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And other amazing positions here. Polling boostYou win some, you Newsom: American democracy may have hit a new low with last Thursday night’s presidential debate but blockchain-based prediction markets operator Polymarket can count itself as one of the winners after its market on Joe Biden stepping down as a candidate was heavily shared on social media.
Ride the wave: The company itself said last Thursday night was when Polymarket “went mainstream.” Early on Friday, the company posted that the traffic it was receiving was “insane” and a “tsunami.” Fit but you know it: A senior engineer at Coinbase, Yuga Cohler, posted on X that Polymarket’s “astronomical success” in being so much cited by the media was “monumental” for crypto. “The seamlessness with which this happened speaks to its product market fit,” he wrote. See me, Thiel me: As per The Token Word, Polymarket raised $45m in a mid-May Series B funding round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and with the participation of Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin. The company has now raised over $70m.
We want in: Prior to last week, Polymarket said it had already seen more than $125m traded on the presidential election despite being locked out of the US market following a settlement with the CFTC in 2022.
Wanna bet? In the UK, meanwhile – where political betting has been a feature for many years – the ongoing rumpus over Conservative insiders with privileged information allegedly betting on the date of the election is testing the limits of the adage that all publicity is good publicity, as the campaign finally comes to a close on Thursday. Where politics mix with bingo and tits: The high-profile scandal has thrown the spotlight on whether politicians should face similar curbs on their betting as sports people.
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Frying pan: Steve McCann has been appointed as CEO at the regulatory-challenged Star Entertainment. He was formerly CEO at Crown Resorts where he helped lead it through its own regulatory issues.
Elsewhere, sports-betting and fantasy sport supplier Skokastic has appointed Daniel Haight as its chief operating officer. Churchill Downs has named Michael Lilly as president of TwinSpires Horse Racing. Codere Online has appointed Gabriel Saenz de Buruaga, Taavi Davies and Claude Noesen to its board of directors, while Gonzaga Higuero, CEO at parent group Codere, will serve as chair. Rivalry: The esports and GenZ-focused operator has made a number of staff redundant as the company undergoes some “strategic shifts,” according to a LInkedIn posting from CEO Steven Salz. The posting includes contact details for those affected in order to help them find new roles. BreakingDeal me out: Australian-listed BlueBet has announced it has terminated its market access agreement in Indiana with the Horseshoe Casino with immediate effect, as the company continues a strategic review of its US operations.
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What we’re readingHandicapping the New York casino race: the NY Post on who gets a shot downtown. Analyst takes – DraftKingsQuestions, no answers: “Incremental questions” is how Deutsche Bank gently suggested some increasing skepticism over DraftKings’ long-term adj. EBITDA guidance of $2.1bn, saying it is “becoming increasingly more questionable over the next 12-18 months.”
More takesCaesars: The team at Wells Fargo estimated Caesars could unlock ~$2bn in value from selling non-core, non-operating casino assets, including the LINQ Promenade on the Las Vegas Strip.
Aristocrat: After listening to an investor presentation last week on the newly renamed interactive unit, analysts at JP Morgan noted the revenue target of $1bn by 2029 implied an EBITDA target of ~$230m.
Macau: Following meetings with the management at SJM, the team at CBRE suggested they found some comfort in the company’s confidence in China’s continuing support for the Macau market, citing the recent expansion of the individual visa scheme to 59 eligible cities from 51. Earnings in briefCzech your head: A newly minted Hong Kong-listed gaming entity that owns three B&M casinos in the Czech Republic, alongside hotel interests in Germany and Austria, issued its debut FY earnings for the year to Mar24.
XLMedia: In a trading statement the gaming affiliate provider said that, following the completion of the sale of a number of European-facing assets to Gambling.com for an initial $37.5m, the company is on course to generate $5m of EBITDA in FY24. Despite recent actions on the part of Google to derank media partnership content, XLMedia said it would continue to seek partners for new state launches. Venture capital firm Yolo Investments manages in excess of €500m in capital across 100 exciting fintech, gaming and blockchain companies. The Yolo Investments' Gaming fund, regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, has taken positions in fast-growth suppliers and operators, including Dabble and Enteractive. Yolo Investments (yolo.io) wants to hear from readers of this newsletter. Get in touch with your pitch, or for a chat about innovative products which can plug into our investment ecosystem. Venture playgroundFunding roundsLinQedIn: A new platform that allows games developers to enter the real-money gaming space has raised an additional $2.3m from investors, including a16z Games Speedrun, Drive by DraftKings and Sharp Alpha.
Soft play: A new gaming innovation fund has been announced by iCasino backend provider Soft2Bet. CEO Uri Poliavich said the company would be investing up to €50m in growth stage as well as mature businesses.
Startup focus – BlaskWho are you? Co-founded by Max Tesla and Dmitry Belianin, Blask launched in 2021. While primarily a remote operation, Blask boasts two offices: one in Limassol and one in Lisbon. What’s the big idea? “The original idea was to create a Swiss Army knife for B2B iGaming analytics,” says Tesla. He believes the AI-driven tech “empowers iGaming businesses with unparalleled market intelligence.”
What they say: “This intense, bloody-red ocean demands proper strategic and tactical decisions backed by data,” says Tesla. Operators need to know their own position but are also “constantly checking their side mirrors and taking a helicopter view of the entire market.” Funding backgrounder: An unspecified amount in angel funding came in late 2022 followed by a pre-seed round in January 2023. Backers include Yolo Investments and Oakvale Capital. Growth company newsA new games studio based in Sweden called Aftermath Interactive has completed a strategic agreement with a US-based law firm called Hensel Grad to develop a skill-based poker game for the US market. US-based games studio startup Konquer’s first game is now live in New Jersey on DraftKings and Golden Nugget Online. Calendar
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