Agenda
The Running Order
One day in November, Venue London. A Chatham House rules space for operators and senior leadership to talk honestly about where this industry goes next.
09:30
Arrival & Networking
- Doors open. Badges, coffee and the part of the day people are quietly here for.
10:00
Outlook for the Prize Draw Business: The Big Questions
- Life after the Voluntary Code: how have operators integrated compliance into their existing business strategy, what parts of the code work, and what creates friction? Is the industry minimum enough?
- Complaint by design: creating frameworks to avoid having to retrofit safer gaming tools.
- Is the industry minimum enough to sustain a self-regulated industry, and what can we learn from the path of other industries to avoid statutory regulation?
- How do we collectively lobby as an industry to promote compliance and effective industry PR?
10:45
What the VAT Application could mean for the shape of the industry
- The regulatory trigger: what's actually changing and why now?
- Commercial impact: margins, pricing, and business model viability.
- Industry shape and consolidation: winners, losers, and market exit.
11:30
Networking Break
11:45
Investor Panel: Outlook for M&A, and Industry Consolidation
- What is attracting capital to this growth industry, and how does regulatory risk affect valuations?
- Are we headed towards a consolidated market, and what assets unique to prize draws are of value?
- What do deal structures and exit strategies look like for this industry?
12:30
Payments & Verifications, with frictionless entry
- How do operators avoid breaking frictionless entry and drive conversion with code requirements, age verification and spending caps?
- What operators and suppliers are leading on payments infrastructure?
13:15
Networking Lunch
14:15
Player Acquisition at Scale
- How does sustainable affiliate marketing form part of the industry acquisition model?
- How does an influencer and paid social strategy work in a world of scrutiny?
- Using a charity partnership model for growth, sustainability and a signal of trust.
15:30
Tech Roundtables
- Verification & spending limits
- Payments & checkout tech
- Harmful player detection & safer gaming tools
- Data CRM & hyper-personalisation
16:30 - 18:00
Close, Drinks and Networking
- A wrap up, then the bit where the day actually pays for itself.
Speakers and session details to be announced closer to the date.
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Every session, every break, lunch included.