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Live from Downtown Manhattan. The Leadership Stage at NEXT Summit New York 2026, North America's biggest dedicated Online Gambling & Sports Betting Summit.
Watch keynotes, expert panels, and unfiltered conversations with the industry's top operators, investors, and decision-makers.
๐ Day 2 โ Wednesday, March 11, 2026
โฐ Stream starts around 9:20 AM ET, sessions kick off at 9:30 AM ET
๐ Convene at Brookfield Place, New York City
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![Todd Haushalter: Lawsuits, Deepfakes & the New Blackjack. The Unfiltered Truth.
๐๏ธ 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 โ lawsuits against Light & Wonder and Playtech, why he thinks AI deepfake live dealers are dead on arrival, and what Evolutions monster 2026 game roadmap looks like.
โฐ Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro & Sponsors
01:34 - Todd & Pierre: back together
03:28 - Two years at Evolution: whats 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 Evolutions 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 - Todds 3 predictions for the next 3 years
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