iGaming Education Forum announce two industry experts to deliver Fantasy Sports seminar

CEO of Oulala, Valéry Bollier establishes Malta as future home of Fantasy Sports in Europe ahead of iGaming Education Forum

The iGaming Education Forum has confirmed the inclusion of a dedicated Fantasy Sports session to be delivered by the co-founder and CEO of Maltese fantasy football company Oulala, Valéry Bollier, and Malta Gaming Authority’s Senior Legal Advisor, Michele Magro. The session, which will take place on Day Two of the event (November 17, 2016) during SiGMA 2016, will focus on the current trends and future trends governing this emerging section of gaming with unique insights from two passionate voices working within the sector. The forum’s organisers, iGaming Academy, said they were pleased to be able to secure two such prominent figures in the Fantasy Sports sector with a profound understanding of the Maltese territory that they believe will deliver engaging workshops and help them in their aim to ‘ grow the industry through education.’

With over eleven years of experience in the iGaming industry, regular appearances at industry conferences and seminars and a passion for Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) and ‘Big Data’, Oulala’s Valéry Bollier believes Malta to be the future home of the DFS sector in Europe. He explained: “Daily Fantasy Sports was born in the USA in 2008. From scratch, an entire industry grew in less than 10 years, creating thousands of jobs, taxes and wealth. As usual, Malta’s authorities were the first ones to foresee the potential of DFS in Europe. Despite a growing demand from the European customers, none of the legislators had yet decided to create a specific legal frame for this very new activity. This is not really a surprise as it is quite common on Internet that the market moves at a much quicker pace than the legislators.

Commenting on the development of the sector in Malta, Valéry said: “DFS is a game of skill but most countries, because they had no licensing process, considered it, by default, as a ‘pool betting’ game of luck. It was crucial for us to push for a legal framework adapted to the multiple specificities of our sector.