Sebastian Salat Named CEO of Zitro

Former WMS executive Sebastian Salat has ben named CEO of bingo games maker Zitro. He points to the increasing presence of Zitro products on the internet as a positive....

Published April 18, 2016

San Manuel Reelects Chairman Lynn Valbuena

The chairman of San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, which operates San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino, was reelected last week. This is the fourth time Lynn Valbuena has...

Published April 18, 2016

Drexel University Student Wins AGEM Scholarship

Drexel University Casino Gaming Student Parthena (Gina) Vorgiatzidis was awarded the 2016 Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Scholarship for students pursuing a career in the gaming and casino...

Published April 18, 2016

Three Join Eldorado Resorts Management

Eldorado Resorts Inc. announced it has hired Phil Fortino as senior vice president of human resources, Shawn Rorick as vice president of digital marketing and eCommerce and Stephen Geerling...

Published April 18, 2016

Mr. Green Names Marketing, Operations Executives

Online casino Mr. Green has appointed David Nordberg as its new chief marketing officer, and Oscar Mühlbach as the new chief operations officer.

Published April 18, 2016

Former Cirque Executive Exposed

Franco Dragone, creator and director of the House of Dancing Water show in Macau, the world's largest aquatic show, has been named in the Panama Papers document leak from...

Published April 18, 2016

Peter Maheu Dies, Hughes Associate’s Son

Peter Maheu, recently died in Las Vegas. He was chairman and chief executive officer of the mystery shopping firm QSI Specialists, as well as a renowned private investigator, author...

Published April 11, 2016

Melco Crown Architect Dies

Zaha Hadid (shown with Lawrence Ho), award-winning architect behind the fifth hotel tower at Melco Crown’s City of Dreams in Macau, has died of a heart attack in Miami....

Published April 11, 2016

Wynn Las Vegas Adds Alex Cordova as EVP

Veteran casino executive Alex Cordova was added to Wynn Las Vegas last week and put in charge of running its nightclubs.

Published April 11, 2016

New NIGA Associate Member Rep Named

Jodi DiLascio has been added to the National Indian Gaming Association’s executive board as an associate member. Associate members give voice to organizations that due business with NIGA.

Published April 11, 2016

Carlos Valdez new CNIGA Public Affairs Deputy Director

California Nations Indian Gaming Association, CNIGA, has named Carlos Valdez, formerly a public policy director for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, deputy director of public affairs.

Published April 11, 2016

Eastern Cherokee Remove Three Gaming Commissioners

Three gaming commissioners of the Eastern Cherokee of North Carolina have been removed. The tribe’s Principal Chief Patrick Lambert alleges malfeasance.

Published April 11, 2016

Dumont Named Sands CFO

Patrick Dumont, Sheldon Adelson’s son-in-law, is the new chief financial officer of Las Vegas Sands and fills a two-year vacancy created when former CFO Kenneth Kay resigned in 2013....

Published April 4, 2016

Golden Entertainment Inc. Adds Senior Vice President

Golden Entertainment Inc., based in Las Vegas, has added Sean T. Higgins as senior vice president of government affairs and business development. His new job allows him to leverage...

Published April 4, 2016

Interblock Names Dustin Dunn Director of Global Commercial Strategy and Analytics

Interblock will focus on fixed asset optimization with the hiring of Dustin Dunn as director of global commercial strategy and analytics. Dunn previously worked for Scientific Games.

Published April 4, 2016

Paddy Power Betfair COO to Step Down

Andy McCue will resign as chief operations officer of Paddy Power Betfair at the end of April, following the merger of the two online bookmakers.

Published April 4, 2016

Funke Kupper Out at ASX

Elmer Funke Kupper, former CEO of betting firm Tabcorp, has resigned his post as head of the Australian Securities Exchange. The exit comes amid allegations that Tabcorp bribed a...

Published March 28, 2016

Scudiero Takes Helm at Diamond Jacks

Tony Scudiero is the new vice president and general manager of the Diamond Jacks Casino & Hotel in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and will oversee its transformation into the WaterView Casino...

Published March 28, 2016

Inspired Names New Executives

Inspired Gaming has named Kris Ellis as account director for virtuals and Dan Graham as a platform architect in key additions to its senior staff.

Published March 28, 2016

Ryan Paulos Named Cannery GM

Cannery Casino Resorts has named Ryan Paulos vice president and general manager of Cannery Casino & Hotel in North Las Vegas.

Published March 28, 2016