Name three things that people reading this magazine don’t know about you. 1. I work 10 hours per day (as opposed to “I never wake up before 11.30 a.m. of the previous interview. OOPS... something went wrong). 2. I still watch the same Italian soap opera. Don’t tell anyone, please! 3. I can’t tell you this one, it’s really top secret! drinks she will be even more attractive); Alex Zanardi, the strongest man I can think about; John Mueller, I’d let him drink a couple of bottles of the best Italian wine to let him reveal some secrets about Google algorithm; Michael Corfman, I am a GPWA member for more than 10 years, but I never had the chance for a serious talk with him; Silvio Berlusconi, to attend the biggest secret party you can even imagine. peared. People prefer using social media, but it’s a very different type of engagement. They don’t really interact and they don’t build relationships. In a forum, you meet people and discuss things with them. You are interested in finding interesting people. Right now, our forum is mostly an additional customer care for operators. It’s time consuming, but we are good at making people happy by solving their real problems, including withdrawing their own money (€500,000 saved so far). This does not drive directly to conversion of traffic into FTDs, but it helps us improve our brand trustworthiness. How has COVID-19 affected you personally and professionally? We have always worked remotely. COVID-19 hasn’t changed much regarding our operations. The biggest thing I miss are the conferences, where you can see old friends and meet new ones, find new ideas for new projects, drink a lot of free beer and have A LOT of fun at parties. What are your hobbies? What do you do when you are not working? Ten years ago I used to go fishing, now I love other outdoor activities like climbing, hiking and running on mountains. 2021 is my second youth. I attended 10 trail running races. If someone were visiting you for 24 hours and had never been to Milan, where would you bring them and why? I would bring them to the Alps and we would sleep in a camping tent. Being alone in the mountains lets you think about old ages where there was no technology helping you to survive. If you are 3 hours and 20 kilometers far from your car, you must understand the environment you are in and you must hear your body and your feelings, otherwise you’ll get lost. If we survive, I’d bring them to a real casino in Italy or Switzerland to play some roulette, blackjack or Caribbean poker. If you could invite any five people, living or dead, to dinner, who would they be? I’d like to invite Nicole Kidman to see if she’s as beautiful as she was in our previous interview (I guess after couple of iGaming is the most competitiveniche I’ve everworked in, there are so many talented people and verybig companies to compete against . . . I didn’t expect a long career forme and my partners in this business and I didn’t expect to be still having fun after such a long period. GPWA AFFILIATE INTERVIEW SERIES drifter8 G P W A t i m e s . o r g 56
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