Todd Haushalter: Lawsuits, Deepfakes & the New Blackjack. The Unfiltered Truth.

🎙️ NEXT.io Podcast #265 with Todd Haushalter, Chief Product Officer at Evolution.

Todd Haushalter, Chief Product Officer at Evolution, sits down for an unfiltered conversation covering everything the industry is talking about — lawsuits against Light & Wonder and Playtech, why he thinks AI deepfake live dealers are "dead on arrival," and what Evolution's monster 2026 game roadmap looks like.

⏰ Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro & Sponsors

01:34 - Todd & Pierre: back together

03:28 - Two years at Evolution: what's really changed

04:46 - Suing Light & Wonder over Lightning Roulette

06:25 - The Playtech dossier: how industrial espionage works

13:55 - Is Evolution becoming a value stock?

19:12 - AI-generated games: threat or noise?

20:34 - Deepfake live dealers: why Todd calls it a catastrophic failure

36:20 - Brands vs. AI slots: who wins when games are infinite?

44:26 - The Hasbro deal and the brand-first strategy

52:19 - Competition in live casino: is the iron grip loosening?

58:48 - Aviator: the most impressive success story in iGaming

01:03:51 - Acquisition rumours and Evolution's M&A strategy

01:14:01 - The $2 billion share buyback explained

01:19:18 - Cybercrime in Asia: what can actually be said

01:22:10 - European regulatory headwinds and revenue pullbacks

01:28:01 - Prediction markets: where does Evolution fit?

01:34:13- The investment case for Evolution right now

01:42:20 - Todd's 3 predictions for the next 3 years

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