David Johnson was formerly the slots developer’s COO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australia.- Slots developer ReelPlay has promoted its chief operating officer David Johnson to CEO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Johnson, who joined the company in 2018, will replace Scott Smith, who will remain with the company as a board member and advisor.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n He also has experience in senior management roles at Cryptologic, NextGen Gaming and NYX Gaming Group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Johnson said in a statement: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to be given the opportunity to continue to drive the business forward as CEO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “With great credit to Scott, the founders and the team at ReelPlay HQ, the business is perfectly positioned to capitalise on the solid foundations we\u2019ve placed over the last couple of years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe look forward to continuing to build on ReelPlay\u2019s solid existing partnerships whilst focussing on expanding into new markets and verticals, underpinned by the continued creation of the highest quality digital gaming content for license to the world\u2019s leading regulated casino operators.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile in Australia, Crown Resorts<\/a><\/em><\/strong> CEO and managing director Ken Barton<\/a><\/em><\/strong> has stepped down following the ILGA\u2019s enquiry into the company\u2019s fitness to hold a casino licence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" David Johnson was formerly the slots developer’s COO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Slots developer ReelPlay has promoted David Johnson from COO to CEO, with former CEO Scott Smith transitioning to a board and advisory role. Johnson aims to drive market expansion and diversify gaming verticals through B2B content licensing to regulated operators. Separately, Crown Resorts' CEO Ken Barton has resigned in Australia amidst an ILGA inquiry into its casino license suitability.","focusai_entities":"David Johnson, ReelPlay, Scott Smith, Cryptologic, NextGen Gaming, NYX Gaming Group, Crown Resorts, Ken Barton, ILGA","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ReelPlay Market Expansion?","query":"What specific new markets and gaming verticals is ReelPlay targeting for its B2B content licensing strategy under the new CEO?"},{"label":"Johnson's Strategic Influence?","query":"How might David Johnson's prior experience at Cryptologic, NextGen Gaming, and NYX Gaming Group influence ReelPlay's product roadmap and B2B partnership strategy?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157,28],"tags":[229,23909],"class_list":["post-14787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","category-casino-news","tag-gambling","tag-slot-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14787","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=14787"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14810,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14787\/revisions\/14810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}