Suren Rampersadh

Chief Executive Officer, Hollywoodbets

Suren Rampersadh is Chief Executive Officer of Hollywoodbets.

Hollywoodbets is a South African sports betting and horse racing operator, run by the Hollywood Group from uMhlanga. Under Rampersadh it bought Kenilworth Racing (now Cape Racing) and Gold Circle, bringing racecourse ownership in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal into the group.

In the job

  1. Hollywoodbets was announced as principal partner of Brentford Football Club in the English Premier League. Source

  2. The Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board approved Hollywood Sportsbook Holdings' acquisition of Kenilworth Racing, which became Cape Racing. Source

  3. The KwaZulu-Natal Economic Regulatory Authority gave final approval for Hollywoodbets' acquisition of Gold Circle. Source

  4. Rampersadh was appointed a director on the Gold Circle board at a shareholders meeting. Source

Career before

  1. 1990Joined the Hollywood Group when it operated as Winning Form, a horse racing publisher
  2. 1998Co-founder with Owen Heffer of the first Hollywoodbets betting shop, Durban
  3. Chief Executive Officer, Hollywoodbets
  4. 2025Director, Gold Circle board

Sources

  1. iol.co.za
  2. africangambit.com
  3. sportingpost.co.za
  4. igamingexpress.com
  5. igamingafrika.com
  6. findmoreafrica.com

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