iGB Affiliate 52 AugSept | Page 44

EXPERTS IN INNOVATION Where other operators pedal the same old products, the Unibet Group continues its gaming revolution with the launch of a brand new Bingo client The late Steve Jobs once said that, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” It’s a great quote, but achieving innovation in a marketplace as crowded as iGaming is a challenge which all of us – whether operators, suppliers or affiliates – share. Much of the current discourse on the subject in our industry seems to focus on finding ‘the next big thing’ by fusing ostensibly complementary product groups together. Adding gamification and social features to traditional gambling products – or on the flipside the so-called ‘gamblification’ of related products such as fantasy sports or video games – are hot topics, and not without justification. However, if we accept that the major popular and profitable product areas remain (as they have done since our industry’s inception) Sportsbook, Casino, Poker and Bingo, there seems to have been surprisingly little discussion about innovation and reinvention within those tried-andtested products. In the latter two in particul