GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Geoff Freeman, President & CEO, American Gaming Association

This week, the GGB Podcast repeats an interview from last October with Geoff Freeman, the president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, on the occasion of his departure from the AGA.

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Geoff Freeman, President & CEO, American Gaming Association

Geoff Freeman last week announced he was departing the American Gaming Association after five years at the help. Freeman was appointed president and CEO of the American Gaming Association in 2013, succeeding the founding CEO Frank Fahrenkopf. Freeman immediately began transforming the AGA into an aggressive proponent of the gaming industry, changing the strategy of playing defense to being totally proactive. Today, the AGA presents a positive image of the gaming industry to the world, and won a major victory with the Supreme Court decision to legalize sports betting in the U.S. in May. He spoke with GGB Publisher Roger Gros in Las Vegas in October, well before the Supreme Court decision.

Articles by Author: Roger Gros

Roger Gros is publisher of Global Gaming Business, the industry’s leading gaming trade publication, and all its related publications. Prior to joining Global Gaming Business, Gros was president of Inlet Communications, an independent consulting firm. He was vice president of Casino Journal Publishing Group from 1984-2000, and held virtually every editorial title during his tenure. Gros was editor of Casino Journal, the National Gaming Summary and the Atlantic City Insider, and was the founding editor of Casino Player magazine. He was a co-founder of the American Gaming Summit and the Southern Gaming Summit conferences and trade shows.
Roger Gros is the author of the best-selling book, "How to Win at Casino Gambling" (Carlton Books, 1995), now in its fourth edition. Gros was named “Businessman of the Year” for 1998 by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Gaming Association in 2012 as part of the annual AGA Communications Awards.