Jesper Kärrbrink is always thinking ahead, leading Green Jade Games to be an industry innovator. That forward thinking ability makes him an interesting man to talk to, especially during these times. After their panel at SiGMA ICE Asia Digital, our Becky Liggero Fontana caught up with Kärrbrink for the latest episode of The Long Con, to talk about the state of the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how people can innovate in their own lives while they stay at home.

One of the feared changes from the pandemic has been an increase in gambling regulations, and Kärrbrink fears that over regulation could punishing the regulated market, driving players to internationally regulated sites. “Regulations are positive for the industry,” he was careful to note. “Regulations are positive for the people who has a problem with playing. That means that we put more efforts on problematic gambling, you focus resources on problematic gambling and you impose certain restrictions on the gaming companies so they can balance this.”

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But just because he agrees regulation is necessary doesn’t mean he accepts what he’s currently seeing. “What we see now is, I don’t know, its political nonsense,” he said. “Someone is trying to look as powerful or action driven politician or whatever, they’re just making decisions without really looking at the data. Because what they are creating now is, they are actually risking the perfect model, or near perfect model.”