After a successful first day at the SBC Digital Summit, Day 2 kicked off with an Industry keynote, care of Green Jade Games Chairman and Creative Director Jesper Kärrbrink. He kicked off the day by talking about leadership in C-times, otherwise known as the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He began by noting that 99.9% of us have never lived through something like this. While it’s a pandemic, he also noted that it was an infodemic, with so much unknown still. “The big question we are all asking ourselves now is, where are we heading,” he said.

After noting the first wave of this crisis is about health, and the second will be about governments and banks saving the economy, he then asked how iGaming fits into all of this. We’re lucky, he noted, because we are a young industry, we have young employees, and “we have very few people in the risk group.” He also noted that, as digital entertainment, the iGaming industry, outside of sportsbooks, is in the right position to grab at the opportunity presenting itself.

“We are actually doing extremely well,” he noted. Comparing the industry’s situation to the hotel sector, he noted that they are at a point beyond crisis, with less than 10% occupancy. Travel, restaurant, and retail industries have been crushed. He then cited the statement of other iGaming firms, noting they have had nearly no significant impact.