CashBet has appointed Stephen Race to the company’s board of directors.

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In a 30-year career, Race has held numerous senior positions in financial services companies as well as in the video games industry, first with Atari and then with Sega. As president of Sony in North America until 1995, Race launched and managed the PlayStation and turned around Microprose, selling the company to Hasbro in 1999.

Dr Mike Reaves, CEO and co-founder of CashBet, said: “Steve’s breadth of experience at the board and CEO level will be invaluable as we expand our enterprise platform licensing business globally, by developing new partnerships and moving into an increasing number of regulated markets.

“His expertise in marketing and gaming will help us advance the features of the CashBet mobile-first i-gaming platform to unparalleled industry-leading status. Managing growth over the next year and beyond is going to be crucial and we view Steve’s leadership as both strategic and timely for our business.”