eGaming Review September 2012 | Page 11

CONT E NTS 20 81 88 90 13 P28 Finance news PokerStars completes its US$731m deal to acquire Full Tilt Poker, while Barclaycard’s Christine Magnowska looks at egaming payments in regulated markets P68 Interview - Ralph Topping The William Hill chief executive gives his ?rst ever interview to eGR, in which he re?ects on nearly 40 years in the gambling industry SPONSORED EDITORIAL P96 Payments focus Featuring Entropay, eMerchantPay, Intelligent Payments and Realex Payments P76 Interview – Jez San P34 H2 data eGR’s data partner looks back at the industry's major turning points An egaming innovator and the ?rst person awarded an OBE for services to the computer games industry, the PKR founder and president explains how much online poker has changed in a short space of time FEATURES P38 Cover story – The 100 most in?uential people Since the birth of the industry, many individuals have come and gone. To celebrate eGR’s 100th issue, we pro?le the 100 biggest achievers P58 Feature – The 10 biggest gaming milestones From offshore to in-play, Tom Washington examines the most signi?cant developments to have hit what is still a relatively young and maturing industry P64 Then and now Some sites have changed more than others over the past decade. We compare operator