Table Topics

Questions for a
table of strangers.

Hosting a dinner at an industry event? Put a deck on every table. Three rounds take the table from small talk to real conversation, and a fourth is made for dates.

How to play

Draw a card and read it aloud. Everyone answers, going round the table. The reader goes last.

Arrival

What was your first iGaming conference, and what do you still remember from it?

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01 · Arrival

  1. What was your first iGaming conference, and what do you still remember from it?
  2. How would you explain your job to a ten-year-old?
  3. Which city on the conference circuit do you actually look forward to?
  4. What were you doing before you joined this industry?
  5. How did you end up in iGaming: by plan or by accident?
  6. Who was the first person you met in this industry?
  7. What is your trick for surviving a three-day trade show?
  8. What is the best meal you have had on a work trip?
  9. What is the strangest place work has taken you?
  10. What do you do on the flight home from a conference?
  11. What would you be doing tonight if you weren’t here?
  12. Which app on your phone could you not work without?
  13. Which language do you wish you spoke for business?
  14. What is the best thing that happened to you this week?
  15. What is the first thing you do when you land in a new city?
  16. Which conference giveaway did you actually keep?
  17. What was your very first job?
  18. Window or aisle, and why?
  19. What is the best talk or panel you have seen at an event?
  20. Which city would you move to tomorrow if work allowed it?

02 · Business

  1. Which market will surprise everyone in the next two years?
  2. What is the most overhyped technology in the industry right now?
  3. What problem are you trying to solve this year?
  4. Who is one person you would love an introduction to?
  5. What is the best partnership you have been part of, and why did it work?
  6. Which regulation change would help your business most?
  7. Which trend does everyone talk about that you think is already over?
  8. Where do you find your best people?
  9. What do players want that operators still don’t give them?
  10. Which number do you check first every morning?
  11. What would you build with a year and no budget limit?
  12. Which company outside our industry do you learn the most from?
  13. What is the hardest market you have ever worked in?
  14. Which launch or deal are you proudest of?
  15. What will this industry look like in five years?
  16. What is the best piece of marketing you have seen this year?
  17. Which part of your business would you never outsource?
  18. What small change made a big difference to your team?
  19. What question do you wish partners asked you more often?
  20. Which event is worth it for doing business, not just being seen?

03 · Candour

  1. What do outsiders always get wrong about this industry?
  2. What deal did you walk away from that you still think about?
  3. What is the best advice you ignored?
  4. If you started in this industry again tomorrow, what would you do differently?
  5. What failure are you now grateful for?
  6. What was the hardest decision you made this year?
  7. What keeps you in this industry?
  8. Who gave you your first real chance?
  9. What do you know now that you wish you had known at 25?
  10. What would people here be surprised to learn about you?
  11. Which belief about business have you changed your mind on?
  12. When did you last feel out of your depth?
  13. What would you like to be known for in ten years?
  14. What is the kindest thing a stranger has done for your career?
  15. Which part of your job would you happily give away?
  16. What did you get wrong about this industry when you started?
  17. Who do you go to for honest advice?
  18. What risk are you glad you took?
  19. What does success look like to you now, compared with five years ago?
  20. If you could change one thing about this industry, what would it be?

04 · Dating

  1. What does a perfect weekend look like for you?
  2. What are you looking forward to this month?
  3. Where is the best place you have ever travelled, and why?
  4. What small thing always makes your day better?
  5. Are you a planner, or do you go with the flow?
  6. Which food could you happily eat every week?
  7. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
  8. Which song takes you straight back to a certain moment?
  9. What skill would you love to learn?
  10. What are you most proud of that isn’t on your CV?
  11. What does a good friend do that others don’t?
  12. Which family tradition would you keep forever?
  13. What is the best gift you have ever been given?
  14. Which film or book have you recommended more than any other?
  15. What would your closest friends say is your best quality?
  16. What have you changed your mind about in the last few years?
  17. Where would you go on a trip with one week’s notice?
  18. What does home mean to you?
  19. What is a dream you haven’t told many people about?
  20. What made you smile today?