Jānis Strauts is a senior sportsbook operations and trading leader with over 12 years of experience across regulated betting markets in Europe and North America. He currently serves as Sports Operations Manager at OlyBet, where he leads sportsbook execution across multiple jurisdictions, working at the intersection of product, trading, compliance, technology, and commercial teams.
Before joining OlyBet, Jānis held senior leadership roles at PENN Entertainment, where he contributed to the launch and scaling of ESPN BET across 17 US states, and at LiveScore Group, where he led multi-brand trading operations across several international markets. Across his career, he has built and scaled trading functions, managed complex multi-market operations, and delivered product and operational improvements in highly competitive regulated environments.
His expertise includes sportsbook strategy, risk and trading operations, product delivery, vendor integrations, and cross-functional execution at scale.
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