In this interview, Pontus Lindwall, CEO of Betsson, joins SBC Media's Viktor Kayed's Senior Journalist, to discuss the company's impressive financial performance, achieving eight years of uninterrupted growth.
Lindwall emphasises the importance of technology investment while maintaining cost control. The conversation also touches on the company's strategic focus on markets, particularly the shift away from the Nordics towards more promising regions like Latam.
Lindwall also expresses optimism about continuing growth in the competitive gambling industry.
Questions asked in this interview
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0:08Thank you for coming on this interview today. How are you?
0:41How does Betsson achieve eight years of uninterrupted growth as others in our sector continue to streamline?
1:56Where do you see your products and services improving, and can exponential continue in an area where investors are prioritizing cost controls on technology and resources?
2:59Is that achievable with your casino unit outpacing its growth targets?
4:10How will that impact the performance in the Nordics, and can this region be turned around in the coming months or years?
5:55Are you cautious or optimistic about this market as it comes into formation?
6:55Can Betsson maintain its growth profile navigating a decade where gambling operators are all aiming towards growth as well?
Hello and welcome to this interview. I'm Victor Kayat and I'm sitting here with Pontus Lindwall, CEO of Betsson, to talk about the company's latest financial results and see how the company expects to move forward from here. Pontus, thank you for your time. Thank you for coming on this interview today. How are you?
All right, exciting information to digest, so I'm going to go straight into it. My first question is: can you reflect on Betsson achieving its best year in business? How does Betsson achieve eight years of uninterrupted growth as others in our sector continue to streamline?
It's been a very strong year, and we've had several years before that that have been strong as well. And we have seen some competitors in the industry struggling a bit, but I think we've had our company in good shape and we have done really, really well. I'm so happy, I'm proud about it. And eight years is not a short period. I didn't hardly know that figure myself, but we've been moving on quite nicely for a long time, and I think this quarter that we now reported today was the 12th consecutive quarter with growth, so that's a strong achievement in itself.
Betsson continues its deep investment into products and localized platforms. Where do you see your products and services improving, and can exponential continue in an area where investors are prioritizing cost controls on technology and resources?
Yeah, I think we have a huge respect for cost control, and I think you can see from the P&L and the EBITDA that we generate the margin that we have good control on costs. On the other hand, we are in a business which is highly relying on technology; we need to keep on investing, and I think our shareholders are really happy that we have invested so far in technology to improve our positions in the markets and improve our product in relation to other products in this market.
Lindwall, P. (2025, February 6). Betsson's 'best year in business': Insights from CEO Pontus Lindwall [Interview transcript]. SBC Events. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1108925/
MLA
Pontus Lindwall. "Betsson's 'best year in business': Insights from CEO Pontus Lindwall." SBC Events, 6 Feb. 2025. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1108925/.
BibTeX
@misc{lindwall2025_1108925,
author = {Pontus Lindwall},
title = {Betsson's 'best year in business': Insights from CEO Pontus Lindwall},
howpublished = {Interview transcript, SBC Events. CEOInterviews.AI},
year = {2025},
month = {feb},
url = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1108925/},
note = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}
