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July/August 2014 • Public Gaming International
Gavin Isaacs Named CEO at
Scientific Games Corporation
Scientific Games Corporation appointed
Gavin Isaacs as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Scientific Games,
succeeding David L. Kennedy effective
immediately. Mr. Kennedy will continue
to serve as Executive Vice Chairman of
the Board.
Mr. Isaacs is an accomplished gaming
industry executive with more than 15 years
of industry leadership experience. Most
recently, he served as Chief Executive
Officer of SHFL entertainment, Inc. from
April 2011 through November 2013
when the company was acquired by Bally
Technologies, Inc. Previously, Mr. Isaacs
served as Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer of Bally Tech-
nologies from May 2006 through March
2011. Prior to joining Bally Technologies,
he held senior roles at Aristocrat Leisure
Limited, including Head of Global Market-
ing and Business Development, Managing
Director of Aristocrat’s London-based
European subsidiary and President of Aris-
tocrat Technologies, Inc., Aristocrat’s Las
Vegas-based subsidiary focused on North
and South America. Mr. Isaacs is also a
Trustee and former President of the Inter-
national Association of Gaming Advisors.
“Gavin is a very talented and seasoned
gaming industry executive with the neces-
sary skills to lead our Company to the
next level of growth and performance,”
said Ronald O. Perelman, Chairman of
the Board of Scientific Games.
“He has
an impressive track record of success and
is recognized for his dynamic leadership.
We believe his focus on customer relation-
ships, strategic thinking and expertise in
growing innovation-focused businesses
make him the ideal choice to lead our
efforts to achieve greater profitability and
increased cash flow.”
Mr. Perelman continued,
“We extend our
thanks and appreciation to David for step-
ping up to lead the Company during the
last six months and work with the Board to
facilitate the CEO succession. We were for-
tunate to have a leader of David’s stature
and experience at such an important time,
and we are pleased that he will continue to
serve the Company and our stockholders
as Executive Vice Chairman.”
Mr. Isaacs commented,
“I am tremen-
dously enthused to join the Company at
this exciting and challenging time and lead
the business to the next level. Scientific
Games has a skilled worldwide organiza-
tion that is focused on improving per-
formance and growth. In collaboration
with the entire Scientific Games team, I
look forward to working together as we
concentrate on creating and distributing
innovative products and services to our
customers, completing the integration of
WMS and enhancing stockholder value.”
Kambi Sport Solutions Ratified as
Associate Member to the European
State Lotteries Association (EL)
The EL is the European umbrella organi-
zation of national lotteries operating games
of chance for the public benefit. EL has
80 members from 46 European countries
including all 28 EU Member States. The
association’s EU members contribute
more than 20 billion EUR p.a. to the state
budgets and the funding of sport, culture,
social projects, research and other causes
of general interest.
GTECH’s Margin Maker
™
Platform
Selected by Betfred to Support
Australian Sports Betting Launch
“GTECH is very excited to extend our
partnership with Betfred into the Austra-
lian market. This is the first such foreign
venture we have worked on together,
and we hope it is the first of many,”
said
GTECH International Senior Vice Presi-
dent and Chief Operating Officer EMEA
Declan Harkin.
Florida Lottery Announces a New
Partnership with Wawa, Inc.
The Florida Lottery announces a new
partnership with Wawa, Inc. to provide
Lottery players with even more conve-
nient locations to purchase tickets for their
favorite Florida Lottery games. Beginning
today, Lottery officials plan to install eight
Lottery machines weekly in Wawa stores
in both the Orlando and Tampa markets.
An estimated 63 Wawa stores will become
Florida Lottery retailers during calendar
year 2014, joining the more than 13,000
retailer network that already carry Lottery
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