“Sure, we all have product and we’ve worked hard all year long. But many of us are really looking forward to being with people face-to-face instead of on Zoom, instead of looking at everybody in their libraries and bedrooms, and having that personal contact.”
—Mike Darley, CEO of Next Gaming, commenting to CDC Gaming Reports on attending the Indian Gaming tradeshow, the industry’s first major live event since before the Covid-19 pandemic
“We could never have imagined this. We had a very nice car, and now the government is forcing us to drive the old one.”
—Matej Novota, data and complaints department lead for online Casino Guru, reacting to the new online gaming rules that are now law in Germany
“You only need to go for a walk in south Auckland to see there are gaming machines everywhere. We need to see change because the system as it stands is broken and pokie machines are only fueling more poverty.”
—Andree Froude, marketing and communications director, Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand, over the $21 million spent on gaming machines in South Auckland in the first quarter of the year
”If we do not include college sports we will not be able to bring folks into the regulated market and away from their current platforms.”
—Brendan Crighton, Massachusetts state senator on whether to allow betting on college sports events in the bill currently being considered by the Bay State legislature
