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Golden Entertainment

Golden Entertainment restructures leadership team

Nevada-based casino and gaming tavern operator Golden Entertainment has promoted Blake Sartini II to chief operating officer (COO), with Steve Arcana moving to the newly created role of chief development officer.

Sartini II initially joined the company in June 2007, working with Golden’s tavern operations and building what is now the [...]

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Norsk Tipping completes new management team

Norway’s state-owned lottery operator Norsk Tipping has strengthened its senior management team with the appointments of Tina Rødahl and Vegar Strand as directors.

Rødahl has been named director of communications and public relations and will join Norsk Tipping on 1 May from consultancy firm Peer Group, which she founded in January [...]

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Spelinspektionen

Claes Norgren named chairman of Swedish gambling regulator

The Swedish government has appointed Claes Norgren as the new chairman of gambling regulator Spelinspektionen.

The Ministry of Finance confirmed that Norgren will take over as chairman on 1 April, replacing Per Håkansson, who has held the role since May 2013.

Norgren previously served as auditor general of the National Audit Office, [...]

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BetMakers’ chief financial officer steps down

Sydney-listed BetMakers Technology Group has confirmed the departure of chief financial officer (CFO) Anthony Pullin.

Pullin has been with the company since October 2018 and has been instrumental in the growth and development of the BetMakers business from a team of fewer than 50 employees to a global workforce now exceeding [...]

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PENN Entertainment names Anuj Dhanda as new Board member

PENN Entertainment has expanded its Board of Directors to ten members with the appointment of Anuj Dhanda.

Dhanda brings over 25 years of experience in leading business and technology functions, and currently serves as executive vice president and chief technology and transformation officer for Albertsons, a Fortune 100 Idaho-based chain of [...]

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IGT

IGT unveils new leadership structure

International Game Technology (IGT) has unveiled a new executive and board leadership structure that will see Gil Rotem take on the expanded role of president of IGT PlayDigital.

The restructuring sees Marco Drago step down as a non-executive director of the IGT Board following the end of his term in May, [...]

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Jordan Maynard named interim chair of Massachusetts Gaming Commission

Commissioner Jordan Maynard has been appointed interim chair of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, replacing Cathy Judd-Stein, who retires this month.

Maynard was appointed to the role on an interim basis by Governor Maura Healey on Thursday (March 21), having served as a commissioner of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) since 2022.

“Since [...]

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Racecourse Media Group names chief betting officer

Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has promoted Ben Dowding to the new role of chief betting officer.

The promotion follows the merging of the company’s domestic and international betting teams, with Dowding previously serving as director of betting.

“Ben has a huge amount of expertise in the sector and I wish him every [...]

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Inspired appoints Simona Camilleri as general counsel

New York-listed gaming supplier Inspired Entertainment has appointed Simona Camilleri as general counsel.

Camilleri will succeed Carys Damon as general counsel on 1 July, with Damon continuing to serve the company as corporate secretary.

Camilleri brings nearly two decades of experience in the legal and compliance field, having held various leadership roles [...]

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Svenska Spel

Svenska Spel strengthens management team with new promotions

Sweden’s state-owned gaming operator Svenska Spel has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Mikael Franzén as head of its new gaming responsibility and data-driven transformation division.

Franzén has been with Svenska Spel for nearly six years, serving as IT director since September 2019.

He will take over as head of [...]

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DraftKings

DraftKings names new CFO as Park takes on transformation role

DraftKings has made a number of internal promotions aimed at increasing the company’s focus on operational efficiencies.

This will see chief financial officer Jason Park become chief transformation officer, with Alan Ellingson, DraftKings’ senior vice president of finance and analytics, assuming the role of CFO.

Park will switch to the newly created [...]

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Tabcorp

Tabcorp CEO resigns over “inappropriate and offensive” language

Tabcorp’s Adam Rytenskild has been forced to resign as managing director and CEO with immediate effect after using “inappropriate and offensive” language in the workplace.

The company’s Board considered the language to be inconsistent with Rytenskild’s continued leadership of the organisation and following discussion with the Board, Rytenskild has tendered his [...]

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