enter the US market<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWith this move, the company aims to strengthen its footprint in America, where it has secured licences for imminent launches in several states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Principal at the law firm Drazin and Warshaw, Drazin is chairman and CEO of Darby Development, operator of Monmouth Park, the largest racetrack in New Jersey where the first legal sports wager was made by Governor Phil Murphy on June 14, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For decades Drazin has been an advisor to the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association. He became chairman of the New Jersey Racing Commission in 2009. He was also involved in the push to legalise sports betting in the US, according to a profile published by PlayUp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was inducted into the Sports Betting Hall of Fame in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drazin said: “I am very excited to join PlayUp and look forward to utilizing my many years of experience and industry leadership to develop and expand PlayUp’s extensive strategy as they look to grow their US and global presence in online betting.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daniel Simic, global CEO at PlayUp, said: “Dennis is a well-recognized figure in the USA Betting industry and will add enormous experience to our board. I look forward to working with him and Laila as we expand our global footprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Significant progress has been made to introduce fixed-odds horse racing in the USA and what better person to have on our board than the man helping to currently oversee the pilot program.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Australian online betting technology firm has added Dennis Drazin to its board of directors to consolidate its US footprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Australian online betting technology firm PlayUp has appointed Dennis Drazin, a prominent figure in US racing and sports betting legalization, to its board of directors. This strategic move aims to consolidate PlayUp's US market footprint, leveraging Drazin's extensive regulatory and operational experience, particularly in New Jersey, as the company prepares for imminent state launches and explores fixed-odds horse racing.","focusai_entities":"PlayUp, Dennis Drazin, Laila Mintas, Daniel Simic, Drazin and Warshaw, Darby Development, Monmouth Park, New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen\u2019s Association, New Jersey Racing Commission, Phil Murphy","focusai_location":"Australia, India, US, New Jersey","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Drazin's Impact on US","query":"How will Dennis Drazin's specific expertise in New Jersey's regulatory landscape and his advocacy for fixed-odds horse racing influence PlayUp's broader US market entry strategy and its B2B\/B2C licensing efforts beyond initial state launches?"},{"label":"Fixed-Odds Racing Strategy","query":"What specific governance frameworks and operational models is PlayUp considering to integrate fixed-odds horse racing into its platform, and how does Drazin's involvement in the pilot program inform this vertical's commercialization strategy?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,155],"tags":[289,233],"class_list":["post-12329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-australia","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12329"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12335,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12329\/revisions\/12335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}