Dermot Smurfit: From multi-player skill game development to one of the leading content distribution networks in the US: The journey

In this episode, Karolina talked with Dermot Smurfit, CEO of Gan Limited, about the beginnings of the GAN journey, challenges in developing multiplayer skill games and the pillars of their expansion strategy, to become a leading content distribution platform in the US. We also discuss the reasoning behind the acquisition of Silverback Gaming, the importance of empowering Founders you invest in, the launch of Super RGS, and where Coolbet fits into the bigger picture.

ABOUT DERMOT SMURFIT
Dermot Smurfit is the CEO of GAN, the leading Platform for U.S. Internet gambling. GAN also offers a U.S. market-leading B2B Social Casino solution branded ‘Simulated Gaming’, which leverages existing Casino reward programs to offer casino patrons a Social Casino experience designed to generate incremental online revenue and drive incremental visits on-property. Native American operator clients of Simulated Gaming include San Manuel, Chickasaw Nation, Agua Caliente, Snoqualmie, Seneca Gaming and Oneida Nation.

With operations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Tennessee, Indiana, Nevada and California, GAN’s mission to bring America’s casinos online is far from over and leverages the enterprise technology system developed by GAN in Europe since 2002, as well as the digital user acquisition marketing and retention know-how within GAN Digital, the multi-client agency owned by GAN in Tel Aviv, Israel, which provides Marketing Services to American clients. Dermot is a corporate attorney by background and education and leads approximately five hundred people worldwide with engineering groups in London, Tallinn and Bulgaria, supported by technology operations in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dermot took GAN public on the NASDAQ stock exchange in May 2020 (NASDAQ: GAN) raising $167M in expansion capital in order to cement GAN’s market position as a leading player in the fast-growing U.S. Internet gambling market.

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