GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Latisha Casas, Chairwoman, San Manuel Gaming & Hospitality Authority (SMGHA) and Cynthia Kiser-Murphey, General Manager, The Palms Casino Resort

This week, the GGB Podcast sits down with Latisha Casas, the chairwoman of the San Manuel Gaming & Hospitality Authority and Cynthia Kiser-Murphey, the general manager, of the Palms Casino Resort, on the reopening of the Palms as the first Las Vegas resort casino to be owned and operated by a Native American tribe.

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Latisha Casas, Chairwoman, San Manuel Gaming & Hospitality Authority (SMGHA) and Cynthia Kiser-Murphey, General Manager, The Palms Casino Resort

When the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians went shopping for a Las Vegas casino to buy, it wasn’t long before they settled on the Palms, which had been closed for two years after a half-billion dollar renovation under the previous owners, Station Casinos. Latisha Casas, the chairwoman of the tribe’s gaming business arm, the San Manuel Gaming & Hospitality Authority, explains why the tribe decided to venture into commercial gaming and what they hope to achieve. Former MGM executive and now general manager of the Palms Cynthia Kiser-Murphey talks about the strategies to build the database, attract the loyal Southern California players of the tribe’s Yaamava’ casino and contribute to the Las Vegas community. They spoke with GGB Publisher Roger Gros just a day before the property reopened in the Hardwood Suite in late April. (See video below.)


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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.