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Episode 46: Sports Betting and Gaming: Surging Users and Rapid Revenue Growth

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February 10, 2025 Podcast 0

The sports betting industry is booming, with 100% year-over-year revenue growth. How can platforms scale to meet surging end-user engagement while sustaining this rapid momentum? In this episode, the team at Presidio explores the tech and innovation driving transformation in this high-stakes sector.

This week, host Allec Brust sits down with Presidio experts—Jay Donovan, National Client Executive of Betting and Gaming, and Roger Sherwood, Practicing Director for TMEGS—to discuss the remarkable growth of the sports betting and gaming industry. They dive into the technical and regulatory challenges shaping the sector’s evolution, from navigating obstacles to scaling platforms during peak game events. Discover how the TMEGS practice leverages innovative cloud solutions to stabilize platforms, process millions of transactions, and fuel ongoing growth in one of the world’s fastest-growing industries.

In this Episode:

How Presidio’s PRISM solution offers guaranteed discounts on compute consumption from hyperscale cloud providers.
The legal hurdles in states where sports betting remains illegal or highly restricted, and how growth strategies can unlock the industry’s full potential.
Insights from streaming platforms like Netflix, including chaos engineering and building systems designed to handle high-density user activity

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