Debi Nutton, Latest Inductee into AGA Gaming Hall of Fame

Very few of the nearly 150 members of the American Gaming Association’s Gaming Hall of Fame ever actually dealt a casino game. That is not true for the third member of this year’s class, Debi Nutton. She was the first female craps dealer on the Las Vegas Strip, the first female craps supervisor and the first woman pit manager. As she moved around to different casinos early in her career—as was the plan in those days—Nutton soon joined the Mirage, when it was about to open. She impressed the senior executives so much, she was promoted again and again. Later joining MGM Resorts, she became the first female vice president of casino operations and today is a highly sought-after consultant to any new casino ready to hire and train its casino staff. Nutton spoke with GGB Publisher Roger Gros in the dining room of her home in November.