Optec Names Sales Director

Optec Displays has named industry veteran Bob Tortorello as director of sales, multi-location accounts, responsible for sales to national accounts in the U.S.

Published January 9, 2017

Spain Gets New Gaming Authority Chief

Spain has a new gaming authority boss. Juan Espinosa Garcia has been appointed to replace Carlos Hernandez Rivera, who left the post unexpectedly last year.

Published January 9, 2017

Ruben Sigala Named CMO For Caesars Entertainment

Ruben Sigala has been promoted to chief marketing officer for Caesars Entertainment. Sigala joined the company in 2005, and most recently was the chief analytics officer for Caesars.

Published December 26, 2016

Spin Games Names Mishra President and CFO

Spin Games announced the appointment of longtime casino supply-sector executive Kunal Mishra as president and chief financial officer of the company.

Published December 26, 2016

Frank Leaving Niagara Casinos

After 10 years, Art Frank will leave Niagara Casinos, operator of Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino Resort, in January. Frank has had a 35-year career in the casino industry,...

Published December 26, 2016

Agilysys Names Srinivasan as CEO

Agilysys has named former Bally Technologies CEO and casino systems veteran Ramesh Srinivasan as its new president and chief executive officer. He replaces Jim Dennedy.

Published December 19, 2016

Scott Kreeger Exits SLS Las Vegas

Scott Kreeger who was brought in two years ago to replace the original SLS Las Vegas CEO Rob Oseland, stepped down last week to accept another, unspecified, position with...

Published December 19, 2016

NRA Elects Officials for 2017-2019

The Nevada Resort Association (NRA) last week announced the Caesars executive Jan Jones Blackhurst (l.) has been appointed chairman of the lobbying group, with Station Casinos exec Scott Nielson...

Published December 19, 2016

Strip Pioneer Mike Ensign Dies

A key figure in the evolution of the modern integrated gaming resort, Ensign rose from a Reno craps dealer to become head of Circus Circus Enterprises and later chairman...

Published December 19, 2016

Burak Leaving Monografie

Alan Burak is resigning his position as general manager of Monografie, producer of the SAGSE Buenos Aires and Panama trade shows.

Published December 19, 2016

Jeb Bush Joins DraftKing’s Law Firm

Jeb Bush, former Florida governor and recent presidential candidate, has joined the law firm Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney as a strategic consultant. The firm represents fantasy sports giant DraftKing,...

Published December 12, 2016

GameCo Names Comella to Head Compliance Committee

Skill-game manufacturer GameCo has named former Scientific Games executive Marc Comella as chairman of its compliance committee. Comella has had a long career with Bally/Scientific Games, serving in a...

Published December 12, 2016

SuzoHapp Names New GM for Americasv

SuzoHapp has named Eben Esterhuyse general manger, solutions for the Americas, responsible for directing sales of the company’s CashComplete Solutions portfolio.

Published December 12, 2016

Rockets Hire eSports Executive

By hiring esports executive Sebastian Park, the Houston Rockets have become the first NBA team to have a front-office position dedicated to esports. Park, the former chief executive at...

Published December 12, 2016

Two NIGC Officials Receive Honors

The National Indian Gaming Commission announced Chief of Staff Shannon O’Loughlin of the Choctaw Nation was appointed to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee by President Barack Obama. Vice Chair...

Published December 5, 2016

IAGR Announces New Officers

The International Association of Gaming Regulators announced new officers and trustees at its annual business meeting in Sydney, Australia.

Published December 5, 2016

Playtech BGT Sports Names Sageder

Armin Sageder, founder of BGT integrated solutions for the gaming market, has been named chief executive officer at Playtech BGT Sports, a merger of BGT, Geneity, Mobenga, Unilogic and...

Published December 5, 2016

Colledge Joins EveryMatrix As Technology Officer

EveryMatrix, a provider of sports betting and other software solutions to the iGaming industry, recently named Matthew Colledge as chief technology officer. Colledge has held a variety of iGaming...

Published December 5, 2016

Wampanoags Elect Cheryl Andrews-Maltais Chairman

A longtime advocate of a casino on the small reservation of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head on Martha’s Vineyard, has been elected chairman of the tribe. Cheryl Andrews-Maltais...

Published November 28, 2016

Thompson-Hill Steps Down as OpenBet CEO

NYX Gaming Group confirmed that Jeremy Thompson-Hill will step down as CEO of its OpenBet division. NYX is performing an organizational restructuring, He will stay on as an advisor.

Published November 28, 2016