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 [...]
Stockholm-based in-play sports betting solutions provider Triggy has appointed Martina Åkerlund as its new chief executive.
Åkerlund has over 20 years’ experience from the banking and finance industries, most recently serving as chief marketing officer at Stockholm-based Marginalen Bank for the past four years. Prior to that, she served as head [...]
UK retail and online bingo operator Buzz Bingo has appointed Harry Lang as its new marketing director.
Lang brings more than 15 years of iGaming experience to the role, having served in marketing functions at Pinnacle, Mecca Bingo and Foxy Bingo. He assumes responsibility for brand and player acquisition across Buzz’s [...]
Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation president and CEO Rebecca Paul Hargrove has been re-elected as president of the World Lottery Association (WLA).
Hargrove was unanimously re-elected for her second two-year term as president of the WLA, the member-based organization with more than 140 government-authorized and licensed lotteries from more than 80 countries [...]
Toronto-listed Score Media and Gaming has strengthened its board with the appointment of four-time Olympian Angela Ruggiero as a new director.
Ruggiero currently serves as CEO and co-founder of Boston-based sports market research firm Sports Innovation Lab, and medaled in four successive Winter Olympic Games as a member of the United [...]
London-based Skyrocket Entertainment has confirmed the appointment of Hans Winklemann as CEO of The Games Company (TGC).
Winklemann has served as chief product officer since Skyrocket’s acquisition of TGC last year, and has been instrumental in integrating the casino games studio with Skyrocket. He will report directly into Skyrocket CEO Sean [...]