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Scientific Games hires Jamie Odell as senior advisor

SBC News Scientific Games hires Jamie Odell as senior advisor

Scientific Games Corporation has strengthened its leadership team after appointing former Aristocrat Leisure CEO Jamie Odell as the group’s new special advisor to the chairman and CEO. Odell joins the company after an 8 year tenure at Aristocrat, where he oversaw the company’s market capitalisation, growing Aristocrat from a $1.3bn company up to a company valued at approximately $7.5bn. As …

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GLMS reappoints Ludovici Calvi as President

SBC News GLMS reappoints Ludovici Calvi as President

Lottomatica’s Ludovici Calvi has been reappointed as the President of the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) at the association’s most recent AGM in Antwerp. Joining Calvi, a number of other members have been elected to the Executive Committee for the upcoming 2019-2021 term. Kauhanen Sami from Veikkaus OY has been appointed, alongside EL Mechrafi Younes from MDJS as well as …

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Mark Jarvis Racing forges new partnership with FSB Tech

SBC News Mark Jarvis Racing forges new partnership with FSB Tech

Sports betting platform and systems provider FSB Tech has penned a new deal with Mark Jarvis Racing which will see FSB deliver turnkey sports-betting and casino solutions. The new alliance will give Mark Jarvis access to FSB’s sports betting platform, managed trading services, casino aggregation platform with marketing support and compliance services which wil subsequently be rolled out across the …

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Women take the lead in gambling communications management

SBC News Women take the lead in gambling communications management

According to a new report published by customer retention specialist, Optimove, has found that more women had exercised the right to be forgotten under the European Union’s  General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implemented last year. The report found that 68 per cent of those who had opted out of data communications identified as female, while age also played a role –  as players aged …

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Buzz Bingo appoints Hope&Glory as communications lead

SBC News Buzz Bingo appoints Hope&Glory as communications lead

Buzz Bingo, operator of the UK’s largest retail bingo network has confirmed the appointment of London public relations firm Hope&Glory as lead communications agency. The appointment sees Hope&Glory manage Buzz Bingo’s press office, media contacts and creative communications for campaigns, running across the operator’s 119 bingo premises’ nationwide. Following a £40 million makeover, Buzz Bingo is the new brand identity …

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Scientific Games commits to All-in Diversity standards

SBC News Scientific Games commits to All-in Diversity standards

Industry workplace diversity, inclusion and equality program ‘The All-in Diversity Project’ (AIDP) has announced a major coup as Nasdaq gambling technology group Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) commits to its workplace standards, projects and practices. Updating the market, SGC details that it will collaborate with existing AIDP partners to ‘determine diversity, equity and inclusion expectations and standards for the gaming industry’. “Gaming …

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