Laila Mintas is a sports betting veteran who has been with several cutting-edge companies and organizations. She started out as an attorney in Germany where she earned her Ph.D. with a thesis on the German sports betting monopoly. She then became a representative of major sports organizations such as FIFA and CONCACAF where she managing all the betting related topics such as sponsorship, data exchange, data collection and sports integrity. That led to positions with Sportradar, Bet.Works and PlayUp USA. Today, she’s a venture partner in ADvantage where she will identify technology companies that can shake up the sports betting world. She sat down with GGB Publisher Roger Gros at the ICE conference and tradeshow in Barcelona in January.