Tim Wilmott, former CEO and president of Penn National Gaming Inc., will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming 24th Annual East Coast Gaming Congress & NexGen Gaming Forum, to be held April 27-28 in Atlantic City.
Wilmott is only the third recipient of the award in the conference’s history, following Paul Rubeli, onetime president & CEO of Aztar Corp., and the late Dennis Gomes, a former mob-busting Las Vegas prosecutor, casino executive and co-owner of Resorts Atlantic City.
“Tim Wilmott, whose career in gaming dates back more than a quarter-century, is widely respected as an industry leader who has led Penn National’s extraordinary growth, and who has focused on building trust with regulators, with his staff and with the communities in which Penn operators,” said congress co-founders Lloyd D. Levenson and Michael Pollock in a joint statement.
The annual event will feature keynote addresses from New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, AGA President and CEO Bill Miller and CEOs of eight leading gaming operators. It will be held April 27-28 at Harrah’s Waterfront Conference Center in Atlantic City.
More than 650 gaming operators, equipment manufacturers, regulators, attorneys, architects, analysts, public officials, investors and other gaming-related professionals are expected to attend ECGC. The full two-day conference schedule and registration can be found at www.ecgc.us.
