9 Apr 2014 16:00
Directorate Change
Seamus McGill appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director
ISE: GAME LSE: GAME
London & Dublin | 09 April, 2014: GameAccount Network plc (“GameAccount Network” or the “Company”), a leading developer and supplier of enterprise-level B2B gaming software and online gaming content, announces the appointment of Seamus McGill (age 62) as an independent, non-executive director with immediate effect.
Mr McGill has 18 years’ experience in the gaming and technology industries and is currently President of Joingo, a mobile software company in San Jose, California, with overall responsibility for company growth and financial performance. Prior to Joingo, Mr McGill spent 5 years at Aristocrat Technologies, the second largest manufacturer of slot machines and gaming solutions in the world. At Aristocrat, he was Chief Operating Officer of the Americas with responsibility for the North American, Canadian and Latin American markets. Prior to Aristocrat, he held senior positions at Cyberview Technology, WMS Gaming Inc. and Mikohn Gaming Corporation.
Dermot Smurfit, CEO of GameAccount Network commented: “Seamus McGill will bring valuable expertise to GameAccount Network and we are delighted to announce his appointment to the Board. Seamus’ extensive experience and unique knowledge of the gaming industry, particularly in the US, will be extremely beneficial as we continue to expand our business in the US market.”
There are no further details to be disclosed as required under (g) Schedule Two of the ESM Rules and the AIM Rules.
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For further information please contact:
| GameAccount Network | FTI Consulting | |
| Dermot Smurfit | Mark Kenny/Jonathan Neilan | |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| +44 (0) 20 7292 6262 | +353 1 6633686 | |
| dsmurfit@GameAccountNetwork.com | gameaccount@fticonsulting.com |
| Davy |
| John Frain / Roland French |
| +353 1 679 6363 |
GameAccount Network plc | Overview
GameAccount Network is a leading developer and supplier of enterprise-level Business to Business gaming software systems and online gaming content. GameAccount Network is listed on the ESM Market of the Irish Stock Exchange and the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker: GAME
The Company has developed an Internet gaming enterprise software system, GameSTACK™, which it licences to online and land-based gaming operators as a turn-key technology solution for both regulated real-money and simulated online gaming. The Internet Gaming System, developed in London under a UK Gaming Commission licence, is certified to the highest technical standards currently required by gaming regulators.
GameAccount Network is also a leading developer of online casino games and converts offline casino slot machines into online equivalents on behalf of third party land-based slot machine manufacturers.
GameAccount Network has an established business in Europe, licensing gaming content to UK, Spanish and Italian gaming operators including, William Hill, Rank, Lottomatica, Sisal MatchPoint, and SNAI.
In the United States, GameAccount Network has partnered with Betfair Plc to provide Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino with its Internet Gaming System following the introduction of regulated real-money online gaming in New Jersey in November 2013. In Connecticut, GameAccount Network has licensed its Internet Gaming System to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (owners and operators of the Foxwoods® Casino Resort) to offer simulated gaming in expectation of intra-state regulation in Connecticut in 2015. In Oklahoma, GameAccount Network has partnered with Osage Casinos to launch a promotional play online casino. It is expected that GameAccount Network and Osage Casinos will launch a simulated gaming website in the second half of 2014.
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