The Nevada Gaming Control Board has cleared Las Vegas Sands President Rob Goldstein, Affinity Gaming CEO Mary Elizabeth Higgins and Wynn Resorts director Wendy Webb for gaming licenses.
The state Gaming Commission is expected to sign off on the recommendations, which were approved unanimously, when it meets in Carson City this week.
Higgins, one of the few women in gaming to hold a chief executive’s position, joined Affinity in 2018 and was appointed CEO last April.
Privately-held Affinity operates five casinos in Nevada𑁋three in Primm, one in Las Vegas and one in Sparks𑁋and five casinos in Colorado, Missouri and Iowa.
Before joining the company Higgins helped establish VICI Properties, the real estate investment trust spun off from the Caesars Entertainment reorganization.
Webb, the CEO of California-based Kestrel Corporate Advisors, was among three women appointed to Wynn’s board in the spring of 2018 in the aftermath of the Steve Wynn sexual harassment scandal. She has served on the boards of publicly traded companies for 11 years and spent two decades as an executive with The Walt Disney Co. where she worked on the financing of a number of theme park developments and the acquisitions of ABC, ESPN and Pixar.
The approval for Goldstein was more of a formality. He has been Sands’ president and COO since 2015 and holds a gaming license, but the company wasn’t aware it needed to submit an application with the Control Board on his behalf for licensing as a director and manager.
