🎙️ NEXT.io Podcast #265 with Todd Haushalter, Chief Product Officer at Evolution.
Todd Haushalter, Chief Product Officer at Evolution, sits down for an unfiltered conversation covering everything the industry is talking about — lawsuits against Light & Wonder and Playtech, why he thinks AI deepfake live dealers are "dead on arrival," and what Evolution's monster 2026 game roadmap looks like.
⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro & Sponsors
01:34 - Todd & Pierre: back together
03:28 - Two years at Evolution: what's really changed
04:46 - Suing Light & Wonder over Lightning Roulette
06:25 - The Playtech dossier: how industrial espionage works
13:55 - Is Evolution becoming a value stock?
19:12 - AI-generated games: threat or noise?
20:34 - Deepfake live dealers: why Todd calls it a catastrophic failure
36:20 - Brands vs. AI slots: who wins when games are infinite?
44:26 - The Hasbro deal and the brand-first strategy
52:19 - Competition in live casino: is the iron grip loosening?
58:48 - Aviator: the most impressive success story in iGaming
01:03:51 - Acquisition rumours and Evolution's M&A strategy
01:14:01 - The $2 billion share buyback explained
01:19:18 - Cybercrime in Asia: what can actually be said
01:22:10 - European regulatory headwinds and revenue pullbacks
01:28:01 - Prediction markets: where does Evolution fit?
01:34:13- The investment case for Evolution right now
01:42:20 - Todd's 3 predictions for the next 3 years
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