in iGaming
Reported today on Payment Expert, Klarna Kosma, the Open Banking platform from the Buy Now, Pay Later firm, has been shut down after less than 18 months. This won’t be...
Ep 066: Italy calls for a grand reorganisation
To the surprise of industry observers, Italy’s government has sanctioned a decree to reorganise the laws of the gambling sector. Positive prospects appear on the horiz...
Ep 051: Germany...Interstate to where?
Germany's Fourth Interstate market (GlüNeuRStv) has celebrated its second birthday since it was forced into existence in July 2021, ending a 12-year deliberation on ho...
Ep 046: Creeping in... Regulatory Surveillance
Previously under reported – ‘regulatory surveillance’ has crept up on the igaming industry’s lexicon and agenda during 2023. A somewhat frightening and all-encompassi...
Ep 042: Entain goes shopping again
Call it déjà vu, but Entain once again dominates industry headlines, as the firm orders a £600m bookbuild to acquire STS Group – Poland’s market leading bookmaker - fo...
Ep 031: Betting’s volume to be turned down in France & Holland
The close of May witnessed the foreseen announcement that France and Holland are set to impose further marketing and advertising restrictions on their respective gambl...