The upcoming London Affiliate Conference (LAC) also features the Financial Gaming Expo, an event running alongside the LAC, sharing the same venue.  The latest headlines hitting the news in binary and financial trading is the closure of Banc De Binary, one of the biggest and most well-known companies (formerly) serving this market.  For anyone who attends iGaming Business affiliate conferences, the name Banc De Binary should ring a bell as they notoriously booked the biggest booth on the block and even brought in celebs such as German footballer Didi Hamann.

There are a number of iGaming affiliates and online gambling industry vets who are not quite convinced there is a crossover between the financial betting industry and the iGaming industry, or perhaps they find the notoriously aggressive approach of financial betting affiliate managers a bit intimidating.  Negative press surrounding the financial betting industry hasn’t helped either, but perhaps we’re at a pivotal movement and opinions will start to change in 2017.

Just this week I’ve come across an innovative offering that seems to bridge the existing gap between casino and financial gambling, an offering that may assist with the crossover between these two industries.  The offering I refer to is the brainchild of GPL Financials, a game developer with a collection of casino betting games based on the outcomes of the financial markets.  Derek Wood is the CEO of GPL Financials and I took some time to talk with him about his games and why they will benefit operators in the online gambling industry.

Becky Liggero: Thank you for joining me today, Derek.  Innovation is one of my favorite topics, so I’m especially looking forward to talking with you today. How do your innovative games “3 in a row” and “binary roulette” bridge the gap between binary and gambling?