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Smarkets announces strengthened executive team
Smarkets, one of the world’s largest betting exchange and prediction market platforms, has this morning announced a strengthened executive team.
Robin Harrison, a former engineering team lead at the company, has re-joined the company as Chief Technology Officer after a year in the role of Head of Engineering at Asto, a fintech startup backed by global bank Santander.
Meanwhile, Tom Hardman and Céline Crawford have been promoted to Chief Operations Officer and Chief Communications Officer respectively.
Hardman, who formerly held the title of Head of Business Operations, is one of Smarkets’s longest-serving employees having joined in 2010 after graduating from Oxford University. During his time at the company, he has overseen many areas including finance, legal and customer support.
Crawford has been with Smarkets since 2015 after working in the banking and communication sectors for over a decade at companies including finnCap and Commerzbank.
Smarkets have also hired Chris Baldacchino as Chief Compliance Officer. He joins after holding the same position at Hero Gaming, having previously been COO at the Malta-based firm.
The quartet join CEO and Founder Jason Trost on the company’s executive team.
Trost said: “I’m delighted to welcome Robin and Chris to the company, as well as adding two of our most dedicated employees, Céline and Tom, to the executive team.
“Robin, having been a team lead at Smarkets previously, is well-placed to develop and advance our class-leading product further, while Chris’s industry expertise will be invaluable as we look to expand to new territories, such as the emerging US market and other European countries.
“Both Céline and Tom are integral employees who have been with the company for many years and fully deserve their promotions, having played a big part in our recent success.”
The C-suite announcement comes shortly after Smarkets revealed that it had over £150m of trading volume on its exchange during the recent Cheltenham Festival, with all-time records broken for concurrent users on both the company’s web and app platforms. Read more at smrkts.co/chelt19
Wildz Casino has paired the Machine Learning and Automation with iGaming. Wildz Casino, powered by a Rootz platform, entered the gaming sector at a time when innovation and “Machine Learning” are emerging as dominant factors in this industry.
In the iGaming industry, the innovative team behind Wildz.com is leading the charge into a “Machine Learning” assisted future. By 2025, the global AI market is projected to be valued at almost $60 billion. Wildz entered the market with a perfectly functioning machine having superb player incentives and unrivalled Loyalty programmes.
Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) is going to celebrate the third anniversary of its popular Fish Party Sit & Go progressive jackpot tournaments.
For the anniversary celebrations, MPN will be running the Fish Party Birthday Bonanza, a unique promotion providing players with oceans of opportunities to land some big rewards in special re-seeded Fish Party jackpots and daily freerolls.
Running from 15 July to 4 August, the Fish Party Birthday Bonanza will feature a €5,000 seeded jackpot, which will grow by €1,000 each day until a Fish Party Sit & Go progressive jackpot hits. Each time a jackpot is won, the special bonanza jackpot will reset to €5000 the following day and begin to rise again.
There will be a €1000 Fishroller freeroll on August 7, which will be open to any player who plays €500 worth of Fish Party buy-ins per day from 15 July, for a minimum of 10 days.
For players looking to join in the Fish Party Birthday Bonanza action, they can simply create a new account or log in to an existing account via any MPN poker room.
Win Systems, a global technology supplier to the gaming industry, has got good remarks for its GameStar Arcadia gaming machine from some of the most prestigious Spanish gaming venues.
The managers of the gaming venues confirmed that GameStar Arcadia received a great response among the players, thanks to its effective selection of games combined with the attractive Pyramid jackpot. Several of the operators have expressed their satisfaction after the first few days of operation of the machines.
After the successful presentation of GameStar Arcadia at the Feria International del Juego de Madrid in April, many contracts were signed to install GameStar Arcadia units in the most important venues in Spain.
“Spain is a key market in our strategic expansion plan, which is why it was very important to get the best operators support and confidence with the installation of the GameStar Arcadia. We are sure that this slot machine is fully adapted to the needs of the operators in the country especially to the preferences of the players. The first results reaffirmed that we are on the right path and it has given us full confidence for our future installations,” Ignacio García del Frade, Head of Business Development at Win Systems said.
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