Seamus Murphy
Seamus is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Bedfordshire in the UK. He wrote the book ‘The Casino and Society in Britain’, published 2020. His interests include gambling history, focusing on the social history of gaming (casinos) in the UK.
Earle G Hall
Earle G. Hall is a globally recognised entrepreneur, 2x TEDx speaker, and innovator specializing in technology, and neuroscience. With a dynamic career spanning the video game, movie special effects, technology education, and casino industries, Earle has founded and led companies at the forefront of innovation. He is the CEO of AXES.ai, a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada and a Veteran Army Officer, and was awarded the United States President’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024.
Gavin Isaacs
Gavin is an industry icon, a CEO and Board Director with over 25 years of experience driving growth, transformation, and strategic leadership across public and private companies ranging from global enterprises with multi-billion-dollar revenues to innovative startups. He has deep expertise across the gaming, i-gaming, sports betting, and lottery sectors. Gavin is a member of the AGA Gaming Hall of Fame.
Melanie Ellis
Melanie has been providing UK legal and regulatory advice to betting and gaming clients since the advent of the Gambling Act 2005. She is described in the legal directories as “a very impressive lawyer” who “demonstrates commercial pragmatism supported with a great deal of technical and operational knowledge and experience”. A regular contributor to industry publications, Melanie is listed as a ‘Leading Partner’ in the Legal 500 guide and is also ranked in Chambers.
Jeevan Jeyaratnam
Self-proclaimed bookworm Jeevan has 20 years of experience in sports betting, joining the odds-compilation-focused Super Soccer in 2005, after starting out with William Hill. After learning the ropes at Super Soccer he took over the management of the Super Soccer Oddsfeed business. In 2017, Jeevan helped orchestrate the sale of Super Soccer Oddsfeed to its JV partner Abelson Sports; he continues to be an integral part of the business’s continued success.
Jon Bruford
Former Managing Editor at Casino International, a role he held for 17 years, Jon now works freelance, records and edits podcasts, and writes, among many other things. Very poor at spinning plates. Hobbies include watching trashy horror movies, making Fintan laugh and eating meat.
Fintan Costello
When Fintan is not co-hosting The Gambling Files podcast he is Non-Executive director and board advisor to a number of companies in the Gambling and Finance industries. He is a keen ultra/adventure runner and challenges anyone – ANYONE – to a race, anywhere, any distance, any time. If you see him at ICE, be sure to challenge him. He loves it, and he never loses.
