Benzinga | Oct 5, 2021 06:30AM EDT

WynnBET Appoints Ian Williams As COO

* Wynn Resorts Limited's (NASDAQ:WYNN) online sports betting and iGaming app WynnBET has appointed Ian Williams as Chief Operating Officer.

* Williams will oversee WynnBET's trading, marketing, customer service, payments, and data science teams and report to Wynn Interactive CEO Craig Billings.

* Williams most recently served as President of Online Gaming for Churchill Downs Inc.

* He also founded Thistle Gaming, a company distributing real-time sports data feeds and virtual racing to bookmakers in Europe and Asia.

* Price Action: WYNN shares closed lower by 4.19% at $83.56 on Monday.