Tal Ron All-Stars Panel: Industry Outlook 2020

At AffiliateCon Virtually Live, a panel of industry experts discussed the challenges created by COVID-19 and the pandemic’s effect on the outlook for the rest of 2020

Rewind to the end of 2019 and operators, affiliates and suppliers were all looking forward to a successful summer. For sports betting operators and their affiliates, the European football championships, the Tokyo Olympics and the Grand National all lay just beyond the horizon, while the casino industry continued to make great progress in most areas of the world. Now, just six months later, that future is far less clear. While COVID-19 has been detrimental to large parts of the industry, it’s also very true that the pandemic has affected everyone in different ways. During AffiliateCon Virtually Live, the Tal Ron All-Stars Panel met via video link to discuss the effects of COVID-19 on the industry, and when the panel’s moderator Tal Itzhak Ron, CEO and co-chairman of Tal Ron, Drihem and Co, kicked off proceedings, it was clear that those within the industry had differing experiences during the crisis.