The Gaming Intelligence Hot 50 are the most talented, innovative and inspiring individuals working in the online gambling industry. But are they the same people who are likely to shape the future of the industry over the next five years?

You would think so. They are, after all, the people who are judged to have made a difference to their company or the industry during the past year, or who are in a crucial position of influence for the year ahead. If they’re not the movers and shapers, then who on earth is? At whose whim does the future of gambling lie?

It’s a sad truth that the answer to that question lies outside the industry, says Mark Davies.

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