SiGMA 2018: live stream from Malta

This day has come! Today Malta has opened one of the largest profile events devoted to gambling business – SiGMA 2018.

Exclusive webcast of the regulatory conference at SiGMA

The anticipated gambling expo brings together a handful of professionals from over 80 countries, among which are 200 gambling experts, around 400 sponsors and exhibitors. Our representatives dressed in Slotegrator branded red hoodies are welcoming the guests to SiGMA 2018. Please, feel free to say hello and ask all your questions.

9:15. SiGMA 2018 started from the panel discussion between operators and gambling professionals talking about gambling legislation in Malta as well as analysing the issue of struggle against gambling activities in the country.

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10:00. Among the featured speakers of the discussion: Heathcliff Farrugia (Chief Executive Officer at MGA), Jesper Karrbrink (CEO at Mr Green), Jesper Svensson (CEO at Betsson Group), Olga Finkel (Regulatory Lawyer at WH Partners), Martin Lycka (Director of Regulatory affairs at GVC Holdings) and many others. The Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat has also contributed to the panel session.

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The experts have discussed the global issues of the gambling industry, particularly, in Malta. Special attention was given to the perspectives of development and regulation of the gambling industry within the country. The Prime Minister described Malta’s plans in iGaming: the active development of blockchain technologies and close cooperation with the UK.

10:30. SiGMA 2018 hosts several panel discussion, one of them organized by Sizmek. The main subject is The Evolution of Programmatic for Gaming. Here you can learn about the features of affiliate marketing and the best programs for automating online ads.

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11:00. iGaming conference SiGMA 2018 has united the ultimate market players. The top companies such as GameArt, Microgaming, EGT Interactive, Gamshy, BitStarz, GiG have their splendid stands at the exhibition. Each exhibit provides all modern technologies to try and play casino games demos through embedded computers and wall displays. In turn, the event hosts have created favourable conditions for implementation of any bold ideas suggested by participants at SiGMA 2018.

12:00. At noon, panel debates with the best gambling marketers was held. The experts discussed the evolution of programs needed to promote the gambling business. As one expert said, "Programmatic advertising should not only be seen as an acquisition channel but as a retention tool that is extremely effective in increasing your customers' lifetime value."

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Let’s not skip SiGMA Hackathon that is currently under way and is available during the whole summit course. The toughest teams of web developers pre-selected by the board of judges in advance are battling for the main prize of $50,000. Every team has 2 to 6 members, each of which is a profile, skilled specialist. The challenge is to come up with the most creative, extraordinary and outstanding solution. The winner to be decided by the judges. The competition is heating up with each second there. Let’s see together who will be that big winner!

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14.00. Right after coffee-break, the participants have started a broad exchange of views regarding the prospects of gambling regulation in Africa. Recently, many African countries, particularly Kenya, Tanzania and sub-Saharan region, have experienced a rapid expansion of gambling business, which now has to be regulated to become a profit-making industry on both domestic and international levels.

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14:30. At Workshop room, the representatives of the famous American gambling company Salesforce have started their seminar. During the performance, Salesforce showcases one of its topline products ㄧ an in-house CRM software. Apart from this solution, there are planned other groundbreaking designs for gambling projects, for instance, a platform for independent apps development.

15:00. Other prominent gambling market player of Switch Studios that is an online gaming developer from the UK has presented its Roulette. This timeless table game comes with updated interface and is available exclusively for operators-partners of Microgaming.

15:30. The Regulation Conference brings talks on the new Gaming Act and Gaming Law. Gerald Fenech together with the participants will discuss the latest innovations in gambling legislation. The debate is focused on the role of gambling regulation in economic growth.

16:00. Lithuanian developer of live dealer games, BetGames, invites SIGMA participants to distract from a rich flow of information by playing a poker game. For this purpose, the developer put a poker table on the stand, and it has already gathered a large number of interested people.

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17:00. Blockchain Conference hosted by BlockChip. In their speeches, the specialists together with the participants will discuss the latest blockchain technologies and solutions on how to ensure uninterrupted gameplay.

Live Stream of iGaming Event SiGMA 2018: Day 2

28 November 2018, the Maltese town of Ta ‘Qali held the opening of the massive gambling event SiGMA 2018 that consolidated different representatives of gaming business. Today, on 29 December, is the second day of the conference that has nicely offered to the guests a quite busy agenda of informational and entertaining events.

The day two of SiGMA 2018 has started from the report by an financial and tax expert, Victoria Soltecz. The speaker has told about banking power within payment industry. Victoria has pointed out the importance of client orientation in banking systems.

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At the same time, from 9:00 to 14:00, WORKSHOP ROOM hosted an exciting briefing held by iGaming Academy on the following topics:

• GDPR;
• gambling legislation;
• responsible gambling;
• corporate social responsibility.

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Patryk Kadlec from BitbayPay has discussed how decentralized payment systems can integrate with current online games format.

The discussion was followed by the engaging panel session between Monty Munford from Forbes, Gerald Fenech from Forbes, Wesley Ellul from Quizando, Jimmy Zhao from ZBO, Oron Barber from Coinpointnet, Patryk Kadlex from BitbayPay who discussed all the possible risks, issues and solutions related to cryptocurrency.

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Although it was a quite intensive program of the second day at SiGMA 2018, the guests could have fun at the special entertaining stands where everybody could relax and watch a special bar attendant show.

Live Stream SiGMA 2018: Day 3

The final day of the big-scale gambling event of SiGMA 2018 is coming to its close. Today this massive iGaming gathering has made the guests’ day with multiple fun activities thanks to which everybody could chill and get funky. SiGMA 2018 is the hub that brings together the gambling professionals from around the globe, where exhibitors just blows the minds of guests with their impressive, hi-tech stands, where all and every participant share their bold ideas and make new connections. At the conference, every visitor had the opportunity to meet and talk with the leading market players to discuss topical issues in the gambling business. SiGMA 2018 to be best remembered for its awesome idea to unite the greatest minds that think alike!