Right to the Source returns with its first episode of 2026, and this week Ed Birkin and Robin Harrison are joined by Erland Hellström and Simon Hammon of slot disruptor Big Daddy Gaming. 

Hellström is a veteran of Evolution and Hammon’s slot heritage stretches back to NetEnt’s Starburst, so there’s some serious muscle behind Big Daddy Gaming, but how are they going to build something that can disrupt an established order in a busy market?

Chapters

• (00:00:15) - Robin Harrison on Banksy
• (00:02:57) - No gambling on the IGB podcast
• (00:04:00) - Warm Welcome to Big Daddy Gaming
• (00:04:36) - Big Daddy Gaming Interview
• (00:08:00) - Big Daddy Reboot: The
• (00:10:51) - What is the Big Daddy
• (00:12:54) - Irish CEO on the country's gaming landscape
• (00:14:07) - Simon Mansion on Online Casinos
• (00:16:12) - Slot Machine: AI vs Quality
• (00:19:27) - Irish slot tax debate, RTP
• (00:24:56) - Slots: Should Content Suppliers Be Held Responsible for
• (00:27:53) - How Much Visibility Do Game Developers Have Over Where Their Games Go
• (00:29:30) - Direct-to-Consumer, Aggregation
• (00:31:03) - Introducing Big Daddy's Slot
• (00:36:03) - Starburst
• (00:37:08) - What is the formula for a Top Title?
• (00:38:09) - Simon Erlen and John Hodgson on Right to the Source