{"podcast":{"title":"The iGaming Leader","slug":"the-igaming-leader-7100266","podcast_index_feed_id":7100266,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-igaming-leader","website_url":"https://www.igamingleader.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/p_66xt8SvQqZJ1aZxk8F1xFxVlpsh9f4siiOobOvnIY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNTg1/MTBkYjJjNjA5MTU2/ZWFkZDc3OGI4MDgx/NDRmOC5wbmc.jpg","author":"Leo Judkins, Founder - iGaming Leader Mastermind","episode_count":58,"summary":"The iGaming Leader is hosted by Leo Judkins, founder of The iGaming Leader Mastermind. Every other week, Leo sits down with Founders, C-suite executives, and VPs from across the iGaming industry for conversations you won't hear on a conference panel. The real decisions. The hard calls. What leadership actually looks like from the inside. No keynote polish. No PR answers. Just honest conversations between people who know the industry. New episodes every other Wednesday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T12:17:34.597807+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266"},"episode":{"title":"The Founder Who Got Tired of Gambling's Bullshit. So He Built Something Better.","slug":"the-founder-who-got-tired-of-gambling-s-bullshit-so-he-built-something-better","published_at":"2026-06-20T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266/the-founder-who-got-tired-of-gambling-s-bullshit-so-he-built-something-better","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/a09e09d4","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/a09e09d4/009beab3.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the iGaming Leader Podcast, Leo sits down with Savvas Fellas, founder and CEO of MrQ, the bootstrap challenger brand that decided the UK gambling industry's nonsense had gone on long enough. Growing up on a council estate in Birmingham, Savvas built his way into iGaming through SEO, affiliates, and white-label operations before a simple question changed everything: why is the player experience still so bad? In 2018, he launched MrQ with no external funding, no wagering requirements, no smoke and mirrors, just a product built on the belief that players deserve better. The conversation covers how he scaled to 200 people, why building the right C-suite nearly broke him, how MrQ responded to the UK's 40% gambling tax shock, and why he believes the next frontier of real money entertainment is shared, synchronous, and nothing like a slot machine. Guest Bio Savvas Fellas is the founder and CEO of MrQ and Lindar Media. Starting out in digital marketing and affiliate SEO in London, he identified the gaps in the player experience from both sides of the fence before deciding to build his own platform from scratch. MrQ launched in 2018 as a fully bootstrapped, UK-focused online casino built around fairness and transparency: no fees, no wagering requirements, no complexity. Under Savvas's leadership, MrQ has grown into one of the UK's fastest-rising gaming brands, backed by partnerships with Watford FC, the World Snooker Tour, UFC, and boxing with Queensbury and DAZN. Key Topics Discussed 00:00 – \"How hard can it be?\" The frustration that started MrQ. 05:00 – Running both sides of the fence as advertiser and affiliate publisher. 09:00 – MrQ's six core values and how they shape every interview. 11:00 – The secret sauce: mission, vision, and values as a decision-ma…","meta_description":"In this episode of the iGaming Leader Podcast, Leo sits down with Savvas Fellas, founder and CEO of MrQ, the bootstrap challenger brand that decided the U…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2686,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-igaming-leader-7100266/episodes/the-founder-who-got-tired-of-gambling-s-bullshit-so-he-built-something-better/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266/the-founder-who-got-tired-of-gambling-s-bullshit-so-he-built-something-better.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}