SG Digital appoints new sportsbook chief

Scientific Games Corporation has strengthened the senior management team of SG Digital with the appointment of Nikos Konstakis as its new VP Sportsbook.

Konstakis will be responsible for overseeing OpenBet’s product development roadmap and delivering and enhancing its sportsbook proposition for customers following the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Professional and Amateur Sports Betting Act.  He has a wealth of industry experience and was previously VP Trading at OpenBet and spent 16 years at Intralot, with his last position being Group Director of Betting.

Keith O’Loughlin, SVP Sportsbook and Platforms at SG Digital, said: “Appointing Nikos to the role of VP Sportsbook Product is an important step in our strategy towards productization and developing the next generation of the OpenBet portfolio.

“His knowledge of the sports betting industry is a valuable asset for us, and he is already playing a key role in our preparations for entry into the U.S. regulated market with a significantly improved proposition.”

SG Digital’s preparations for a legalised U.S. sports betting market are well underway, a statement from the company Friday advised, revealing that sportsbook product review sessions are already taking place with New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE).

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