On 24 February 2026, Scientific Games named Rich Wasserman as SVP, Product Engineering, tasking him with leading engineering across its global lottery portfolio. The trade press has covered it as an appointment. It is more usefully read as a procurement signal and when set alongside a parallel hire made three weeks earlier, it points to a specific and consequential shift in how Scientific Games intends to manage its vendor relationships. Full announcement details are availabl

As VIP automation moves from optimisation to accountability, suppliers are being pulled directly into operator governance. HeySeven.ai  has appointed Rafi Ashkenazi  as Executive Chair. On the surface, this looks like a familiar play: an early-stage supplier borrowing credibility from a well-known operator executive. The more material detail is what sits alongside that appointment. Ashkenazi is currently  Executive Chair of Hard Rock Digital . This is not a retired CEO lendin

Michael Hogan has joined Flutter International as Head of Product, confirming the move via LinkedIn at the start of 2026. While the appointment has been disclosed with little public detail, Hogan’s background in supplier-side customer tooling and regulated environments offers a clearer signal of where large operators are now focusing product leadership: internal systems, governance, and the ability to execute change at scale. What’s actually been announced Michael Hogan has b