Viewpoint: Alex Lafferty, managing director, Hyperion gaming
Over the past three to four weeks, the online gaming community has been anticipating positive progression in relation to Barney Frank and his efforts to rescind the UIGEA legislation of 2006. With this in mind, it is interesting to note the movement of many leading operators to further enhance their presence in the Pan-European and Baltics online gaming market.
With this in mind, it is interesting to note the movement of many leading operators to further enhance their presence in the Pan-European and Baltics online gaming market.
April and May has seen our business recruit for Hungarian, Russian, Dutch and French country managers, so there is most definitely a feeling that the best is yet to come in terms of acquisition rates for these territories.
Interestingly, we are also in the midst of recruiting a number of odds compilers/live traders to focus on the management of betting markets for the likes of Bulgaria, Slovenia and Romania.
These positions will focus predominantly on risk management for live betting markets, which gives the indication that punters in Eastern Europe are now expecting to be offered the same level of betting opportunities as their counterparts in more mature markets such as the UK.
The creation of numerous territory-focused vacancies is undoubtedly positive for the industry; it will be interesting to see how the various operators go about expanding their presence in a number of key emerging markets over the coming months.