The Sports Betting Hall of Fame was launched by SBC in 2016 to recognize the individuals who have made significant long-lasting contributions to the industry, and its latest members will be celebrated at a lavish ceremony in the spectacular setting of London’s Natural History Museum on 11 November.
Calvi has been selected for membership as a result of his work in the integrity space and of his role in the development of the betting industry in Italy. He has been a member of the GLMS Executive Committee since 2015 and was elected President two years later. During that time, he has contributed to the expansion of the state lotteries’ mutualized monitoring system to detect suspicious betting activity into a truly global body with 42 members.
Calvi’s other representative roles include being a member of the World Lottery Association’s Sports Integrity Committee and a member of the American Gaming Association’s Sports Betting Task Force, which was influential in the campaign that led to the US Supreme Court ruling that declared PASPA unconstitutional.
He also has extensive experience as a senior executive, most notably in online, retail and B2B roles with Lottomatica Betting Ltd, GTECH Plc and IGT between 2006 and 2017. He remains a non-executive board director at Lottomatica Betting.
Calvi now runs his own strategic betting consultancy practice providing strategic, regulatory and operational consultancy services to licensed operators, governments, regulators, lotteries, sport federations and law enforcement agencies.
“It is an honor to be inducted into the Sports Betting Hall of Fame and I would like to express my deep appreciation to SBC for hosting a terrific event despite the challenges posed by the pandemic. I am also grateful to several industry leaders, some close friends and colleagues, for sponsoring my candidacy,” Calvi commented.
“I consider the sports betting industry a community of men and women of great professional standing driven by a contagious passion and inspired by relentless innovation, creating the conditions for achieving any and all objectives. It has been a great privilege for me to be part of this community for the past three decades, during which I had the opportunity to launch sports betting initiatives in all continents and to contribute to the achievement of many goals that led to the global growth of our industry,” he added.
“For me to be inducted into the Sports Betting Hall of Fame is a recognition by the industry of having contributed to raise the standards of excellence, always supporting regulated, responsible and sustainable betting market environments while safeguarding the level of integrity and customer protection throughout the journey,” Calvi concluded.
Source: GMB / SBC News
