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President & Primary Consultant:


Kevin Vonasek combines over  20-years of leadership experience in the B2B-enterprise-software sector focused on the digital entertainment &  gaming industries. As one of the few Americans having experience with US and  international operators & suppliers, Kevin has a strong understanding of  the unique product, regulatory and commercial challenges associated with conducting the business of digital wagering in US markets.


Whether co-founding technology ventures, developing e-commerce and online gaming  platforms, supporting due-diligence initiatives or recently driving an industry leader’s business development initiative amidst the largest US gaming  expansion since the late 1980s, Kevin’s entrepreneurial spirit, critical thinking and steadfast commitment to delivery have proven time-and-time-again to be an integral contribution toward any project, team or company set on accomplishing challenging goals.


Kevin has frequently been selected to speak and present at iGaming & Sports Betting industry conferences including G2E, NIGA, GLI Regulator’s Round Table, EGR US Power Summit, Betting on Sports America, ICE North America, iGNA, Southern Gaming and GIGSE. Kevin has been interviewed for articles by EGR, GGB & Indian Gaming regarding insights & strategies for US iGaming & Sports Betting. 

RELEVANT CAREER VENTURES

GOLDEN NUGGET ONLINE GAMING (GNOG)

Jun 2020 to Jun 2022

VP Corporate Development

Led US market access initiative, commercial contracts & strategic partnerships, GNOG product strategy and outbound M&A initiatives.  GNOG was acquired by Draft Kings in May 2022.

SCIENTIFIC GAMES | NYX-OPENBET

Mar 2015- Mar 2020

VP Business Development Americas (SG)  Commercial Director Americas (NYX)


Led business development, commercial negotiations & account management for PAM, sports betting & iCasino (e.g. Caesars, Turning Stone NY, Fire Keepers MI, Golden Nugget, Unibet, PNG, Parx, Bet365, 888, BetFair NJ (now FanDuel), etc. 

NYX GAMING GROUP

2013-2015

Chief Product Officer Americas

Led teams in development and launch of NYX real money gaming initiative within the US. Acted as primary liaison and negotiator with NJ regulators (NJDGE) and casino operators. Between 2014-2016 NYX launched online gaming & PAM platforms for Resorts Casino, Mohegan Casino, Golden Nugget Casino & Caesars Casino.

ZEN ENTERTAINMENT | NLOP

2004-2013

Co-Founder

Chief Product Officer

Chief Technology Officer

Secured funding & developed advertising & subscription based B2C poker network NLOP.com (acquired by CAFRINO.com) & B2B white-label poker for UFC, WWE, NBC Sports, Miller Brewing Co, Pepsi Co, Future Brands, Hard Rock & six NASCAR drivers (e.g. Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr, etc.).

AMERICAN FANTASY SPORTS

2003-2004

Co-Founder

VP Technology

Secured funding & developed pay-to-play B2B fantasy sports contests upon the STATS Inc. data engine. Sold to 150 online & traditional publishers including Lycos, News Corp, Tribune Corp, Knight Ridder, Boston Herald & NJ.com. Pivoted to an online poker venture in end of 2004 (see ZEN/NLOP above).

SUREFIRE COMMERCE

(NOW PAYSAFE)

1999-2003

Director of Project Management Office

Director of Development

Managed international teams of PMs & development to deliver white-label e-commerce platforms to AOL Canada, CIBC Bank/VISA, Stone & Webster, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Phish & EMI Capital Records. In addition, released the company’s market leading proprietary consumer e-store building tool (Online Merchant) and its online e-commerce publishing destination BuyItOnline.com

SUB-CONTRACTOR NETWORK

Through years of product development, commercial negotiations & genuine relationships Vonasek Gaming has assembled a broad reach of industry colleagues across the digital gaming and sports betting industries. This allows the company to expand and employ critical & appropriate expertise towards your projects on an as-needed-basis. This combination of flexible assets ensures that your initiatives will have the best and brightest minds from the industry working in the most cost-effective manner. 

B2C Digital Casino, Poker & Lottery Operations

Retail Sports Book Roll-out & Operations

Sports Book Trading & Risk Management

Payments, Fraud & AML Optimization 

Geo-location Optimization 

KYC & On-boarding Optimization 

Acquisition Marketing & Affiliate Traffic Generation

CRM, Retention &  Online VIP Development

Compliance & Oversight 

US Gaming Law 

Government Relations 

BI, Predictive   Analytics, Player Behavior & AI

Game Content Design & Development 

Product Training 

Technical, User Guides & SOP Documentation 

Outsourced Development & Quality Assurance

Editorial Content Creation 

Digital Graphics Design & Production 

Resource Recruiting & Interim Management 

Trade Show & Event Management 

Trade Show & Event Management 

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Want to Join the Team?

Looking to join our team of recognized & respected industry professionals available to consult with operators, suppliers, regulators, affiliates, media publishers & sports brands? If you have the relevant expertise, ethical reputation and communication & presentation skills, combined with a humble, yet tenacious, work ethic and accompanying gravitas, we are interested in learning more about you.   

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