Dr Laila Mintas
Dr. Laila Mintas Joins GambleID Advisory Board to Enhance Gaming Integrity
GambleID, a leading provider of compliance services, customer identity, location, anti-fraud, and payment management solutions to the gaming industry, is excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Laila Mintas to its Advisory Board. Dr. Mintas, a globally recognized expert in sports betting, sports integrity and gaming, will provide strategic guidance and insights to support GambleID’s mission of advancing integrity and compliance within the gaming industry.
With extensive experience in leadership roles at prominent sports betting and technology companies, Dr. Mintas brings a wealth of knowledge in sports integrity, data privacy, and regulatory compliance. Her expertise will be instrumental in helping GambleID continue to innovate and deliver solutions that meet the evolving needs of the industry.
“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Laila Mintas to our Advisory Board,” said JD Garner, Founder & CEO of GambleID. “Her deep understanding of the gaming industry and her commitment to maintaining the highest standards of integrity will be invaluable as we continue to grow and deepen our hold in the gaming industry. Dr. Mintas’s insights will help us set new benchmarks in the industry, ensuring that our clients can operate securely and efficiently.”
Dr. Mintas expressed her enthusiasm about joining the Advisory Board, stating, “I am very excited to collaborate with GambleID and contribute to their efforts in enhancing gaming integrity. This is a critical time for the industry, and I look forward to working together to advance solutions that protect stakeholders and uphold the reputation of the gaming sector. I am very excited to not only be able to use my almost 20+ years of experiences in the sports betting and gambling industry but also to contribute through my experiences in the sports world, having held leadership roles both at FIFA and CONCACAF related to Safeguarding Sports Integrity”.
Alone this year, Dr. Mintas was announced to serve as Judge for the most prestigious Awards, including the SBC Awards, Global Gaming Awards Americas, Global OTT Sports Awards and the GGB Gaming & Technology Awards. For her personal achievements, she has received numerous awards including Leaders in Sports U 40 Award, the SBJ Game Changers Award, the International Award for Women in the Gaming Industry – Inspiration of the Year, the SBJ´s Power Player Sports Betting Award, the Business Insider´s Leaders of the Sports Betting Industry Award and the GGB Emerging Leaders of Gaming 40 Under 40 Award.
GambleID remains committed to empowering businesses with innovative technology and a steadfast focus on integrity, ensuring a secure and transparent environment for all participants in the gaming and sports betting industry.
About GambleID
GambleID is a leading provider of compliance services, customer identity, location, anti-fraud, and payment management solutions tailored to the needs of the gaming and sports betting industry. With cutting-edge technology and a commitment to integrity, GambleID empowers businesses to operate securely and efficiently in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Aram Cherkezyan
PlayEngine has announced Dr. Laila Mintas as Co-founder and CEO
Silicon Valley-based tech company PlayEngine has announced Dr. Laila Mintas as Co-founder and CEO. Dr. Mintas is known in the industry as a serial entrepreneur. She was previously leading Sportradar´s US business up to Sportradar´s valuation of $2.4 billion USD and then moved on to invest in different tech start-ups across the industry including B-to-B Sports Betting platform Betworks (sold to Bally’s Corporation in 2021) and B-to-C Sports Betting company PlayUp which is set to do a $350 million SPAC (Special-purpose acquisition company) in Q1, 2023.
PlayEngine is a disruptive and innovative B to B Sportsbetting and iGaming platform. It is a proprietary and cutting-edge tech platform that was built from scratch in-house. The platform architecture is microservices-based which makes it highly agile and allows PlayEngine to provide its customers with a tailor-made, individual solution that is reliable, scalable, fast, and secure.
The PlayEngine platform went initially through the prestigious Berkeley Skydeck incubator program and is Sportradar certified.
PlayEngine’s platform provides a full turnkey solution which means it has the capabilities to provide all of the underlying technology that operators need to operate a Sportsbook brand, including for example Risk Management, Trading, Player Account Management (PAM), Content Management, and Customer Relationship Management.
Other differentiators are that the proprietary platform is highly automated which lowers the operational overhead and increases revenue margins for the sportsbook operator and makes the PlayEngine platform more scalable.
PlayEngine’s B-to-B platform is crypto-capable. Its Sportsbooks clients are able to offer their customers both, fiat money and crypto betting through its seamless multi-wallet experience. The PlayEngine platform will also enable the end-customer an interstate “traveling wallet” meaning the customer only has to download the app one time and is able to use it across different jurisdictions and products which offers the best possible user experience.
On her new venture, Dr. Mintas commented: “I am very excited about being a Co-Founder and the CEO of PlayEngine. The Sports Betting and iGaming market is just too competitive to work off legacy tech. There is a huge need for agile and modern technology and I truly believe that we have the most automated and data-driven product in the market, which will enable the Sportsbetting and iGaming operators to offer an innovative, robust and profitable product to their end-customers.
PlayEngine co-founder Aram Cherkezyan said: “Dr. Mintas has a proven track record of building high-growth companies successfully and is a well-established and respected leader in the Sports Betting and iGaming world and we are very happy to be working together with her.”
Canada
PlayUp Secures iGaming Market Access in Iowa
PlayUp has announced that it has secured market access for iGaming in Iowa through a partnership with Wild Rose Entertainment.
The deal comes on the heels of PlayUp’s announcement last week of market access for sports betting in Iowa and Indiana along with iGaming for New Jersey.
The deal adds a second iGaming jurisdiction for PlayUp. Pending both legislative and regulatory approval in Iowa the burgeoning iGaming sector is a key indicator for PlayUp’s diverse product portfolio expansion beyond its core sports betting product.
If officials in Iowa should move forward with iGaming, PlayUp will be poised to increase its operating footprint in the US where it is a licensed operator in Colorado and is expected to gain regulatory approval in New Jersey soon.
“At our core we are a daily fantasy sports operator. We are proud of these roots and that we are Australia’s number one DFS operator and offer some of the world’s largest DFS prizes. We also view a diverse product portfolio as key to our long term growth and stability. iGaming is central in that diversification and we are aggressively getting market access in all states that are offering it, or will be offering it in the future,” Dr Laila Mintas, CEO of PlayUp USA, said.
Earlier this year, investment bank Goldman Sachs projected the iGaming market in the US to reach $39 billion in 2033. Officials with Wild Rose look forward to adding iGaming to its expanding gaming market, should regulations pass to allow it.
“The gaming market and consumer demands are always changing. We are proud to have a great partner like PlayUp in our corner to maximize our potential with iGaming should it come to Iowa,” Tom Timmons, President and COO of Wild Rose Entertainment, said.
PlayUp has already begun the regulatory process to gain licensure in Iowa for sports betting and once the regulatory framework is in place for iGaming will do the same, according to Dr Mintas.
She said the company will take an active role in helping to shape the regulations and provide input to state legislators and regulators if the opportunity presents itself.
Canada
PlayUp Granted License in New Jersey
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has granted Las Vegas-based PlayUp an operational license as an online sports betting operator.
Laila Mintas, CEO of PlayUp USA, said: “This is a huge milestone for our business. New Jersey doesn’t just represent the largest market in terms of revenue for any operator, but it also is an indicator showing the market.
“Both consumers and investors that we have, have cleared the most stringent regulatory standards in the world. We have aggressive growth plans for our jurisdictional footprint in 2022, and going into other states with New Jersey approval in our back pocket is a positive sign for other regulators.
“PlayUp is already working on adding an iGaming product offering in New Jersey and hopes to have regulatory approval in the future.”
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