Association of Remote Gambling Operators (ARGO)
Hawkswood becomes an ARGOnaut
July 2, 2004
A top civil servant in the UK government Department of Culture,
Media and Sport, Clive Hawkswood has been appointed General Secretary
of the newly formed Association of Remote Gambling Operators (ARGO).
A senior civil servant who for the past three years has been directly
responsible for betting and racing matters at DCMS, Hawkswood has
been a key figure in governmental policies on remote gambling.
He would appear to be well qualified for his new responsibilities.
He was employed as a betting office manager in the early eighties,
and after taking a degree in politics at Lancaster University, he
joined the Civil Service in 1988, starting at the Home Office and
then moving to DCMS following the transfer of responsibility for
gambling to that Department. He will take up his new position in
mid-August.
The increased importance and popularity of Internet and other forms
of remote gambling led to ARGO being formed earlier this year. The
Association is based in London and membership will be open to operators
of Internet, telephone and inter-active platforms. ARGO is affiliated
to the Association of British Bookmakers, but will operate entirely
independently, with its own executive committee, staff and officers.
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