Monday, August 13, 2012

“We will enter the interactive space”

And if you are thinking about the rationale behind the move, this is what Amit considers a need!

B&E: Among all businesses that you have handled so far which one do you think you enjoyed the most?
AG: I enjoyed all of them. In fact, I am very much part of all of them, but from day to day perspective I run Playwin and as such is more involved with it. Playwin keeps me on my toes constantly. It’s a very dynamic business as it keeps on changing quickly and drastically, both from the consumer perspective as well as the regulatory perspective. Thus, I have to keep a close watch on things around.

B&E: One particular business area that you would like to handle and get involved intensively in the near future?
AG: I think for us as a group there is lot to be planned in the coming years. Currently, there are few areas where we are not strong or are not present, for instance, interactive space. This is one area where we would like to strengthen going forward and I think that will happen soon. In fact, this is something in which I want to get involved personally. We’re working on it and a couple of announcements are in the pipeline. May be in the next 6-9 months you might see a lot of things happening in this regard.

B&E: What kind of growth is expected from Playwin in the next one year?
AG: Playwin business has grown rapidly over the past seven years. But currently there are a lot of changes happening on the regulatory sides as the government is working on to put together a regulatory framework for this industry. So, once we get little more clarity on what’s happening there, we would be in a position to really figure out things. Otherwise, as of today, our growth rate has come down to a single-digit number, which, unless there are some drastic policy changes, is not going to change in the near future.


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