Ludovico Calvi, the President of the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS), is expected to be inducted into the Sports Betting Hall of Fame on the final day of the ‘Betting on Sports Europe’ conference and exhibition.
The Sports Betting Hall of Fame was launched by SBC in 2016 to recognize individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to the industry, and its latest members will be decorated in a lavish ceremony in the spectacular setting of London’s Natural History Museum on 11th November.
Calvi was selected for membership as a result of his work in the space of integrity and his role in the development of the betting industry in Italy.
The contributions of Ludovico Calvi
He has been a member of the GLMS Executive Committee since 2015 and was elected President two years later. During that time he contributed to the expansion of the state lotteries’ mutual monitoring system to detect suspicious gambling activity in 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 declaring PASPA unconstitutional.
He also has extensive experience as a senior executive, primarily in online, retail and B2B roles at Lottomatica Betting Ltd, GTECH Plc and IGT between 2006 and 2017. He remains the non-executive director of Lottomatica Betting.
Prior to that, he spent eight years as a strategy consultant for Sisal, during which he created a new betting division for the company and advised the Italian regulator on the creation and implementation of the national legal and regulatory framework.
Calvi now runs his own strategic betting consulting practice, providing strategic, regulatory and operational consulting services to licensed operators, governments, regulators, lotteries, sports federations and law enforcement agencies.
He served as a Strategic Gaming Advisor for the Oregon State Lottery during the state’s sports betting launch, and is now also an Outdoor Gaming Advisor for Bain & Co.
In testimony, Calvi said the following:
It is an honor to be admitted to the Sports Betting Hall of Fame and I would like to express my deep appreciation to SBC for hosting a fantastic 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.
I consider the sports betting industry to be a community of highly professional men and women, driven by a contagious passion and inspired by tireless innovation, creating the conditions to achieve any and all goals.
It has been a great privilege for me to be a part of this community over the past three decades, during which I have had the opportunity to launch sports betting initiatives on every continent and contribute to the achievement of many goals that have led to the global growth of our industry.
For me, being admitted to the Sports Betting Hall of Fame is an industry recognition of having contributed to raising the standards of excellence, always supporting regulated, responsible and sustainable betting market environments, safeguarding the level of integrity and customer protection throughout the journey.
Other Big Names in the Sports Betting Hall of Fame
The 2021 Sports Betting Hall of Fame Europe also includes Vincent Caldwell (Founder, betinternet and President and CEO, Virtual Software), Simon Bold (SBGL Founder and former CEO bwin International), Birgitte Sand (Former General Manager, Danish Authority of Games), Clive Hawkswood (Former CEO, RGA and Past President, RAiG), and Jan Svendsen (Founder, Coolbet, Nordicbet and Triobet).
All will be presented at a special ceremony at the Natural History Museum on November 11th, the final day of the Betting on Sports Europe event, which takes place at Stamford Bridge, London.
The 2021 North America Sports Betting Hall of Fame includes Yolanda Acuña (Former Director of Racing and Sports Management, MGM Resorts International), Joe Asher (President of Sports Betting, IGT), Johnny Avello (Director of Racing Operations and Books Sports, DraftKings), Joe Brennan Jr (Former President, IMEGA), and Jimmy Vaccaro (Director of Reservations and Sports Marketing, Las Vegas, South Point Hotel & Casino).
They will be inducted at a ceremony at MetLife Stadium on December 1, 2021, during the SBC Summit North America conference and trade show.
