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Cross-selling is vital for legal gambling profitability

The speaker argued that sports betting alone is a low-margin product, making cross-selling into casino games and other high-margin products the essential lifeblood of a profitable online gaming business.

The argument

The speaker explained that sports betting is the cheapest way to acquire customers because they are already fans of the events, but operators must cross-sell them into casino, poker, and numbers games to generate sustainable profits.

The thesis, stress-tested
✓ What validates it
  • Legal operators reporting higher average revenue per user (ARPU) driven by iGaming mix
  • More US states legalizing iGaming alongside sports betting
▸ Risks discussed
  • Regulatory bans on online casino products (iGaming) in specific jurisdictions
  • High customer acquisition costs failing to convert to high-margin gaming play
Hear it yourself
"So in seven years, with a mixture of sports betting in 20 states for for online sports betting and a mixture of seven states for for iGaming, casino, and poker, we've managed to produce some profitability."
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