A LOOK FORWARD BETER Gal Ehrlich, CEO


economic environment that will put more focus on optimising costs, mergers, and acquisitions to leverage cost synergies. There may also be some stagnation when it comes to long term investments. I expect to see key changes in the industry landscape soon, with big players acquiring small/medium providers at much more reasonable prices than we’ve seen in the last few years.


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Our 2023 budget and strategic focus exercises are now complete, and we’re going


hile the gaming and betting industry has a strong resilience to economic crises, most will have to deal with a changing


to significantly increase our research and development and our operations next year to support our growth. This is not a decision we came to lightly, considering the current global financial environment, which includes a recession in some of our key markets, increased inflation and the overall instability in both the labour and consumer markets. We are taking a conscious decision to increase our investments despite all these factors, as our market research supports our core beliefs that there is plenty of room to grow into.


In 2023 we plan to continue launching new sports betting disciplines that we’re


currently working hard on, along with new esports games that will extend our coverage. We’ll also further develop our key partnership contract with Bayes Esports, which we recently extended. We’re planning to start the new year strong by going live in January in Bucharest with our all-new live casino studio that will complement our Ukrainian studio and address our growing demand for this product. All the plans, projects and hard work that BETER will be carrying out in 2023 will further develop our company as a leading content provider in the gaming and betting industry.


Continent 8 Technologies Kristian Valenta, Chief Financial Offi cer


North America and Latin America – two strategic markets for Continent 8 over the coming years. We’re on track to hit 100 connected locations in 2023, a major milestone for the business.


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To facilitate this growth, we will be further investing in our team, processes, and delivery solutions. Over the last twelve months, we have grown our employee base by almost 40% and we’re not stopping there. In the coming months, we are introducing new approaches to customer delivery, support capabilities and solutions offerings.


e will continue to deliver growth across all regions and keep pushing ahead with our ambitious expansion plans for


In addition, we will continue investing across our products and network, with cybersecurity being a signifi cant area of focus. Given the prevalence of cybersecurity threats in the world today, we will further drive the adoption of our existing suite of world-class cybersecurity solutions across our customer base and continue to invest and introduce new offerings to further support operators and suppliers in the iGaming space.


The industry will continue to embrace licensing and regulation, with new markets opening up worldwide, notably in North America and Latin America. This presents tremendous opportunities for operators and suppliers to scale rapidly, but they must ensure they do this while protecting


their networks, systems, and information. That is why we are the only partner who can help globally ambitious operators and suppliers meet their strategic goals.


2023 is a landmark year for the company as we celebrate 25 years in business. We’ll be spending the year celebrating key achievements and recognising our employees that have contributed to our strong success over this time. More importantly, we’ll be looking ahead at another 25 years as we continue expanding our global footprint, onboarding top talent and partnering with many of the leading brands in the global gaming space.


PandaScore Oliver Niner, Head of Sales


partnerships with tier ones in other fast-growth markets including Spain, Italy and Latin America. From a product perspective, 2023 will be another year of innovation with a particular focus on rolling out our micro


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e have a strong foundation in the US but want to build on this over the next 12 months. We also want to secure


betting offering. Within the world of esports, we’ll see the continued development of Valorant. This includes


understanding how esports B2C


marketing evolves, and this is


something where PandaScore intends to be at the forefront. More broadly, I think we’ll see tier-one operators continue to embrace


esports and esports betting. Those that were small on esports are now looking to roll out comprehensive esportsbooks with cutting- edge products and compelling player experiences. This will change the game for esports betting and will see it transition from being a nice “extra” to a “must-have” for any operator.


We will be making a big push into the US as well as Latin America. We have an exciting roadmap of new products and features and will go big on our micro betting proposition. Ultimately, this will allow us to secure more tier-one operator integrations.


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