RMG promotes Ben Dowding to Chief Betting Officer

Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has promoted Ben Dowding to the new role of Chief Betting Officer (CBO).

The internal promotion follows RMG’s merger of its British and International betting teams, where Ben Dowding had previously served as Director of Betting at RMG.

As detailed by Nick Mills, CCO of RMG: “With many bookmaker clients increasingly approaching rights acquisition on a global basis, RMG has combined its own domestic and international sales teams. Led by Ben, this move aims to create one unified approach to the market.”

Dowding joined RMG from The Jockey Club in 2013 to lead RMG’s partnerships, and then B2B relationships, before becoming Director of Betting with a key focus on RMG’s domestic betting, streaming, and data business with bookmakers.

Notable achievements as Director of Betting saw Dowding oversee the move from a Bet-to-View model to a Watch-&-Bet turnover model that has driven a surge in performance and led to the introduction of real-time streaming in horseracing in partnership with STATS Perform and Phenix.

Furthermore, Dowding led RMG’s development of in-play pricing via Coursetrack’s GPS data alongside Pythia Sports and has represented RMG’s shareholding on the BoscaSports board, the Dublin-based retail betting technology specialists.

Joining RMG’s executive team, Dowding said: “I am delighted to have been asked to expand my responsibilities internationally. There are significant and exciting opportunities to enhance further both revenues and awareness for British and Irish racing via this new collaborative approach to the domestic and global betting markets.”