Athens-listed gaming and lottery supplier Intralot has announced the return of founder and chairman Sokratis Kokkalis to the role of group chief executive officer.
Kokkalis takes over as CEO of Intralot from Christos Dimitriadis, who now moves to a new role focused on the company’s opportunities in the United States.
Dimitriadis served [...]
BetMGM has appointed Andrew Hagopian as chief legal officer as the company continues its expansion in regulated sports betting and iGaming markets.
Hagopian joins BetMGM from MGM Resorts International, where he served as chief corporate counsel and was instrumental in establishing the BetMGM joint venture with GVC Holdings.
He will oversee [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator 888 Holdings has appointed Vaughan Lewis to the newly created role of chief strategy officer (CSO).
Lewis will join the operator in early 2021 from Flutter Entertainment, where he has held the position of transformation lead for the international business following its acquisition of The Stars [...]
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak has appointed his former general counsel J. Brin Gibson to lead the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB).
Gibson assumes the role of chair and executive director of NGCB on November 18 from Sandra Douglass Morgan, who stepped down on Friday to join the board of directors of [...]
European lottery operator SAZKA Group has brought in Sir Keith Mills to lead its bid to operate the UK National Lottery.
Sir Mills is a British entrepreneur who founded the Air Miles and Nectar customer loyalty programmes and played a pivotal role in London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic [...]
Casino games developer iSoftBet has appointed iGaming executive Lars Kollind as its new head of business development.
Kollind has spent more than a decade in senior commercial, sales and marketing roles within the gaming sector and joins iSoftBet from Playson, where he served as business development manager. Prior to that he [...]
Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) chief executive Heathcliff Farrugia is stepping down as head of the regulator according to local media reports.
The Times of Malta reported Thursday that Farrugia and Karl Brincat Peplow, the MGA’s chief regulatory, both resigned on Tuesday, with the MGA expected to announce their successors in the [...]
New York-listed gaming supplier Scientific Games has strengthened its Digital business unit with the appointment of Cathryn Lai as senior vice president and general manager for the United States.
Lai moves to the SG Digital team after serving as SVP of products, marketing and gaming operations at Scientific Games’ Gaming division [...]
US sports betting operator BetMGM has appointed ESPN executive Ryan Spoon as its new chief operating officer.
Based in the BetMGM headquarters in New Jersey, Spoon is scheduled to start his new role in November and will be tasked with elevating content and expanding audiences for social and digital platforms.
He has [...]
Casino aggregator and games developer Relax Gaming has announced plans to open seven new offices in the next year to accommodate its growing workforce.
Having recently opened an office in Gibraltar after securing a B2B licence in the jurisdiction, Relax will also establish a base in Stockholm to complement its Malmö [...]
Malta-based Fast Track has brought in long-serving Microgaming executive Jean-Luc Ferriere as a brand ambassador for its CRM platform.
Ferriere has over two decades of experience in the iGaming sector, including more than 12 years’ service at Microgaming, where he currently serves as chief commercial officer.
He will work with Fast Track’s [...]
London-listed gaming operator GVC Holdings has strengthened its board of directors with the appointment of senior gaming executives David Satz and Robert Hoskin.
Statz joins the operator as a non-executive director with immediate effect, having most recently served as senior vice president of government relations at Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas [...]