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IT Europa Channel Awards finalists announced
The celebratory Awards Dinner for the 13th IT Europa Channel Awards for 2022 is fast approaching, and finalists have now been announced.
Global Gaming Awards Las Vegas 2021
American Executive of the year shortlist revealed. The Global Gaming Awards Las Vegas 2021 are delighted to announce the final Shortlist for the American Executive of the Year category, sponsored by Continent 8 Technologies. This is the only award category that recognizes the individual rather than the company.
Empowering Female Voices
DraftKings’ Jennifer Aguiar speaks to Tim Poole after being appointed the operator’s chief compliance officer, discussing her evolving duties, regulatory challenges and Women’s History Month How have your duties evolved since joining Draftkings? Since joining in 2016 as head of compliance and risk, my responsibilities have evolved while maintaining a central focus of ensuring DraftKings is in a position to succeed.
CEO Special 2021: Par Excellence with FDJ CEO Stéphane Pallez
Long before Stéphane Pallez became chairwoman and CEO of La Française des Jeux, the long-established and sole lottery operator in France, she established herself as a leader based on integrity and always being on the front foot. Here, she discusses how she evolved into the top role and how to maintain it, based on making demanding decisions to meet these challenging times.
Aristocrat CEO Special: Mitchell Bowen - Testing times
Mitchell Bowen, CEO, global land-based (gaming) business at Aristocrat, describes the company’s culture of resilience and how it’s been the source of efforts to remain flexible. Can you give us a little bit of your background: how you got involved in the gaming industry, when you started at Aristocrat and your growth within the company. I joined Aristocrat as a graduate recruit, after a short stint in the pharmaceutical industry.
Aristocrat CEO Special: Mitchell Bowen - Testing times
Can you give us a little bit of your background: how you got involved in the gaming industry, when you started at Aristocrat and your growth within the company. I joined Aristocrat as a graduate recruit, after a short stint in the pharmaceutical industry. Aristocrat is the sort of business that can offer a career and not just a job because of our size, growth and our culture. We tend to take a long-term view and we invest in people’s development.
IGT CEO Special: Renato Ascoli - Together as one
Renato Ascoli, IGT CEO Global Gaming, speaks about the current state of business and decisions to ensure its competitive edge, including reorganising the company into two global business units. What was IGT’s trajectory going into 2020 based on the results of 2019? IGT started 2020 with notable business momentum. We had strong performance throughout 2019 and a solid Q1 2020 prior to the worldwide closure of casinos and gaming halls that commenced in March.
IGT CEO Special: Renato Ascoli - Together as one
What was IGT’s trajectory going into 2020 based on the results of 2019? IGT started 2020 with notable business momentum. We had strong performance throughout 2019 and a solid Q1 2020 prior to the worldwide closure of casinos and gaming halls that commenced in March. In gaming, the strength of our core video portfolio, video poker sales, specialty market opportunities and the expansion of our PlaySports footprint in the US were among the many factors that fueled IGT’s 2019 performance.
Over 200,000 customers activate Monzo gambling block since 2018 inception
Digital bank Monzo revealed that approximately 5% of its clientele, or 223,000 customers, have activated its gambling block function since first being introduced over two years ago. Meanwhile, customers using the block have more than doubled in the past year, with just 8% of all customers later disabling it. August 2019 saw the greatest increase in customers signing up to the feature, with 17,474 bankers activating the gambling block, a figure Monzo attributed to heightened media coverage.
Nektan celebrates successful first half
Nektan, a global platform and services provider, reported marked increases in revenue compared to the previous year. The last day of December saw revenue grow from £310,000 ($383,000) in 2018 to £797,000 in 2019 for the first half of this financial year, representing a 157% rise. The group has reportedly reduced the adjusted underlying loss during the time, with EBITDA loss being reduced from £1.77 million to £1.65 million.
Malta Gaming Authority to licensees: no references to pandemic
Irresponsible communication during the pandemic is considered a breach of regulation.
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