Hi, I am Will Bilton a Senior Consultant at iGaming Elite, Malta. I like long walks on the beach, red wine….. who am I kidding.. I like Beer, Football and life. . .
Prior to my coming to Sweden, I did a little research and found out that the beautiful City of Stockholm had been described as a “truly modern metropolis filled with historic architecture and a reputation for tolerance”.
On my first trip to the city, I can say the above is true…
Stockholm is a great place for anyone looking to get involved with a growing European capital with a great history and a great future. For the blokes out there… Yes, it is true, my neck rotated so much that I had a similar resemblance to a barn owl… It brought a whole new meaning to 360 recruitments.
Anyway, I digress. Following the decision of the Swedish Government to publish the full gambling framework, iGaming Elite have opened their offices in Sweden. We took the opportunity to come down and sponsor the i-Gaming Forum event, which was a great opportunity for us to get our brand out for the first time with true experts of the iGaming world in Sweden.
After landing in one of the smallest airports in the world, our quest to get into the city centre began… Thank god we had our colleague Michelle with us, a Swedish native, as my google translator was suffering from a sever case of Jet-lag. An hour later and an episode of El Chapo…. we had arrived. With a quick turnaround, a mad rush to get changed, book a taxi and over to the other side of the City in time for our dinner, we had finally arrived and the networking began.
The evening itself started off with an excellently set up dinner by our SiGMA friends Eamon Pulis and Oliver de Bono, so a big thanks to them and their team. Great food, great wine and great company…. you can imagine where this led to… an early night…. of course!!
The iGaming Forum, was a very well organised event by the team on the ground in Stockholm who helped us get everything in place, allowing us to spend the time networking with the Senior Managers who attended the conference.
The day was full of industry experts discussing matters on stage prevalent to the changing dynamics of the iGaming world which was fortified by the technology experts that discussed the future products that will revolutionize the whole concept of how we perceive the traditional iGaming world. I thoroughly enjoyed the event along with our fellow conference goers as it was very interesting to take what had been said and listen to other specialist viewpoints.
Following a very successful day of networking and discussions, the event had come to an end. I am happy to say that we came out with some excellent contacts from the iGaming Forum and we have already began working with them pan Europe. We are a close-knit team at iGaming Elite and after the successes of the day, we had some time to enjoy Stockholm.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing… and following a night on the town, we completely forgot about the journey in….. I can tell you now… It was worse on the way back!!
Alas we made it back safely and in one piece. I can’t wait to go back for our next trip and look forward to doing it all again.
If you are thinking about exploring new avenues within the iGaming arena and wanted a private and confidential conversation then please send me a message on LinkedIn or send me an email will@igamingelite.com
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