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What the 2026 people list actually named

iGaming Express ranked one hundred names. We used the companies behind them, not the ranking. Studios stayed off the index.

iGaming Express published a 2026 list of one hundred people. It is a people list. It is not a trust score. Denise Coates at five does not make bet365 safer than Paddy Power because Peter Jackson sits at two. This desk used the list as a map of which companies still exist, then filed the consumer brands and ignored the studios.

Source: Top 100 Most Influential People in iGaming 2026.

What we already had

Flutter (FanDuel, Paddy Power, Betfair, Sky Bet), Entain, evoke / William Hill, Betsson, Betway / Super Group, DraftKings, Stake, Unibet / FDJ UNITED, LeoVegas / MGM, Betano and Stoiximan (Kaizen), Superbet, Polymarket, Kalshi.

What the list showed we were thin on

What we did not add

Studios and pipes: SPRIBE, Pragmatic Play, Evolution, Playtech, Soft2Bet, SOFTSWISS, Kambi, Light & Wonder, Digitain, BetConstruct, GiG. This index is consumer books. Those names sell odds and slots to the books. They do not take your stake.

Presidents and regulators are not brands. Andrew Rhodes at the Commission, Charles Mizzi at the MGA, Grainne Hurst at the BGC — useful people, not company files.

Asked this way

Does a high place on the iGaming Express list raise a trust score?
No. It is a people ranking. The Trust Index still scores licences, named owners and published contacts.
Why are Pragmatic Play and Evolution not on the index?
They sell games to books. They do not take a customer stake. This desk files consumer operators.