People news 11 July 2013
The latest people moves from the egaming industry in the last seven days (5 July to 11 July 2013)
Betfair and Lads veteran joins Don Best
Craig Mucklow named VP trading services with US-based odds provider
Former Betfair trading director Craig Mucklow has joined Las Vegas-based odds provider Don Best Sports as its vice president of trading services.
Mucklow, who previously had spells with Ladbrokes and Paddy Power, had joined Betfair in April last year ahead of the launch of the operator’s fixed-odds sportsbook in the United Kingdom. He spent six months with Betfair, leaving before the operator rolled out its standalone sportsbook offering early this year.
Mucklow will head up Don Best’s newly launched trading and services division, and will focus on developing in-play pricing and trading products for US sports.
“It is a privilege to be able to welcome Craig into his new role as we launch this exciting division. There is continuous demand from our customer base for expanded in-play market coverage of highly profitable US sports,” Don Best president Benjie Cherniak said.
“Craig’s presence bolsters our ability to offer these products to required standards, beginning with 100% coverage of the upcoming NBA season,” he added.
Seven days in people news:
Spanish egaming deputy appointed
Juan Espinosa Garcia has been named deputy director of Spain’s gambling regulator, replacing Carlos Hernandez Rivera who was promoted to director general last month.
Espinosa Garcia, who studied politics and economics at the University of Edinburgh and University of London respectively, is also a professor of Administrative Law at IE University.
He joins the General Directorate for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) from the Spanish Public Administrations of the National Competition Commission where he has been deputy director of relations since 2008.
Egaming software development company Iforium has appointed former Gala Coral head of mobile Richard Clarke as its chief operating officer. Commenting on his appointment Clarke said he was “delighted” and that the firm has “arguably the industry’s most flexible software platform combined with a growing range of class leading product innovations.”
Gaming software supplier GameAccount Network named Iain Starks as its new software architect. Starks has over 30 years’ experience as a software developer and has held roles at several high-profile companies including William Hill.