Adam Rosenberg is currently Senior Advisor to Blackstone for the Gaming and Leisure sector. He is also currently Special Advisor to GameCo, LLC, a gaming technology company focused on video game gambling, where he is a Board Observer and previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer. From 2014 to 2021,

Mr. Rosenberg was Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming & Leisure at Fortress Investment Group, an alternative asset manager with extensive experience making private equity investments into, lending to and owning casinos, slot routes, slot machine manufacturers, lottery providers, internet gaming companies, sports betting platforms and other gaming and gaming technology-related businesses in the United States and around the world.

From 1998 to 2014, Mr. Rosenberg held various investment banking positions at Goldman, Sachs & Co., most recently as Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming where he advised and raised capital for casino operator, gaming technology and equipment manufacturer clients. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Rosenberg practiced product liability and intellectual property law at Skadden Arps.

Mr. Rosenberg currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Harvard Association for Law and Business and is a Member of the Harvard Alumni Real Estate Board. Mr. Rosenberg previously served as a Board Member of the American Gaming Association, on the Conference Advisory Boards for Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Las Vegas and Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Macau, and on the Advisory Board for the Global Internet Gaming Summit and Expo (GiGse).

Mr. Rosenberg graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School where he received a Juris Doctoris, and graduated phi beta kappa and magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy of Science.

Benjie Cherniak is currently an investor and advisor to emerging companies in the sports betting space. Previously, Benjie was Principal & MD at Don Best, the leading provider of in-play pricing services and sports information products relevant to the North American sports betting industry, acquired by Scientific Games in 2018.

With a prominent career in state, federal, and global public affairs, William J. Pascrell, III, more commonly known as BPIII, is a lobbyist with PPAG–Princeton Public Affairs Group. His extensive work in a broad array of industries, particularly gambling and cannabis, has made a tremendous impact on the success of PPAG’s clients and the firm as a whole.

In the gaming sector, BPIII has been a lawyer, strategic advisor and consultant throughout the U.S., Canada, Israel, Europe, South America and Australia.

BPIII led the successful 10 year campaign to legalize sports betting in the United States culminating with the repeal of PASPA by the United States Supreme Court in 2018. Most notably BPIII lead a successful multi-year campaign to pass the first in the Nation On Line Gaming Act in New Jersey. He worked to develop the regulatory regime put in force prior to launch. BPIII continues to advise state governments across the Nation on issues involving the gaming industry.

BPIII served as a Member of the Murphy for Governor Finance Committee and Counsel to NJ Governor Murphy Transition Team. He previously served former Congressman Herb Klein and former Governor James J. Florio.

BPIII served as the Passaic County Counsel from 1998 to 2019, starting with his unanimous appointment by the Passaic County Freeholder Board.

BPIII is a Member of the Entain Foundation US promoting Responsible Gambling and Integrity throughout North America. He is also a member of the Board of Betegy, Most Vicious Players, Yield Sec, My Wager Score and the Esports Trade Association.

Awards – The New Jersey Globe and Insider NJ, two prominent statewide news outlets, rank BPIII amongst the top 100 politically powerful personalities every year. He was further named to Insider NJ’s “Insider 100 Policymakers” lists each year since its inception: in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Chris Grove is an early-stage investor, multi-exit founder, and strategist focused on the U.S. sports betting and online gambling sectors. He is a nationally recognized subject matter expert whose insights are regularly relied upon by analysts, media outlets, publicly-traded companies, and policymakers.

His work has been cited by outlets including Bloomberg, ESPN, Forbes, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. Grove has testified before lawmakers in multiple states, including California, Illinois, New York, Nevada, and Washington State.

Grove is a Co-Founding Partner at the VC fund Acies Investments, Co-Founding Partner at EKG Ventures, an Operating Advisor at Arctos Sports Partners, a Tech Stars Mentor, an angel investor, and a public company board member. Prior to his current roles, Grove founded the sports betting practice at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, where he remains a Partner Emeritus.

Corey has an extensive background in econometrics and statistics and is a Partner at t2 Marketing International. He has worked on some of the most innovative data-oriented campaigns for both online and brick and mortar operators, speaks on his work and research at events around the world, and is a member of a number of tech-facing advisory boards. He is also the author of Marketing to Millennial For Dummies, and a contributing author of Digital Marketing All-In One For Dummies.

Cosmina Schulman been working in Sports Media and Sponsorship for over ten years and in three different major US cities; NY, Chicago and Boston. She has sold every MLB, NBA, NHL Regional Sports Network in the US and a majority of the major colligate networks. Cosmina has worked with major brands like: Toyota, Nissan, Southwest Airlines, Apple, Berkshire Bank, Chase, MolsonCoors, DraftKings, and FanDuel to name a few.
Cosmina currently is at NESN as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships. She is the youngest and only female to hold this title in the Regional Sports Network landscape. She is part of the executive management team and plays an active role in determining strategy and vision for NESN. Cosmina has been crucial to NESN determining their Sports Betting strategy and has been consulted by the Mass Gaming Commission for her expertise in the Sports Betting landscape. Cosmina is also the VP of Women in Sports and Events (WISE) Boston chapter and the Executive Chair of NESN’s ERG group, Women of NESN.

Dan Fetters is a Co-Founding Partner and Co-CIO of Acies Investments, a venture capital firm focused on partnering with companies in the sports betting, igaming, esports and sports technology industries.  Prior to founding Acies Investments, Dan was a Founder and Co-CEO of Acies Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company that consummated a merger with mobile gaming company, Playstudios in June 2021.  Dan served as a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley’s Mergers and Acquisition Group and as the Head of Western Region M&A.  Dan had over 20 years of experience at Morgan Stanley leading complex strategic transactions around the globe including cross-border mergers in North America, Europe and Asia.  His diverse experience includes advising domestic and international companies and Boards of Directors on a broad range of public and private M&A transactions in a variety of industries, including gaming, sports, real estate, media, entertainment, consumer, retail, industrial, and telecommunications.

Ed Young joined Morgan Stanley’s European Travel & Leisure team in 2015. The team has been ranked top 2 in the Institutional Investor and Extel surveys for each of the last 15 years. Before becoming an equity analyst, Ed was an intelligence officer in the British Army working on domestic and global counter-terrorism, and served two tours in Afghanistan. He studied Modern History at Oxford University and Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS.

Jeffrey Haas is the Chief Revenue Officer of AtomicHub.io.

Jeffrey was a leader in the online gaming industry. He has 20+ years’ experience helping build some of the largest gaming businesses in the world, including DraftKings, PokerStars, the World Poker Tour (WPT), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), European Poker Tour (EPT) & PartyPoker. His work has varied across executive-level contributions to business strategy, product development, operations, licensing and compliance within this highly regulated industry.

Jeffrey also sits on the Board of Directors of CoinSmart.com, a leading Canadian publicly-listed OSC-regulated cryptocurrency exchange.

Jeffrey is a relentless and creative business development innovator, public policy strategist, growth marketer and digital futurist. He is long on $ETH and $IMX, still enjoys NFT PFPs, and looks forward to one day making everyday payments with cryptocurrency.

He is both Canadian and British, but resides in Copenhagen, Denmark, with his family.

Lloyd Danzig is the Founder & Managing Partner of Sharp Alpha Advisors, a venture capital firm that specializes in sports betting and online gaming.

Michael Daly is the CEO for Catena Media, one of the largest lead generation companies for iGaming, Sports Betting, eSports and financial services worldwide. As such he oversees the company’s 400+ team and its global expansion across Europe, LATAM, APAC, and North America, where it is the dominant affiliate by value delivered to operators.

Prior to taking the reigns as CEO in March of 2021, Michael was the VP of North America for Catena Media, growing that business to over 50 affiliate sites, generating in the range of $40,000,000+ annually with a team of approximately 60, all working remotely.

Prior to Catena Media, Michael setup and ran divisions of online gambling technology companies, has rolled out numerous new products for banking and gaming, as well as served 8 years as a Naval Officer. He is a graduate of MIT and holds an MBA from the University of Utah.

Patrick Keane is the CEO of Action Network, a sports betting content, insights and data platform. He is an investor, advisor and digital media executive. He is an Operating Partner at Stripes, a $7B New York City-based growth equity fund. He was on the board of Bleacher Report (sold to Turner Broadcasting in 2012). Former Board Director of Gimlet Media sold to Spotify in 2019. Patrick was the Chief Executive Officer of Associated Content, Inc. The company was sold to Yahoo! in June 2010. Before Associated Content, he was EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at CBS Interactive. Patrick spent over four years at Google, Inc. where he served as Director of Advertising sales strategy. He was the founder and programmer of Zeitgeist, Google’s annual partner forum, for which he won Google’s highest honor – the Founder’s Award. He was recognized as one of the “Marketing Top 40 under 40” by Advertising Age in 2007. In 2019 Patrick was named to the Sports Betting Power Player list by Sports Business Journal. With the sale of Action Network to Better Collective in 2021 as a board director and CEO, Patrick has seen over $1B combined in exit outcomes.

Rob is CEO of Spectrum Gaming Capital Tech Exchange (SGCTechX.com), a first of its kind online platform for FINRA compliant capital raising for early stage gaming technology companies; and of Spectrum Gaming Capital, a boutique providing investment banking and consulting services focused exclusively on the global gaming industry, assisting clients in development, investment, M&A, strategy, financing, restructuring, valuation and as an expert witness. Rob is also the co-founder of the Spectrum Gaming Sports Group and Spectrum Esports Advisors, sports betting industry consultancies.

Rob has completed over $50b in transactions, and has been a gaming investment banker for over 35 years as Managing Director of major Wall Street firms including UBS, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, and Salomon Brothers. He was also founding President of the $3 billion Bahamar Resort, the largest single project ever developed in the Caribbean. Rob has worked on financings and gaming development projects in North America, Asia and Europe, including City of Dreams Mediterranean, a €650m development now under construction in the Republic of Cyprus.

Rob started his career as a CPA with Price Waterhouse; has lectured at the NYU Real Estate Institute and at the Cornell Hotel School; and has been a board member of publicly traded, UK-based resort developer, Dolphin Capital Investors, and of the American Gaming Association.

Stefan has worked with technology companies since the late 90s including a 15-year stint working in the i-gaming industry for the likes of PokerStars and Bwin.Party.  He entered the blockchain space in 2017 becoming CEO of FunFair Technologies, a decentralised i-gaming platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. He now runs RarerThings, an advisory specialising in strategic marketing, disruptive tech and web 3 services working across gaming, i-gaming, sports, and the fashion sectors.

Since 2005, Tom has led the development and management of building and growing over 36 affiliate programs for companies as illustrious as bet365, Betsson Group, Entain and the Rank Group. Tom has built and executed a wide range of affiliate program strategies. Within that, he has successfully developed ground-breaking business and marketing optimisation strategies to provide marketing teams with the toolkits they need to better focus their work and efficiently grow performance marketing activity. TAG Media is now an affiliate in its own right, recognised as an EGR Power Affiliate in 2022 underpinned by flagship sports betting portals US-Odds.com and PuntersLounge.com.

Tom was inducted in to Global Gaming Business’ 40 Under 40 class in 2015 and is a leading voice driving social responsibility within the iGaming affiliate industry.

Tom is TAG Media’s CEO, overseeing day-to-day operations of the business from his base in Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Joey Levy is the Founder & CEO of Betr, the first direct-to-consumer microbetting focused sports betting company. Betr has also launched a new media venture for the next generation of sports fans. Levy was previously the Founder of Simplebet, the B2B product technology company pioneering microbetting on U.S. sports that licenses technology to market leaders like DraftKings, Caesars, bet365, among others.

Omer is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Sightline Payments.

Peter “Pete” Sullivan was inspired to create the Jackpocket app when he noticed his lottery-loving dad playing social games on his smartphone. As the company’s chief executive officer, Pete is focused on Jackpocket’s continued product and team growth, as well as working with lottery commissions and state regulators to bring Jackpocket to new jurisdictions across the country. With a background in interaction design, Pete has served in a variety of roles across project management, web and mobile UI/UX design, product development, and more. Prior to founding Jackpocket, he served as a design consultant, a General Assembly course creator, and founded Tripl, one of the first social travel applications to launch using Facebook Connect. A New Jersey native, Pete holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Rutgers University, and a master’s degree in finance and banking from Stockholm University.

Vijay Dewan is the founder and CEO of Pine Sports, the first sports analytics site that puts the power of Artificial Intelligence in the hands of the bettor.  At Pine Sports we’ve combined these cutting-edge data analytics technologies with a social-media platform that lets bettors generate and share actionable sports-betting insights.  Vijay earned a J.D., cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School, and a B.S. in computer science from Columbia University, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence.  Prior to founding Pine, Vijay was a former federal prosecutor and award-winning documentary filmmaker. 

Chris Grove is an early-stage investor, multi-exit founder, and strategist focused on the U.S. sports betting and online gambling sectors. He is a nationally recognized subject matter expert whose insights are regularly relied upon by analysts, media outlets, publicly-traded companies, and policymakers.

His work has been cited by outlets including Bloomberg, ESPN, Forbes, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. Grove has testified before lawmakers in multiple states, including California, Illinois, New York, Nevada, and Washington State.

Grove is a Co-Founding Partner at the VC fund Acies Investments, Co-Founding Partner at EKG Ventures, an Operating Advisor at Arctos Sports Partners, a Tech Stars Mentor, an angel investor, and a public company board member. Prior to his current roles, Grove founded the sports betting practice at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, where he remains a Partner Emeritus.

Dave is the Managing Partner of Bettor Capital and founded the firm in 2020.
Most recently was Head of Strategy & Corp. Dev. at Barstool Sports where he facilitated the sale of a minority stake in the business to Penn National Gaming.
Previously was EVP and Head of Strategy at FanDuel where he oversaw corporate development including leading the sale of the company to Flutter.
Began his career as an investment banker with Barclays in Silicon Valley.
Graduated with a B.B.A. in Finance with an Int’l Business certificate from the University of Notre Dame.

Lloyd Danzig is the Founder & Managing Partner of Sharp Alpha Advisors, a venture capital firm that specializes in sports betting and online gaming.

Melissa Blau is the Founder of iGaming Capital, an industry leading consultancy in the sports betting and iGaming sectors. Melissa has been in the gaming sector for 20 years and is currently working with several leading casino and sportsbetting operators entering or expanding into the US gaming market. Current clients include SuperBook Sports, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Desert Diamond Casinos in Arizona, and Potawatomi Casino in Wisconsin and the Delaware Lottery.   Prior, she was integral to the launch of Soaring Eagle in Michigan, TropicanaCasino.com in New Jersey, and the initial Delaware Lottery iGaming vendor selection as well as adviser to many operators including Hard Rock, Pechanga, Mystic Lake, Akwesasne Mohawk, Delaware North and Paysafe. In addition to her advisory business, Melissa operates a licensed affiliate marketing business in select states. Prior her early contribution in the regulated US iGaming market, Melissa held several senior executive roles with iGaming and sportsbetting operators in Europe.  She is an advisor to Better Capital and Board Member of Bullpen Parlay Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: BPAC).

Before entering the gaming sector, she co-founded Constellation Ventures, a $450 million MediaTech venture capital firm.  Melissa has BA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and MBA from Harvard Business School. 

Paris Smith’s career in online gaming spans more than two decades, which includes more than 13 years as CEO of Pinnacle, one of the world’s most respected online bookmakers. Paris’ unmatched understanding of the online gaming business has led to her advising governments to develop regulatory frameworks, as well as working closely with key industry service providers.

Her gaming career began as Executive VP of WWTS in 1995. There, she played a pivotal role in the success that resulted in the company’s sale to Betcorp Ltd, where she served as COO of the publicly listed organisation until June 2006.

Following that, she joined Pinnacle as COO of the Curaçao-based bookmaker. She came on board at a critical time for the organisation, successfully transitioning the business away from North America toward growth in Asian and European markets. Paris successfully led the large organizational and technical restructuring that was required to support this transition, and in recognition of her success with this, Paris was promoted to CEO in 2008.

Since that time, she has successfully positioned Pinnacle as the benchmark in B2C bookmaking, built on the cornerstones of unrivalled risk management and a unique value proposition of market-leading odds. Paris continues to build upon Pinnacle’s core foundation, while focusing on growth in regulated markets and B2B services to position Pinnacle as the dominant force in sports betting.

Originally spawning from an iGaming career that started at the age of 17 during the early days of the online poker boom, Pierre Co-founded the event management company Ambassadör Events in 2013. The company specialises in B2B & B2C event concepts targeting the gaming sector with more than 600 successful projects behind them for most of the major organisations within the industry. In 2016, Pierre Co-Founded the primary award show of the gaming industry, iGaming IDOL followed by the content driven conference, iGaming NEXT in 2018. 

Ashley Rodriguez is a media editor at Business Insider, where she writes about the intersection of US sports media and gambling, and the future of the TV industry. Before Insider, she covered media and marketing for Quartz. She also worked at Advertising Age. Ashley is based in New York, and has taught business journalism at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

Adam is a technology executive with 13 years of experience leading teams, driving enterprise value and improving operations at internet, gaming, technology and media companies generating $0-$2b in annual revenue.

Adam is currently the Chief Operating Officer at SportsGrid, the multimedia content and technology platform providing digital innovative solutions for the convergence of sports content, gaming and data.

Prior to SportsGrid, Adam was the General Manager & Vice President of Content for FanDuel Group, an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, poker and television. The brands include FanDuel, Betfair US, TVG, Fox Bet, Pokerstars and more. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc.

Prior to FanDuel Group, Adam was the COO of numberFire, the next generation sports analytics company for betting and fantasy. numberFire was acquired in August 2015 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of FanDuel.

Before joining numberFire Adam was the Director of National Accounts & Strategic Partnerships, and one of the first 25 employees at Yext (NYSE: YEXT), a digital knowledge management company.

Adam is an advisor to startups, angel investor and board member. His current portfolio includes Rain Maker Games, Fight Camp, Buzzer, Underdog Fantasy, PrizePicks, Phone Wagon (acquired by CallRail), BigBrain Games, Bettor Capital, Casa Verde, Sentinel Peak Capital Partners, BetDEX Labs and POW Interactive.

Adam graduated from The University of Arizona in 2008 with a BS in Regional Development and a Minor in Business Management.

Adam Warrington is the Vice President of Responsible Gaming for FanDuel, the premier gaming destination in the United States. In this role Adam oversees the company’s responsible gaming team, whose mission is setting the standard for what it means to be a responsible operator. The mission is brought to life through integrated strategies with key internal and external stakeholders. Adam oversees the responsible gaming team, strategy, and operational execution across all FanDuel lines of business – FanDuel Masterbrand, Sportsbook, Casino, Fantasy, Racing, and Retail. 

Previously, Adam spent eight years at Anheuser-Busch. He was the Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and in the role he had oversight on the three pillars of the company’s signature Better World platform (Community Affairs, Responsible Drinking, and Sustainability Communications) to help America’s leading brewer make a positive impact beyond brewing. His team was responsible for local and national initiatives including the company’s long standing emergency drinking water program, the “Drink Wiser” responsible drinking campaign, and the company’s 2025 Sustainability Goals.   

Earlier in his career Adam worked as a communication and business strategy consultant for companies such as ArcelorMittal, Dow Chemical, and Constellation Brands. Married with two sons, Adam enjoys international travel and watching his beloved Michigan State Spartans, Chicago Bears, and Chicago Cubs. He holds a M.A. in Mass Communications from the University of Florida and a B.A. in History from Michigan State University.  

Afshien Lashkari joined the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement in 2002. Prior to the launch of Internet gaming in New Jersey, Afshien was instrumental in the evaluation and approval of critical brick and mortar electronic gaming equipment such as casino slot monitoring systems. Subsequent to the legalization of Internet gaming in 2013, Afshien was a key member of the Division’s technical team that was responsible for launching Internet gaming platforms. In 2018, with the legalization of sports betting, Afshien was not only involved with launching sportsbook system platforms (both retail and online), but also with creating the regulatory framework that governs sportsbook platforms in the state of New Jersey. Currently, as the Division’s Lab Director, Afshien oversees staff responsible for the testing of all electronic gaming equipment approved for use in New Jersey, an investigative staff, as well as Cybersecurity staff.

Adam Rosenberg is currently Senior Advisor to Blackstone for the Gaming and Leisure sector. He is also currently Special Advisor to GameCo, LLC, a gaming technology company focused on video game gambling, where he is a Board Observer and previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer. From 2014 to 2021,

Mr. Rosenberg was Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming & Leisure at Fortress Investment Group, an alternative asset manager with extensive experience making private equity investments into, lending to and owning casinos, slot routes, slot machine manufacturers, lottery providers, internet gaming companies, sports betting platforms and other gaming and gaming technology-related businesses in the United States and around the world.

From 1998 to 2014, Mr. Rosenberg held various investment banking positions at Goldman, Sachs & Co., most recently as Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming where he advised and raised capital for casino operator, gaming technology and equipment manufacturer clients. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Rosenberg practiced product liability and intellectual property law at Skadden Arps.

Mr. Rosenberg currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Harvard Association for Law and Business and is a Member of the Harvard Alumni Real Estate Board. Mr. Rosenberg previously served as a Board Member of the American Gaming Association, on the Conference Advisory Boards for Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Las Vegas and Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Macau, and on the Advisory Board for the Global Internet Gaming Summit and Expo (GiGse).

Mr. Rosenberg graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School where he received a Juris Doctoris, and graduated phi beta kappa and magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy of Science.

Adam Greenblatt currently serves as CEO of BetMGM, where he has helped the company establish a prime position in the rapidly evolving U.S. gaming market. Adam led the creation of BetMGM via his previous role as Director of Corporate Development and Strategy at Entain (formerly GVC Holdings). Prior to its acquisition by Entain, Adam served as Director of Corporate Development and Strategy at Ladbrokes Coral and Ladbrokes. He led defining transactions for the U.K.-listed groups, including a strategic partnership with Playtech, and the successful merger between Gala Coral and Ladbrokes in 2016. A qualified accountant and M&A banker at Rothschild & Co in London, Adam has played a key role in the development of the gaming landscape.

Benjie Cherniak is currently an investor and advisor to emerging companies in the sports betting space. Previously, Benjie was Principal & MD at Don Best, the leading provider of in-play pricing services and sports information products relevant to the North American sports betting industry, acquired by Scientific Games in 2018.

With a prominent career in state, federal, and global public affairs, William J. Pascrell, III, more commonly known as BPIII, is a lobbyist with PPAG–Princeton Public Affairs Group. His extensive work in a broad array of industries, particularly gambling and cannabis, has made a tremendous impact on the success of PPAG’s clients and the firm as a whole.

In the gaming sector, BPIII has been a lawyer, strategic advisor and consultant throughout the U.S., Canada, Israel, Europe, South America and Australia.

BPIII led the successful 10 year campaign to legalize sports betting in the United States culminating with the repeal of PASPA by the United States Supreme Court in 2018. Most notably BPIII lead a successful multi-year campaign to pass the first in the Nation On Line Gaming Act in New Jersey. He worked to develop the regulatory regime put in force prior to launch. BPIII continues to advise state governments across the Nation on issues involving the gaming industry.

BPIII served as a Member of the Murphy for Governor Finance Committee and Counsel to NJ Governor Murphy Transition Team. He previously served former Congressman Herb Klein and former Governor James J. Florio.

BPIII served as the Passaic County Counsel from 1998 to 2019, starting with his unanimous appointment by the Passaic County Freeholder Board.

BPIII is a Member of the Entain Foundation US promoting Responsible Gambling and Integrity throughout North America. He is also a member of the Board of Betegy, Most Vicious Players, Yield Sec, My Wager Score and the Esports Trade Association.

Awards – The New Jersey Globe and Insider NJ, two prominent statewide news outlets, rank BPIII amongst the top 100 politically powerful personalities every year. He was further named to Insider NJ’s “Insider 100 Policymakers” lists each year since its inception: in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Alex Dubin is the Founder and CEO of BettorOff, the enhanced social media platform, developed specifically for the sports wagering community. Alex has more than a decade’s experience scaling start-up organizations in a variety of roles, including CEO, COO, General Counsel and Board member. 
 
Prior to founding BettorOff, Alex was a Co-Founder of the sports and esports data and analytics company, NXTAKE, LLC, which was later acquired by SportsGrid, Inc. 
 
Prior to founding NXTAKE, Alex was a Co-Founder of Roto Capital, LLC, a quantitative hedge fund concentrating in the daily fantasy sports space, which returned over 71% in profits to its investors. 
 
An attorney by training, Alex practiced in the Corporate Department of New York law firm, DLA Piper LLP (US), specializing in hedge fund and private equity work. 
 
Alex holds a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a B.A. from Manhattanville College, where he played both varsity baseball and tennis. 

Alex Igelman is an accomplished gaming lawyer and seasoned executive currently the new Chief Executive Officer of Esports Entertainment Group Inc., NASDAQ: GMBL

Alex is the founder and CEO of the firm and a US sports betting expert. He has been featured in many top industry publications including Insider’s Top 100 People Transforming Business. Alex has secured $37m in total funding for Sporttrade and led the Company through the 2019 Comcast NBCU Accelerator Powered by Techstars.

Alex Kornilov is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in sports betting, igaming and sports media. Working as a research analyst in the early stages of his career helped him develop knowledge and passion for big data analytics, machine learning, AI and ad tech.

He founded BETEGY in 2012. Since then, the company has established itself as the marketing technology provider of choice to global sportsbooks and media outlets, and has received multiple industry awards for its market-leading technology.

Allan is the VP of Sales & Growth at Intelitics, a marketing-tech and analytics services company that provides data driven user acquisition at scale across online and mobile channels leveraging their proprietary innovative igaming focused marketing technology stack. Allan has been in the industry since 2011, delivering tailored and proven user acquisition strategies across all igaming verticals. Outside of work, Allan enjoys consuming as much live sports as possible, as well as traveling with the family, and discovering new places that are considerably warmer than Montreal in the Winter months.

Allan Stone is the CEO and Co-Founder of Intelitics.  He has spent the last 10 years focusing on solving problems related to User Acquisition, MarTech, Analytics, and Maximising Publisher Revenue Yield in the Real Money Gaming Vertical. When he’s not in the office Allan can be found spending time with his wife and three sons enjoying the outdoors, off-roading or catching a football game.

One of the most experienced executives in live casino, former investment banker Andres Rengifo established OnAir Entertainment™ in early 2021 alongside a team of senior live casino professionals, playing a leading role in building the business from the ground up. Andres’ casino experience spans more than a decade and he has held senior leadership and operational positions with Net Entertainment, Evolution Gaming and William Hill.

Andy Blackburn is the Business Development Director at GameOn, the iGaming industry’s leading B2B provider of PR and marketing services.

Andy’s career in iGaming started in 1999 when he joined the telephone betting industry with Victor Chandler, working in the US trading and betting team. He soon moved into the world of IT and networking before becoming involved in internet gambling, web development, SEO and affiliation.

A regular contributor for industry publications, Andy is frequently asked to speak at gaming conferences around the world on a broad range of topics.

Andy is now partner at both Red Knot Communications and Tekkorp Capital Advisors. He has spent three decades building brands for media, sports betting and gaming companies in the USA, UK and Europe. Most recently he was a Strategic Adviser to Flutter and advised The Stars Group on their partnership with Fox Sports to create Fox Bet, for which he was responsible for the launch of the brand. Also, Andy established William Hill’s online marketing presence in the USA in 2018. 

In 2007, Andy founded the influential digital marketing tech agency Grand Parade, where he pioneered the interaction of digital and linear sports media and gambling. Grand Parade delivered technology that connected top tier operators including Ladbrokes, Skybet, Coral, Bwin, OPAP, Betfair and PaddyPower to media brands such as Sky Sports, News Corp, and Telegraph Media Group. Grand Parade was acquired by William Hill in 2016. 

Previously Andy had a media career in New York where he was on the Board of Dennis Publishing and responsible for the success of a number of magazines including the world’s most successful men’s lifestyle magazine, Maxim. 

Andy is the Founder and CEO of Rokker and The Rokker Network. He has spent 24 years running companies and has worked with a wide range of global brands including Sony, Warner Brothers, Manchester United, Skybet, Rank Plc, Electronic Arts and IGT among many others. As well as his skills in corporate and digital strategy, he also brings a wealth of Subject Matter Expertise in the gaming market having run software development and platforms businesses in the real money gaming sector.

Anika Howard is President and Chief Executive Officer of WONDR NATION.  Responsible for managing all facets of the company, Anika drives and influences the strategic vision, mission, operations, and company culture. Passionate about the how tech innovation and creativity can transform player experiences, Anika is widely recognized for her vision and ability profitably to drive gaming companies and products into evolving territories. 

As one of few executives with a 360-degree view of the industry, Anika leads WONDR NATIONS’s ongoing initiatives and brings a fresh approach to what’s next for the gaming sphere. As an award-winning industry veteran with over 15 years of experience, Anika has worked at some of the most notable players within the gaming space where she focused primarily on the development of interactive products and experiences. 

Anika sees technology as a great equalizer and a way to bring people together. She is an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion and uses her influence to amplify diverse voices to ultimately create a more dynamic and thriving industry.  

Red Knot’s Head of Operations, Americas offers over a decade of sports PR and marketing experience, including executive roles with the Philadelphia Union MLS team and the National Lacrosse League. Prior to joining Red Knot, Ashley was with Odds On Compliance, spearheading their marketing and communications efforts. Ashley, who recently received her Juris Doctorate from Rutgers Law School, has been recognized for her outstanding achievements as a recipient of the Leaders 40 Under 40 Marketing and Communications award in 2017, and in 2018 was named on the Forbes list of Women to Watch.

Benjamin has over 13 years of experience in the online gambling/iGaming industry. He has managed numerous sportsbook and casino marketing companies with budgets worth millions of dollars for leading operators before co-founding MediaTroopers Inc. He is an expert in USA Gaming market, media buying and affiliation.  

Billy Levy is the Executive Vice President, Corporate Development of Rivalry, a global sportsbook and media company. In his role, Levy oversees the strategic business development for the company globally, including expanding Rivalry into new markets.

Levy is a tech industry entrepreneur and pioneer of the esports industry. He notably co-founded early esports company Virgin Gaming in partnership with Sir Richard Branson, as well as consumer mobile commerce company Virgin Mega, which was acquired by Nike. Levy is also recognized as a leader in the cannabis industry, having founded Mettrum Health Corp. (acquired by Canopy Growth) and consumer packaged goods brand Slang Worldwide Inc.

Casey Brett is the Vice President, Gaming and New Business Ventures for Major League Baseball. Casey is responsible for driving new revenue streams and business initiatives for MLB which includes all business aspects of the league’s sports betting strategy, data distribution, fantasy games, and blockchain/NFT commercialization.

Previously, Casey served as Director, Business Development and Content Acquisition for BAMTech, a joint venture between MLB Advanced Media, the interactive media company of MLB, and The Walt Disney Company. In his role, Casey helped oversee a number of business development activities, including digital media rights acquisitions for the initial launch of the ESPN+ direct-to-consumer product, as well as streaming service technology partnerships with the PGA TOUR, MLS, and NHL.

Casey began his career in baseball in the fall of 2009, working as an assistant in the Player Development Department of the Seattle Mariners – the completion of the 2023 MLB Season will mark his 13th year working professionally in the league. He holds a BA in Economics from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife Jackie reside in New York City with their two sons, Jamie and Henry.

Brian Egger is a Senior Industry Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, where he covers the gaming and lodging industries. He is a frequent television and radio commentator on gaming, sports betting, lodging and travel. Earlier in his career, Brian was a nationally ranked gaming equity research analyst at Credit Suisse and BMO Capital Markets.

A former member of Institutional Investor’s “All-America Research Team,” Brian was recognized six times as a Wall Street Journal “Best on the Street” analyst. During a twenty-year career on Wall Street, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, BMO Capital Markets and Topeka Capital Markets.

Brian received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He taught as an Adjunct Finance Professor at Columbia Business School and is the author of Social Media Strategies for Investing (Adams Media, Imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2014).

Cait DeBaun is vice president, strategic communications and responsibility at the American Gaming Association (AGA). DeBaun leads the AGA’s responsibility efforts and integrated communications strategies to promote the social and economic value of the $261 billion gaming industry.

DeBaun currently oversees the AGA’s Have A Game Plan® PSA campaign, working with sports leagues and teams and sportsbook operators to educate consumers on responsible sports betting. DeBaun also plays a key role in the association’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, executing advocacy and industry communications strategies to support casino gaming’s ongoing recovery.

DeBaun previously served as the director of communications for Project: Time Off, a national advocacy campaign from the U.S. Travel Association to prove the necessity of taking vacation and grow domestic leisure travel. DeBaun established the campaign’s communication strategy, including launching National Plan for Vacation Day, that ultimately shifted American vacation usage and generated $81 billion in economic contribution.

DeBaun started her career at Ogilvy Public Relations where she led integrated, national social change efforts for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

DeBaun and her work have been recognized by PR News, Public Relations Society of America, Washington Women in PR, and the American Society of Association Executives. A graduate of American University, DeBaun lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two children.

Caroline Ponseti is a communications and media relations strategist with expertise in the U.S. gambling, sports betting, and iGaming markets. She leverages her Capitol Hill, trade association, and political campaign experience to build compelling communications campaigns for highly regulated industries.

Ponseti previously led the American Gaming Association’s media relations operations during the fastest expansion of casino gaming in U.S. history. Her work on behalf of the new legal U.S. sports betting market was recognized by PRNEWS and the Public Relations Society of America.

As Press Secretary for the U.S. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Ponseti helped bring landmark accountability reform to the VA and extend veterans’ GI Bill benefits through their lifetimes with the Forever GI Bill.

A native New Orleanian, Ponseti started her career in the press shop of a gubernatorial campaign. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rhodes College with a bachelor’s in political science.

Ponseti is currently Senior Director at The Herald Group, a public affairs firm in Washington, DC. She was recently named Bulldog PR’s Bronze Rising Star Under 40.

Di Stefano has a vendor license by DGE to operate in the state of New Jersey as a Marketing Consultant, thanks to partnering with Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. During 2018-2022, she helped Hard Rock migrate its gambling operations from offline to online, by using her experience in the European online gambling market that she entered in 2011.

Prior to Hard Rock, Di Stefano has over the last 11 years been working with major brands like Betsson and GiG across several jurisdictions. She also co-founded Weberfy.se which specializes in helping the iGaming and Cannabis industry with VIP management, CRM and Marketing.

Currently, Catie is the Director of Community Marketing for OnlineGamblers.com where she educates on healthy gambling habits and regulations in the US.

Di Stefano was born in Indonesia and grew up in Sweden, before moving to Malta as a teenager to start her career in iGaming. Currently, she resides in Spain with her two daughters.

Chris Grove is an early-stage investor, multi-exit founder, and strategist focused on the U.S. sports betting and online gambling sectors. He is a nationally recognized subject matter expert whose insights are regularly relied upon by analysts, media outlets, publicly-traded companies, and policymakers.

His work has been cited by outlets including Bloomberg, ESPN, Forbes, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. Grove has testified before lawmakers in multiple states, including California, Illinois, New York, Nevada, and Washington State.

Grove is a Co-Founding Partner at the VC fund Acies Investments, Co-Founding Partner at EKG Ventures, an Operating Advisor at Arctos Sports Partners, a Tech Stars Mentor, an angel investor, and a public company board member. Prior to his current roles, Grove founded the sports betting practice at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, where he remains a Partner Emeritus.

Chris Bevilacqua is the Co-Founder and CEO of Simplebet. Over the past 30 years, he has established himself as a leader in the sports and media business, including being at the forefront of two transformative eras in sports media history. He was previously the Chairman and CEO of CAA Sports Media Ventures (a joint venture between CAA and Evolution Media Capital) and founded College Sports TV Networks, which was sold to CBS in 2006 and evolved into CBS Sports Network.

Chris is the head of Citizens Bank’s gaming and leisure investment banking practice, overseeing all advisory and capital raising activities in the space. He has a deep history in both traditional land-based gaming along with online gaming having formerly run corporate development for BetMGM.

Clemence joined MyAffiliates in 2012 after spending some years working in different sectors of the industry from affiliate management to affiliate software technology companies. Clemence is currently located in Malta and is the Group CEO. Clemence won Malta’s Best Gaming Woman Leader of the Year in 2018 and 2019 awards , and CEO woman of the year at SiGMA in 2021.

Connor is a social media content specialist at Fliff, a platform that has reimagined the sports betting experience into sports predictions built on social competition. Connor, who started with the company in 2022, is responsible for Fliff’s growth and presence on the Tik Tok social media platform. In this role, Connor has gained more than 19,000 followers and over 20 million total impressions. Connor is also currently a senior student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and plans to finish his undergraduate studies as a finance major in December 2023.

Contessa Brewer is a correspondent and substitute anchor for CNBC appearing throughout Business Day as well as the network’s 7pm ET newscast “The News with Shepard Smith.” She covers major news stories for CNBC including presidential elections, hurricanes, the coronavirus pandemic and trade wars. Her specialty coverage areas are casinos, the gaming industry and the insurance industry. Brewer joined the network in 2017 and is based at CNBC Global Headquarters.

A National Emmy-Award winning journalist, Brewer is known for her marathon on-air coverage of breaking news and big political stories. While an anchor for MSNBC, she hosted daily news programs and the long-running, primetime series “Caught on Camera.” As a correspondent, Brewer has contributed reports to CBS News, CBSN, WNBC, NBC News and MSNBC, where she covered a wide range of stories including presidential elections, debt ceilings, government shutdowns, natural disasters, terror attacks and celebrity news. She began her career in Reno, NV followed by Palm Springs, CA and Milwaukee, WI.

Brewer is a Remembrance Scholar and magna cum laude graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication and Honors Program. She’s narrated several audiobooks and resides in New York with her husband, twin sons and a dappled dachshund.

Cooper is the CEO and Founder of SoBet, a rapidly growing sports betting media platform delivering expert content in easy-to-digest formats to help the next generation of sports bettors make more informed decisions. A lifelong sports fan, West Point graduate, and member of the elite 75th Ranger Regiment, Cooper led people at the highest levels and leveraged those skills to build SoBet. After years of sifting through social media to find relevant sports betting content, Cooper and the team launched their industry-disrupting platform in 2022 to curate the best betting information from the world’s leading betting experts and influencers.

As influencer marketing and iGaming continue to grow closer, SoBet enables free exchange of betting content while allowing its creators to reliably monetize their loyal followings at lower thresholds than mainstream social media outlets.

Corey has an extensive background in econometrics and statistics and is a Partner at t2 Marketing International. He has worked on some of the most innovative data-oriented campaigns for both online and brick and mortar operators, speaks on his work and research at events around the world, and is a member of a number of tech-facing advisory boards. He is also the author of Marketing to Millennial For Dummies, and a contributing author of Digital Marketing All-In One For Dummies.

Cosmina Schulman been working in Sports Media and Sponsorship for over ten years and in three different major US cities; NY, Chicago and Boston. She has sold every MLB, NBA, NHL Regional Sports Network in the US and a majority of the major colligate networks. Cosmina has worked with major brands like: Toyota, Nissan, Southwest Airlines, Apple, Berkshire Bank, Chase, MolsonCoors, DraftKings, and FanDuel to name a few.
Cosmina currently is at NESN as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships. She is the youngest and only female to hold this title in the Regional Sports Network landscape. She is part of the executive management team and plays an active role in determining strategy and vision for NESN. Cosmina has been crucial to NESN determining their Sports Betting strategy and has been consulted by the Mass Gaming Commission for her expertise in the Sports Betting landscape. Cosmina is also the VP of Women in Sports and Events (WISE) Boston chapter and the Executive Chair of NESN’s ERG group, Women of NESN.

Cristina Romero de Alba is a partner at LOYRA, a gaming and betting specialist firm headquartered in Madrid (Spain) with over 40 years’ experience and a widespread network in LATAM, Europe and the US. Cristina is a member of the board of directors of the ICRG, a member of IAGA and regularly advises clients on both M&A cross – border transactions and multijurisdictional regulatory matters in Europe and the Americas. Ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners, Cristina has worked for some of the major investors and operators in the gaming industry and continues to lead LOYRA’s growth across other markets.

Dan Fetters is a Co-Founding Partner and Co-CIO of Acies Investments, a venture capital firm focused on partnering with companies in the sports betting, igaming, esports and sports technology industries.  Prior to founding Acies Investments, Dan was a Founder and Co-CEO of Acies Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company that consummated a merger with mobile gaming company, Playstudios in June 2021.  Dan served as a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley’s Mergers and Acquisition Group and as the Head of Western Region M&A.  Dan had over 20 years of experience at Morgan Stanley leading complex strategic transactions around the globe including cross-border mergers in North America, Europe and Asia.  His diverse experience includes advising domestic and international companies and Boards of Directors on a broad range of public and private M&A transactions in a variety of industries, including gaming, sports, real estate, media, entertainment, consumer, retail, industrial, and telecommunications.

Daniel Kustelski is a gaming executive with over 15 years of senior level experience. He has sports betting operational experience in Africa and US and is the Cofounder of Chalkline. He sold a sportsbook to a casino group, Sun International, and was the GM of Betting for the next 2 years as they integrated the book into the casino operations. He is currently the founder of Chalkline, an award-winning supplier that works with Casinos, Tracks, Media and Brands to efficiently acquire sports bettors through a proprietary Free2Play sports betting and marketing platform. Previously he served as COO of US-based Horse Racing ADW WatchandWager.com for 2 years. After graduation from high school, Dan attended West Point and was an Engineer Officer for 5 years. He was stationed in Ft. Hood, Ft. Stewart and Tusla Bosnia.

Daniel is the founder and CEO of Kindbridge Behavioral Health, a telehealth clinic that was built to provide mental health services to those struggling from gambling related harms. Daniel is also the Chairman of the Kindbridge Research Institute, a US based charity with a focus on better understanding the impact of gambling related harms on specific populations and building transformative approaches to solving population health level problems for state legislatures and regulators. In addition to Daniel’s leadership experience in US Healthcare, he also has experience in building Regulatory Technologies in the UK. 

David Forman serves as Vice President, Research at the American Gaming Association. Forman leads the AGA’s research efforts and partnerships across the full spectrum of issues affecting the gaming industry, including taxation and economic issues, sports betting, responsible gaming, consumer perceptions, and regulatory matters. Forman serves as a spokesperson on association research and industry trends.

Since joining the AGA in late 2017, Forman has expanded the association’s consumer research as well as launched long-term industry data tracking tools like the Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker and Gaming Industry CEO Outlook to promote the gaming industry and position the AGA as an industry data center.

Previously, Forman was a Vice President in the Crisis & Risk practice at Edelman, a global communications firm, where he helped clients navigate high risk communications challenges. He also helped lead the firm’s Business & Risk Intelligence group, providing clients with information used to inform strategic decision making, influence legal proceedings and alter the public narrative around high profile issues.

Forman was named to the Emerging Leaders of Gaming: 40 Under 40, Class of 2022.

Originally from the Boston area, he holds a degree in History from The George Washington University and lives in Alexandria, Va. with his wife and two children.

David is the GM of Sports Betting at the NFL. In this role he is responsible for the coordination and execution of all League activities centered around betting. He works cross-functionally to drive key sports betting initiatives including game integrity, brand development, and fan engagement.

David Isaacson is Senior Vice President of Spectrum Gaming Capital (“SGC”). Isaacson has been analyzing the gaming industry since 2010. At SGC he works on a broad range of projects, including strategic advisory engagements, capital raises, market analyses, litigation support and valuation, among other areas. Isaacson’s work spans a broad spectrum of the global gaming industry to include land-based casinos, sports betting, digital gaming, lottery and esports. He is a sought-after speaker and thought leader for industry and investor conferences discussing emerging issues related to the gaming industry. 

He joined Spectrum Gaming Capital from Moody’s Investors Service, the top credit rating agency, where he covered a portfolio of high yield gaming, lodging and cruise companies. In his work at Moody’s, Isaacson was responsible for assigning rating recommendations, monitoring ratings and drafting credit related research on a portfolio of gaming and leisure companies and the industry as a whole. Prior to covering the gaming and leisure industry, Isaacson worked for Moody’s Analytics as a Structured Finance Analyst. Isaacson has an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business with a concentration in Corporate Finance and Accounting and a Bachelor’s from Yeshiva University, where he majored in Economics and graduated with honors. 

David J Ortiz has been leading and contributing to hit games since before he got out of college. 30 years of AAA titles like Madden NFL, Wayne Gretzky 3D Hockey, NFL Fever and MLB The Show have landed him multiple Game of the Year awards and a spot on the 100 Most Influential People in Gaming list. Combine that with a decade of Real Money Gaming experience and it’s easy to see the progression to SimWin Sports, the premier sports Metaverse where NFT Teams and Players present unique business opportunities and fuel 24/7/365 fantasy sports and sports betting.

David Llorente is a serial entrepreneur with a great passion for technology and innovation. Researcher specializing in Artificial Intelligence, he has founded 4 startups and has worked in business development for leading companies in the gaming sector in Europe and the United States (Head of Marketing Services at IGT; Head of Games of Chance and Managing Director at Betsson Group; Business Developer at DoubleDown Interactive, Site Manager at Pokerlistings…). He is currently the founder and CEO of Narrativa, a company that helps sports betting companies and online casinos increase revenue while cutting costs and saving time and resources via content automation.

David is a consultant, advisor, investor and dealmaker in the sports betting, iGaming and gambling industry, specializing in the U.S. market.

He has worked with teams, leagues, casinos, tribes, racetracks and media companies, and is responsible for over 40 deals across 20 U.S. states since 2018 including deals involving The Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), New York Jets (NFL), the Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL), the Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB), The Texas Rangers (MLB), The Dallas Stars (NHL), NASCAR, the PGA Tour, CBS Sports, Madison Square Gardens, Meadowlands Race Track and the Football Hall of Fame Village.

Additionally, he works as an investor and an advisor with startups entering the multi-billion dollar U.S. sports betting and iGaming industry, and engineered the first-ever U.S. sports betting deal (between two software companies). He has led several high profile startup exits including the recent sale of marketing automation platform Fresh Eight and the sale of AI and data platform VAIX, both sold to Sportradar.

Dave is the Managing Partner of Bettor Capital and founded the firm in 2020.
Most recently was Head of Strategy & Corp. Dev. at Barstool Sports where he facilitated the sale of a minority stake in the business to Penn National Gaming.
Previously was EVP and Head of Strategy at FanDuel where he oversaw corporate development including leading the sale of the company to Flutter.
Began his career as an investment banker with Barclays in Silicon Valley.
Graduated with a B.B.A. in Finance with an Int’l Business certificate from the University of Notre Dame.

David is the President and CRO of PlaymakerHQ a sports media and management company that has 20m+ followers across social, 30+ Snap Series, 50 players under management. David also oversees the Playmakers betting division that reaches over 20m+ 21-34 bettors a month, and works closely with several of the top sportsbooks. David works in NYC, and also co-owns Regents Field and is an avid Poker and DFS player. He is also an angel investor in the sports media and gaming spaces. 

Davis is the Managing Partner of Discerning Capital, a venture capital firm focused on regulated gambling and adjacent industries. Prior to founding Discerning Capital, Davis was the head of the Digital Investments for Las Vegas Sands and a Senior Research Analyst at Sands Capital Management.

Ed Birkin is a Senior Consultant for H2 Gambling Capital, and Managing Director for H2 North America. Ed has over 15 years’ experience in the sector, covering both land-based and online operations across all the gaming, betting and lottery segments. Ed also heads up H2 Gambling Capital’s Companies Division, with over 80 companies under coverage and market share across all major jurisdictions. Before joining H2, Ed Birkin was as a Director for Credit Suisse covering the European gaming sector, and prior to that spent a number of years as a gaming analyst at Barclays Capital.

Ed Young joined Morgan Stanley’s European Travel & Leisure team in 2015. The team has been ranked top 2 in the Institutional Investor and Extel surveys for each of the last 15 years. Before becoming an equity analyst, Ed was an intelligence officer in the British Army working on domestic and global counter-terrorism, and served two tours in Afghanistan. He studied Modern History at Oxford University and Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS.

With nearly a decade of experience across various gaming technology companies, Edo joined Playtech as the CEO of Euro Live Technologies in 2016 at a transformational time for the Live Casino product. During the last 5 years, Edo has been driving innovation and pioneering the technological changes within the Playtech Live Casino vertical.

Edo’s vision for Playtech Live is to deliver the best possible entertainment-led experience and work with leading operators across the industry. It is clear from the continued growth and variety of games offered that under Edo’s management, Playtech Live has cemented itself as a global leader of next level entertainment live products and services.

Edward King is the Co-Founding Partner and Co-CIO of Acies Investments, a venture capital firm focused on partnering with companies in the sports betting, iGaming, esports and sports technology industries.  Edward was formerly Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming investment banking at Morgan Stanley, where he spent over 20years.  In this capacity Edward provided strategic and financial advice to clients on mergers & acquisitions and debt & equity capital raises in the public and private market across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin Americas.  Edward was also a Founder and Co-CEO of Acies Acquisition Corp, a SPAC that completed its business combination in 2021 with Playstudios.  Edward was formerly a Board Member of the American Gaming Association.  Edward holds M.Phil, MA and BA degrees in economics from Cambridge University, England.

Eric Hession currently serves as President of Caesars Digital for Caesars Entertainment. Over the course of his tenure at Caesars, he has held positions in both property operations and corporate finance.  While in operations, Eric led the Planning and Analysis, Revenue Management, Distribution, and Accounting efforts for Caesars 12 Nevada properties. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer where his responsibilities included the leadership of Treasury, Investor Relations, Risk Management, Procurement and Mergers & Acquisitions. Previous to his employment with Caesars, Eric spent five years with Merck and Company, working in various capacities in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and at their New Jersey corporate headquarters. 

Eric grew up in Pittsford, Vermont and attended Cornell University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering. He also holds an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. 

As U.S. Fantasy & Betting Lead at the NBA, Eric Rimsky oversees business development, activation and strategy across the league’s domestic fantasy and betting partnerships. He also focuses on related strategic initiatives such as product innovation, NBA team collaboration and responsible gaming. 

Eric started his career at Madison Square Garden in the Ticketing and Subscriptions Department and later spent four years as an Account Executive at FOX Sports.  

Prior to joining the NBA, Eric received an M.B.A. from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Lehigh University. He resides in New York with his wife and two children. 

Erik Nyman is a senior executive in gaming with over 13 years of experience. He specializes in market entries both in Europe and the Americas. He was instrumental in NetEnt’s US launch and became their MD Americas and his team successfully positioned the supplier as one of the leaders in the region. In 2020 he joined EveryMatrix as their US President in Miami and build their regional organization. Today EveryMatrix is a proud partner with the leading US operators. EveryMatrix is unique in the industry for its iGaming and sports solutions, all developed in-house based on modularity to fit customer needs.

Prior to joining Betting Hero as its Research Director in 2020, Ernie served as a Product Manager for research & advisory giant, Gartner. Since joining the number one customer experience company in the industry, Ernie has overseen the launch and continuous growth of Betting Hero’s research division focused on product & feature testing, consumer & competitive analysis as well as bespoke consulting. Utilizing Betting Hero’s industry leading 5,000,000+ customer interactions, and thousands of sports betting & iGaming consumers, Betting Hero Research is able to provide operator clients with real-time product feedback and in-depth insights into the behaviors of their customers. 

Fredric Gushin founded Spectrum Gaming Group in 1993 after working 13 years for the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, where he was promoted to Assistant Director and Assistant Attorney General. At the DGE, Gushin oversaw the openings of 12 Atlantic City casino hotels and managed litigation before the New Jersey Casino Control Commission. He personally argued more than 50 cases before the Commission. 

Gushin has worked with a variety of private-sector and governmental clients since founding Spectrum. He has advised private casino developers on operational/management issues and provided gaming expertise to numerous gaming jurisdictions. He also served as Commissioner with the Oneida Indian Nation Gaming Commission that regulates the Turning Stone Resort Casino, in Syracuse, NY. 

Gushin has worked with private sector clients throughout the United States, the Caribbean, South America, Asia and Europe on a wide range of regulatory, compliance and anti-money laundering (“AML”) issues. As Assistant Director and Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement, he oversaw all compliance related issues regarding New Jersey’s multibillion-dollar gaming industry including security and surveillance, development and compliance with accounting and internal control procedures. 

Gushin has served public and private sector clients worldwide including in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Bermuda, US Virgin Islands, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Saipan, Guam, South Korea and the Philippines. He has managed Spectrum’s engagements including AML and regulatory compliance, feasibility and marketing studies, public policy analysis, drafting of gaming laws and regulation, financial analysis and casino related investigations for governments and private sector clients. He has directed all of Spectrum’s prior engagements including Spectrum’s 15-year regulatory association with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Casino Regulatory Authority in Singapore. He also served a 14-month consultancy for the Tinian Casino Gaming Control Commission as gaming advisor.  

Gushin has provided three confidential briefings to the Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (FinCEN), one confidential briefing to the UK Gambling Commission and one confidential briefing to the US Attorney’s in Guam and Saipan relative to Asian gaming practices with a focus on VIP play, junket operations and money laundering in Macau. 

Gushin has testified before multiple government legislative and administrative hearings. Most recently, in May 2022, Gushin gave a presentation to the Parliamentary Committee for Gaming, Kingdom of Thailand regarding strategic planning of gaming regulatory agencies and AML/regulatory compliance issues. 

He is a former US Treasury Interim Advisor. Additionally, while serving as Assistant Director for New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement, he worked on a task force to implement amendments to the Bank Secrecy Act when it determined that casinos were considered financial institutions. 

Gushin received his BA from the American University School of Government and Public Administration in 1970, his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University in 1973, and his Masters from American University in 1979. 

Gabriel Fineberg is an investor with Beach Point Capital, a multi-strategy institutional investment manager. He focuses on investments in both the private and public markets with an emphasis on providing capital through credit or credit-like instruments. Mr. Fineberg has particular expertise in the Gaming, Real Estate, and Leisure and Consumer Discretionary industries. He presently manages Beach Point’s gaming investing platform, where he and the firm have an extensive track record deploying capital across the industry. Past and current investments span from greenfield casino construction, single asset borrowers, diversified regional operators, distributed gaming, gaming technology, lottery, and online gaming, among others. Mr. Fineberg graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton school and previously worked as an investment banker at Evercore. He lives in the New York metropolitan area and enjoys history and hiking and bicycle riding with his wife and dog.

As Head of Game Retention, George oversees Play’n GO’s promotions and affiliate teams with a remit to promote the company’s unmatched portfolio of games He is also responsible for selecting games to push in new market entries, such as in New Jersey and Michigan.

He has over 10 years’ experience in the online gaming sector, with several previous roles on the operator side.

George Rover is the Managing Partner of Princeton Global Strategies, LLC (PGS), a strategic advisory firm specialising in all aspects of land-based and online casino and sports betting law and policy, including investigations, licensing, casino operations, internal controls, AML, and corporate compliance. Prior to establishing PGS, Rover served for 25 years as a Deputy Attorney General and then an Assistant Attorney with the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General.

He joined the New Jersey State Attorney General’s Office in 1992 as a Deputy Attorney General in the Office of Legal Affairs and thereafter in 1995 Rover served as a Special Assistant to the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. In January 1999, he was promoted to Assistant Attorney General and named the Special Assistant to the Director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE). In August 2011, Rover was appointed Deputy Director of the NJDGE and placed in charge of its Atlantic City office until his retirement in November 2016.

Hai brings more than four decades of multi-disciplinary experience, from both industry and academia, to the role of Integrity Ambassador at ESIC. Beyond integrity, Hai’s goals include promoting a professional, fair, safe, and inclusive environment for all in esports through community and industry collaborations, education, and research to develop, encourage, and propagate best practices.

Hasse Sahar has a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in HTML, Scrum, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Windows 7, and Microsoft Office. Strong operations professional with a degree focused in Computer Programming, Specific Applications from KYH Agile developer.

Howard B. Glaser, Head of Government Affairs and Legislative Counsel, Light & Wonder
Howard leads the Light & Wonder’s government relations activities, with a focus on expanding markets and developing growth opportunities.

Howard has three decades of experience leading public and private sector organizations. He was a top aide to two New York Governors, and led the successful effort to legalize commercial casino gaming in New York. At the federal level, Howard served in multiple roles at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development including Acting General Counsel, Counselor to the Secretary, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations.

In the private sector Howard was the Executive Vice President of AM General, a premiere global vehicle solutions provider; President of Mobility Ventures, an accessible transportation OEM; and Executive Vice President of OTG Management, an airport development and technology company. He also previously served as an advisor to the financial services and housing industries and as General Counsel and Senior Vice President of the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington, DC.
Howard, who enjoys writing on and teaching public policy, was appointed Theodore Kheel Fellow for Transportation Policy, and Grove Fellow Leader at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College from 2017-2019, and Adjunct Professor at the Executive Masters of Public Administration Program at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University from 2012 to 2015.

Howard is a graduate of the State University of New York and Harvard Law School.

Ismail Vali is the inventor of Yield Sec, where he leads a team of industry experts and marketplace intelligence specialists to deliver the world’s first effective platform to help monitor, police, enforce and optimize the licensed marketplace across online betting, gaming, and lottery activity. 

Ismail’s background is in product development, marketing, and operations, fuelled by commercial discipline, creative ideas, a curiosity for what makes players play, and dissatisfaction with the status quo. Throughout his professional experience, Ismail has achieved commercial and creative success in both consulting and senior management roles. These include working as Head of Development for leading operator Ladbrokes, and as Chief Marketing Officer for ParadisePoker, SportingBet and PokerStars, each of which Ismail directed to international success with the teams and initiatives he implemented during his leadership. 

This distinctive background aided in the innovation and development of Yield Sec, the first product from marketplace optimization and protection specialists Atropos Intelligence, a business Ismail founded and leads as CEO. Atropos Intelligence utilizes its unique platform and processes to provide intelligence and insights that improve internet marketplaces, built upon advanced algorithms and AI forged and proven across military and anti-terrorism applications. The products and services offered by Atropos Intelligence provide a framework to inform decision-making by operators, suppliers, trade associations, regulators, government, media and ad platforms, law enforcement and other legal actors to enable actions that protect and perfect valuable but at-risk online marketplaces, and the consumers and economic activity that flow from them. 

Demonstrating both his ability to provide industry insight and address the global need for new products that create tangible commercial solutions and community benefit, Ismail has written extensively across betting and gaming industry publications, with examples of his published work being found in SBC News, EI Industry News, iGaming Times, CasinoBeats and Casino Review. Ismail’s focus on tackling the insidious impact of crime is bolstered by his educational background, having graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford University with a BA and MA in Law. This detailed academic legal background, along with numerous C-level operator positions in industry, led to the invention and founding of a unique solution to restrict and remove the harm caused by what has long been an endemic online industry problem: crime and its impact upon commerce, consumers, and the community. 

Ivan Filletti is the CEO of Gaming Malta, a non-profit foundation established by the government of Malta and the MGA to build and promote gaming ecosystems in Malta under its ‘Home of Gaming Excellence’  initiatives.

In addition to overseeing the foundation’s work in the iGaming sector, Filletti has led the expansion of GamingMalta’s strategic efforts to include esports and video gaming. With a successful background in communication and advertising, Filletti was  honoured with the SIGMA Outstanding Contribution to the Gaming Sector award for his dedication to advancing the gaming industry in Malta.

Jai is Co-founder & President of Betting Hero; the industry’s leading customer acquisition, retention, and development company. Betting Hero helps operators acquire, retain, and develop customers at scale through its three complimentary business units: Betting Hero Activation, Betting Hero Research, and Betting Hero Hotline.

With a mission of helping people enjoy their experience betting on mobile, as well as over three million in-person interactions, and having delivered 300,000+ new depositing customers to its partners, nobody understands the sports betting and iGaming customer better than Betting Hero.

ames Kilsby is Chief Analyst and Vice President – Americas for VIXIO GamblingCompliance based in Washington, D.C. James has worked as a research analyst and editor for VIXIO since receiving an MA in Latin American History and Politics from the University of London in 2006, and has led the company’s U.S. operations since moving to Washington in 2010. He has testified on sports betting and online gambling before several state legislative and regulatory bodies in various states including New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. James has also been quoted by various media outlets including the New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.

A longstanding land-based and digital gaming industry veteran Jamie is responsible for pushing the Strive brand and player services to the next level and beyond. With 25+ years of experience in leadership roles with industry leaders holding roles such as VP of VIP Marketing and VP of Sportsbook.

Jamison Selby is a dynamic, player-focused, online gaming executive with many years of experience leading cross-disciplinary design and production teams in the creation, marketing and live operation of multiplayer games and interactive entertainment. He has deep experience with iGaming, real money gambling and skill games. He has launched more than 70 real money titles in the highly regulated U.S. market. He is a named inventor on dozens of industry patents. He has managed business relations and strategy across the globe and is a respected international speaker with a worldwide network across the games and gaming industries. As SVP of Games & Marketing at Game Play Network, he leads GPN’s B2C iGaming efforts and their online casino, b spot. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children who are just beginning to design games of their own.

Jared Smith is a versatile host and analyst with over 10 years of experience in sports media and two decades as a sports bettor.

Smith’s most recent broadcasting work includes regular appearances on Fox Sports Radio, Bally’s Sports, and VSiN as a betting analyst.

He also served as the Lead Betting Analyst for Pickswise, hosted a daily betting show on Sirius XM, and starred in betting segments for FanDuel Sportsbook that aired during the New York Knicks pregame show on MSG.

Mr. Rosenberg has 20 years of online gaming industry experience and has provided expertise and strategic solutions to over 50 gaming operations in the Caribbean, United States, and Europe. In addition to operational consulting, Jason has provided expert market and operations-led insights to help bridge the gap between land-based casino operators, regulatory commissions and gaming industry service providers across the world.

Mr. Rosenberg specializes in vendor selection, next generation technology, product launch strategy, operational strategy, day-to-day marketing and operations, as well as customized player acquisition, conversion, and retention programs. He has developed and presented key content for leading industry conferences and publications.

In his spare time, Jason has been of service at Wolf Mountain Sanctuary, a non-profit Native American owned animal rescue since 2000.

Jeffrey Haas is the Chief Revenue Officer of AtomicHub.io.

Jeffrey was a leader in the online gaming industry. He has 20+ years’ experience helping build some of the largest gaming businesses in the world, including DraftKings, PokerStars, the World Poker Tour (WPT), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), European Poker Tour (EPT) & PartyPoker. His work has varied across executive-level contributions to business strategy, product development, operations, licensing and compliance within this highly regulated industry.

Jeffrey also sits on the Board of Directors of CoinSmart.com, a leading Canadian publicly-listed OSC-regulated cryptocurrency exchange.

Jeffrey is a relentless and creative business development innovator, public policy strategist, growth marketer and digital futurist. He is long on $ETH and $IMX, still enjoys NFT PFPs, and looks forward to one day making everyday payments with cryptocurrency.

He is both Canadian and British, but resides in Copenhagen, Denmark, with his family.

Jennifer Carleton joined Sightline Payments as its first Chief Legal Officer. Before joining Sightline, she was in-house counsel for an Indian casino for a decade and then spent 14 years in private practice as adviser to some of the premier public and private gaming and investment companies in the world. Working in gaming her entire career has enabled Jennifer to develop a unique expertise in payments, mobile, internet and sports gaming, as well as an insider’s familiarity with the unique issues that arise when technology and regulation intersect. Jennifer is helping to establish an advanced Indian law and advanced gaming curriculum at the UNLV Boyd School of Law through her teaching at the law school and her recent appointment as a Distinguished Fellow of the Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program. 

Jeremy Levine is the founder & Executive Chairman of Underdog (backed by Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, The Chainsmokers, SV Angel, LionTree, Adam Schefter and many more), founder & Executive Chairman of Good Spirits Lab (makers of Los Dos Tequila) and the founder & Chairman of Lucky Trader. Prior, Jeremy was the founder and CEO of DRAFT which was acquired in 2017 by Paddy Power Betfair/Flutter and the founder of StarStreet, which sold to Draftkings. Jeremy is an active investor in startups including Carta, Ramp, Alt, Layer Zero, Dapper Labs and Fight Camp.

Jeremy Kudon is the leader of the Public Policy Group in the New York office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. He helps organizations “make order out of chaos” of the 50 states at both the legislative and regulatory levels. Jeremy and his team have played a crucial role in the legalization of sports betting on behalf of clients FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, and Fanatics. Working with the companies’ government affairs teams, Jeremy and his team have helped negotiate/draft model legislation, made over 200 trips to state capitols, and worked with stakeholders to bring mobile sports betting to nearly 50% of the U.S. population. Jeremy also coordinated a multi-state campaign on behalf of Major League Baseball, the NBA, and PGA Tour to ensure that online sports betting laws included provisions that protected league integrity and required operators to use official league data to set and settle in-game wagers. Over a four year period, Jeremy helped the leagues pass laws that included these provisions in Illinois, Michigan, New York, Arizona, Tennessee, and Massachusetts.

Jeremy is a three-time Law360 Sports & Betting MVP (2021, 2020, 2016), two-time Sports Business Journal Power Player (2021, 2018), and was recently named to PlayUSA’s Online Gambling Power Players List (2022).

Mr. Simkins is a member of Houlihan Lokey’s Technology Group, covering the gaming sector. He brings a reputation for trusted industry insights, market relationships, and a rare track record of success advising both sellside and buyside clients for more than 20 years.

Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Simkins was Head of Gaming & Leisure investment banking at Truist Securities, growing its business from a nascent state in 2016 to a top-seven platform during his tenure through March 2022. He was the only sector coverage banker with experience in sellside debt/equity research and buyside investment management and one of a few successful former analysts to convert. Earlier, Mr. Simkins worked for Credit Suisse Securities, Macquarie Capital, and Deutsche Bank Securities.

Before his career pivot, Mr. Simkins was an equity research analyst known for bold and correct stock picks, deep industry expertise, and substantial connectivity. He was named Best Up & Coming Analyst in the 2009 Institutional Investor Poll and subsequently ranked No. 6 overall in 2012. A highly recognized and respected voice in the industry, Mr. Simkins has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg, Canadian Business Channel, and Fox Business and has been a featured speaker at industry conferences and on other media outlets.

Mr. Simkins earned a B.B.A. in Banking and Finance, with highest honors, from Hofstra University, where he sits on the business school advisory board. He is an outdoors enthusiast and also sits on the advisory board of Protect Our Winters, a climate advocacy foundation.

Joey Levy is the Founder & CEO of Betr, the first direct-to-consumer microbetting focused sports betting company. Betr has also launched a new media venture for the next generation of sports fans. Levy was previously the Founder of Simplebet, the B2B product technology company pioneering microbetting on U.S. sports that licenses technology to market leaders like DraftKings, Caesars, bet365, among others.

John Wright is the CEO & Co-founder of the iGaming startup called StatsDrone. StatsDrone is building the next wave of Business Intelligence tools for the affiliate marketing industry within iGaming. 

John’s career spans over 20 years’ experience in the iGaming industry. He graduated university with a degree in engineering focusing on robotics and AI. His experience has touched upon almost every aspect of the iGaming industry. His experience includes professional gambling, player manager, affiliate manager, casino operations manager and launching affiliate sites. He has spent the last years working on SEO, UX design as well as conversion rate optimization.   

Today, John is merging his life experience in iGaming and affiliate marketing with the world of engineering and data science. He believes data is the future of our industry and that we can have more automation within our business and make better decisions based on data. 

Currently overseeing Playtech’s US expansion, Jonathan has spent the past decade in a multitude of positions in the iGaming and Sports Wagering industries. Previously assuming several roles at Playtech, ranging from product management to corporate development, he has contributed to the strategic growth strategy of the company’s sports betting vertical. Following the acquisitions of Geneity (UK), Mobenga (Sweden) and Best Gaming Technology (Austria), Jonathan most recently served on the executive team as Director of Corporate Development for the newly created “Playtech Sports” arm, now comprising over 600 employees in 7 geographic locations.

An internationally experienced commercial leadership executive, who has been at the forefront of the development and delivery of omnichannel strategy, in the most advanced multi-channel regulated markets. Jonathan has over sixteen years of international experience gained across publicity listed boardrooms, vendors and operators across Asis, Europe and North America.

Justin Cosnett, Chief Product Officer at Continent 8 Technologies. With 20+ years’ experience in the hosting and SaaS sectors in a number of customer facing roles, Justin has a strong technical background. He joined Continent 8 in 2012 and was Head of Solution Architect before being promoted to Chief Product Officer.

Justin Dellario is the CEO of unikrn and Managing Director of Esports at Entain. He oversees the entirety of the unikrn operations with an extra focus on evaluating new opportunities for the overall esports, video games, and interactive entertainment business at Entain, inclusive of leading the relaunch and global expansion of Unikrn, Entain’s Esports and Video Games focused betting and wagering business. Prior to Entain and Unikrn, Justin was the VP of Esports and Original Content at Twitch, where he oversaw Twitch’s first party and third party esports businesses, original content development and production, broadcast solutions engineering, and interactive technology development. Prior to Twitch, Justin served as Head of Global Esports for gaming hardware developer Razer, where he developed the company’s sponsorship and marketing campaigns while developing products for professional esports teams and their athletes. Esports runs in Justin’s blood, having started his career in the space, entrepreneurially and on nights and weekends, circa 2005. In his free time, he enjoys playing any exciting multiplayer video game and/or golfing near his home in Miami, Florida.

Justine has the responsibility to onboard, launch and manage Play’n GO’s key US accounts as the company expands into the US iGaming jurisdictions.

Before joining Play’n GO, Justine was Sr. Director of Customer Success at GAN after nearly a decade at Gaming Laboratories International (GLI). In 2022, Justine was named one of the industry’s emerging leaders, with the honor of making the 40 under 40 list.

She has over 15 years of gaming experience, starting as the first graduate of the Tribal Gaming program from San Diego State University, Sycuan Institute.

Co-Founder of the performance marketing and affiliate company Nordic Affiliates ltd, with a strong presence in the Nordic Countries as well as licensed markets. Currently focusing mainly on the US market with OnlineGamblers.com. Håvard has a proven track record in the Affiliate marketing space, and is a result driven entrepreneur within the iGaming space.

Kai Bond is a Partner at Courtside Ventures, the leading early-stage VC fund focused on sports, collectibles, wellness and gaming. They are backed by several professional sports team owners, public corporates, athletes and industry executives. 

Since launching Courtside Ventures in 2016, they have invested in over 70+ companies globally, which are collectively valued at over $9B.  Some notable investments include Beam (acquired by Microsoft), StockX, The Athletic (acquired by The New York Times), 100 Thieves, WinZO, Freeletics, FanCraze, and Paceline among several others. 

Kai has two decades of experience working across VC funds, Fortune 100 enterprises and early-stage startups.  Most recently, he was an Investor at Comcast Ventures, leading the gaming/esports investments for their flagship fund and also ran their Catalyst Fund ($20M fund focused on underrepresented founders). 

Kai is a 3x founder who has launched startups in gaming and interactive media platforms.  He was co-founder of SwitchGames, a marketplace for used video games.  His second startup was incubated at Hatch Labs, where he held the dual role of General Manger for Hatch and was CEO of CashPlay Games.  CashPlay was a gaming platform that matched chance-based games like slots, dice and roulette to a sweepstakes engine where users could win cash prizes.  Hatch Labs was responsible for launching 6 mobile startups in gaming and media, including Tinder.  His third startup, pixietv, was an interactive streaming platform that delivered custom content overlays to Smart TVs.  pixietv was acquired by Samsung in 2014 where he then led the successful productization of pixietv globally.   Prior, Kai has held product roles at Microsoft in mobile and gaming, corporate development at IAC and was an early member of the team at Gerson Lehrman Group.  Kai is a repeat founder with deep expertise in gaming and interactive media.   

Kai is a guest lecturer at Wesleyan University (Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship) and at Stanford GSB (Building Diverse and Inclusive Organizations).  In addition to these roles, Kai is a mentor at Sports Tech Tokyo, Techstars, Rough Draft Ventures, and Dorm Room Fund. 

Kai is a graduate of Wesleyan University.  He lives in Brooklyn and spends most of his time playing sports with his son Miles and in his spare time, can be found in the kitchen or in front of the grill, experimenting with new recipes. 

Karl Pugh is Chief Commercial Officer at Better Collective US, a leading, international sports betting media group. In addition Karl is the Global VP of Business Development for the group. Karl has worked at Better Collective since 2020 and has been an integral figure in helping drive the commercial strategy – both in Europe and the US. Today, he is responsible for Better Collective’s global revenue and commercial activities, where the company has multiple offices and is present with leading brands in regulated markets and states.

Founder and CEO of a new venture – BeyondPlay which has secured GBP 2.1M in funding since 2021 and has since built solid brand awareness within iGaming, securing SBC and EGR award nominations as well as being featured in Hot6 showcase during Igaming Next in 2022, Business Insider, Yahoo news, UK Tech News and Sifted as well as industry media. The highly anticipated product offering consisting of a multiplayer Saas technology for slots as well as a custom Jackpot offering is nearing its exclusive product launch with tier one Operators including Comeon Group, Soft2Bet and LeoVegas in the spring of 2023. The copmpany is backed by a portfolio of prominent industry Investors with executive firepower enhanced by Oakville’s Daniel Burns.

Over 15 years of experience in the global land-based and online Real-Money Gaming Industry, including leadership roles for LeoVegas Group, Betsson Group and SG Digital as well as consultancy placements for William Hill Group and Bally’s . Seasoned online casino and product expert, recognised for championing innovation and delivering many industry-first product features and concepts. Leveraging a strong network of connections, also worked as a broker and M&A advisor. Voted Top 10 Most Influential Women in the Online Gaming Industry by IGB in 2018, featured in Facebook’s “She talks games” campaign and nominated for the UK National Diversity Awards in 2021.

Katie has been Chief Legal Officer or General Counsel to some of the gaming industry’s most influential operators and suppliers, including Scientific Games and its acquired entities, Bally Technology and SFHL entertainment, where she spearheaded the legal strategy for the $1.3B acquisition of SHFL entertainment by Bally Technologies, and, twelve months later, the $5.3B acquisition of Bally Technologies by Scientific Games.

Kelechi Ukah is the Co-Founder & CTO of Novig, the first high-frequency, commission-free sports betting exchange, which guarantees bettors the best odds and eliminates the need for traditional sportsbooks. Novig is backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Lux Capital, Soma Capital, Paul Graham, Joe Montana, Innospark Ventures, Jared Heyman, and the founders of Instacart and Dropbox.

Kelechi previously worked as a Quantitative Trader at Jane Street and was a Herchel Smith Fellow at CERN, where he worked as a Machine Learning Engineer on the ATLAS experiment. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in Physics and Math.

Dr. Mintas is the Co-Founder and CEO PlayEngine, which is an Award Winning, full-turnkey and highly-automated B2B Sports Betting and iGaming Software Provider to B2C gaming operators and media companies.

Dr. Mintas is a high-profile Entrepreneur, Investor and Thought Leader in the Technology and Sports Industry on a global level. She has been involved in various roles as a High Executive or Strategic Advisor in the Sports, Sports Betting & iGaming, Entertainment and Crypto.

She has extensive and unique experience in the Sports Betting space having worked in many different roles – as a representative of major Sports Organizations such as FIFA and CONCACAF, the leading sports (betting) data company with Sportradar (valued at $2.4 Bn USD during her tenure), a very innovative, omni-channel Betting Platform with Betworks and as a disruptive B-C sports betting, fantasy, iGaming and horse racing operator with PlayUp. Through her roles as Strategic Advisor, she was involved in many deals across the industry, including the media and crypto world. 

Often described as a Veteran in the Sports Betting industry, Dr. Mintas has received for her Personal Achievements, the most prestigious awards and honors in the Sports and Sports Betting industry such as the Leaders in Sports U 40 Award, the SBJ Game Changers Award and the International Award for Women in the Gaming Industry – Inspiration of the Year 2018. She was named one of 25 Executives to watch in 2019 by the Global Gaming Business GBB magazine, selected as SBJ´s Power Player Sports Betting 2019 and Business Insider´s Leaders of the Sports Betting Industry 2019. Because of her extensive experience and knowledge, she was selected as Judge for the Global Gaming Awards, the SBC Gambling Awards and the SportsPro OTT Awards. She received the GGB Emerging Leaders of Gaming 40 Under 40 Award 2021. 

 Dr. Mintas has been actively involved in the Sports, Sports Betting and Entertainment space since 2006. She regularly gets invited as speaker on conferences around the world including Europe, Australia, North America, Central America and Asia. She published more than 100+ publications in the top academic and professional journals about sports, sports betting and iGaming related subjects. She served as Guest Professor at several Universities such as Columbia University NYC, St John’s University NYC, University of New Hampshire and Humboldt University Berlin/Germany on topics such as Sports Betting, Sports Law and Sports Integrity. 

Lloyd Danzig is the Founder & Managing Partner of Sharp Alpha Advisors, a venture capital firm that specializes in sports betting and online gaming.

As the Chief Commercial Officer, Magnus has responsibility for the global sales and accounts management functions in the business in addition to the company’s integration, support, business operations and game retention teams. His remit is to ensure operators around the world are provided with not only the company’s award-winning suite of products, but also the best customer experience in the industry.

Before joining Play’n GO at the start of 2018 Magnus held various Director positions at Juniper Networks and Hewlett Packard. He brought with him over 20 years’ experience in developing, leading and managing international sales teams.

Marc Pedersen is the CEO US at Better Collective, a leading, international sports betting media group. Marc Pedersen has worked at Better Collective since 2007 and has been an integral figure in helping the company become one of the foremost affiliates in the betting industry – both in Europe and the US. Today, he is responsible for Better Collective’s activities in the US, where the company has multiple offices and is present with leading brands in regulated states.

Marcel Elfersy is the Chief Commercial Officer for Gaming Innovation Group GiG, a leading iGaming platform and sportsbook provider in the B2B space. With decades of senior and C-level experience, Marcel has spent the past 14 years as a key player in the strategic development of the iGaming and online sports betting industry. Driving GiG’s commercial development across global regulated markets, he recognizes the importance for GiG to continually maintain a suite of superior products and services for its current and future partners.

Marcel Tobler is the Chief Strategy Officer of the Stadtcasino Baden Group and Member of the Board of Directors of the technology subsidiary Gamanza. Initially he joined the group as CFO in 2013 and was responsible for the development of the group’s digital strategy. In 2019 Marcel was responsible of the successful launch and operation of the first legal Swiss online casino “jackpots.ch” as well as the online casino “casino777.ch”. Under his leadership the group invested in the technology startup Gamanza to build a Player Account Management System. Within less than 18 months the group became the market leading iGaming technology provider in Switzerland. To drive the omni-channel experience Gamanza developed its own Player Engagement Platform. In 2023 Gamanza will also launch its own casino games.

Previously Marcel worked for 11 years at PwC in Zürich and Las Vegas. Marcel holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is a U.S. certified public accountant.

Maria is an expert in driving business relationships and investments for crypto-focused startups. She has scaled some fintech startups from the ground up. Some of these companies are Certik, PumaPay, and PayFuture.

Moreover, she is a proactive businesswoman and influencer who usually talks about women empowerment, which she can do fluently in 5 different languages.

With more than ten years of marketing experience, she provides consulting services for startups through growth hacking, brand reputation, management, PR, team formation, and beyond. She helps startups assemble teams and companies from scratch while solidifying the company’s value in the market.

One of key career highlights is being able to successfully raise $112 million for ICO. Aside from scaling crypto startups as a lead marketer, she is involved in various keynote speaking affairs as a moderator or main stage presenter around EMEA.

Marina Bogard has over 25 years of experience in global executive positions across diverse industries including telecommunications, broadcast, cable, internet security, and over a decade in gaming.  She is currently the Managing Director, North America Bettson Group.  Prior to this position she was Chief Executive Office of Playport Gaming Systems, a mobile instant win gaming platform serving the lottery and casino industries and spent over 7 years as the Global VP Strategic Accounts, Systems, iGaming, Poker and Electronic Gaming for IGT, a $5B gaming and lottery company. Marina has considerable experience in executive level sales, marketing, business development and operations from early stage start up to Fortune 100 corporations operating in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Marina holds an M.B.A. from the University of Dallas and a B.S. from the University of Iowa. She currently resides in Colorado

Mark has extensive experience in the gaming industry, having played a variety of esports games from a young age. In the past decade, he has worked with operators and affiliates on a global scale, powering various online casinos and sports betting brands. Since 2017, Mark has been exploring the crypto/blockchain space and founded Prodmark 365 with a focus on developing the next generation of immersive products using emerging technology. This includes integrating digital assets and the metaverse into new and engaging user experiences in the digital space.

Martin Lycka is SVP for American Regulatory Affairs and Responsible Gambling at Entain, overseeing growth of the business across both new U.S. states and into other parts of the Americas, notably LATAM and Canada. In this capacity, he also oversees global esports related regulatory matters for Entain. He joined the business in April 2018, as Director of Regulatory Affairs.  

Martin also serves on the boards of the Entain Foundation, the Entain Foundation US and the American Gaming Association as well as the Advisory Boards to the National Council on Problem Gambling, Seton Hall Law School Gambling Compliance program and My Wager Score. In the past, Martin has been a board member of the European Gaming and Betting Association, JDigital and the European Sports Security Association.  

In total, Martin has been a senior legal, regulatory and RG advisor to listed gambling businesses for over 13 years.  

Previously, Martin worked amongst others with Salans Europe LLP, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and the Senate of the Czech Republic.  

He obtained law degrees from the Charles University, Prague, the College of Europe, Bruges, and the University of Law, London, qualifying as UK solicitor.  

Martin is a regular conference speaker and has (co-)authored more than 80 academic articles and three books on gambling law and other legal matters. His media presence includes appearance on TV and radio stations across three continents as well as having been quoted by ESPN, Forbes, the Associated Press, Financial Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and many other mainstream and industry publications.  

He is the 2019 Global Regulatory Awards Head of Regulatory Affairs of the Year as well as a member of the 2020/2021 Emerging Gambling Leaders 40 Under 40 Class (a Judge’s Choice). He leads the Entain team that has been awarded the 2021 & 2022 SBC North America Socially Responsible Operator of the Year as well as the 2022 EGR North America Safer Gambling Provider of the Year awards. He also hosts the Safe Bet Show podcast. 

Massimiliano (Massi) Di Giovanni is the Director of SEO & ASO at Fanduel. Born and raised in Italy, he has over 14 years of experience in digital marketing, with a focus on driving growth and revenue through data-driven optimization. He is an expert in search, ASO, and performance marketing, and has a deep understanding of how to create and execute effective digital marketing strategies that drive significant increases in traffic, revenue, and conversions.

Massimiliano has spent most of his career in the gambling industry. Prior to Fanduel, he has worked in various senior SEO and digital marketing roles at online betting giant Flutter Entertainment, including PaddyPower Betfair, TVG, and Betfair Casino. At the start of his career, he also co-founded a digital agency startup with two college mates, where he developed a great passion for digital marketing.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Pisa and a Master’s degree in Business Management Systems and Standards.

Matt Carey is a reporter and analyst for VIXIO GamblingCompliance primarily focused on the expansion of sports betting and online gaming in the United States. In that role, he analyzes legislative and regulatory trends as states consider legalizing sports betting, and studies how gaming operators, professional sports leagues, and other stakeholders adjust to the evolving market. In addition to his daily reporting and analysis, he is a co-author of VIXIO’s monthly U.S. Sports Betting Outlook and a regular contributor to the VIXIO GamblingCompliance Podcast.