Grand Casino Mille Lacs Promotes Sam

Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures announced Tracy Sam has been promoted to general manager at Grand Casino Mille Lacs in Onamia, Minnesota. Most recently, Sam was corporate vice president of...

Published April 20, 2015

California Casino Announces New General Manager

Veteran gaming professional Loren D. Gill has been appointed general manager of the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in California.

Published April 20, 2015

Lottery Director Buddy Roogow Dies

Buddy Roogow, former director of the Maryland Lottery and D.C. Lottery, died suddenly in Washington, D.C. at age 65. Appointed Maryland Lottery Director in 1996 by former Governor Parris...

Published April 20, 2015

Ainsworth Names Interactive Manager

Ainsworth has named Michael Probert as manager of interactive business development, responsible for promoting the company’s remote gaming server.

Published April 20, 2015

Amaya Promotes Rational Group Executives

Amaya Gaming named Israel Rosenthal chief operating officer of subsidiary Rational Group and Gino Appiotti as chief marketing officer.

Published April 20, 2015

William Hill Hires Ladbrokes Director

William Hill has hired Ciaran O’Brien, former director of corporate affairs for rival bookmaker Ladbrokes, as director of corporate communications.

Published April 20, 2015

Nazarian Returns After Cleaning Up

Sam Nazarian will return as chairman, CEO, and president of the sbe Entertainment Group, known for their upscale boutique hotels, in addition to the SLS Las Vegas.

Published April 13, 2015

GTECH Names General Counsel

GTECH has named former IBM executive Neil Abrams as the company’s new senior vice president and general counsel, reporting directly to CFO Alberto Fornano.

Published April 13, 2015

Long Switches Properties

Respected tribal gaming executive Wendell Long is resigning as CEO of Michigan’s Little River Casino Resort to take a job with the Snoqualmie Casino Resort near Seattle, Washington. At...

Published April 13, 2015

GLI Names Bertone Tribal Development Rep

Gaming Laboratories Inc. has named Alex Bertone as its representative for the Oklahoma tribal gaming market.

Published April 13, 2015

Hunter Quits Ukash

David Hunter has resigned as chief executive officer of Ukash after online payment processor Skrill Group completed its acquisition of the online cash payments provider.

Published April 13, 2015

Casinos Close in Salute to Lee Kuan Yew

Singapore’s two casinos, Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands, closed their doors on Sunday, March 29 to honor late prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, who died at 91...

Published April 6, 2015

Interblock Names Bone North America Chief

Interblock Gaming has named former WMS Gaming executive Rob Bone as president of the company’s North America division, with responsibility for the U.S. and Canada.

Published April 6, 2015

Mississippi Senate Confirms Gaming Commissioners

Tom Gresham of Indianola, Jerry L. Griffith Sr. of Gulfport and Al Hopkins of Gulfport, all nominated by Governor Phil Bryant, recently were confirmed by the Mississippi Senate to...

Published April 6, 2015

Galaxy Appoints Waters to Board

Galaxy Gaming has appointed banking and financial industry veteran Bryan Waters to its board of directors.

Published April 6, 2015

Francois Bourlier In With Win

Win Systems, clearly looking to expand globally, has hired Francois Bourlier as Europe Sales Director.

Published April 6, 2015

Reid Resigns

Harry Reid, Nevada’s senior senator and the Minority Leader in the U.S. Senate, last week said he would not stand for re-election in 2016, ending a 28-year career in...

Published March 30, 2015

Walker Replaced at Seneca by Oswell

Catherine Walker (l.) has been relieved of her duties as president and CEO of the Seneca Gaming Corp. Walker will be replaced by Audrey Oswell, who currently serves as...

Published March 30, 2015

Four Winds Finds Freedman

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians have named Frank Freedman as chief operating officer. Freedman will replace Matt Harkness, who helped to launch the enterprise.

Published March 30, 2015

Ladbrokes Names Mullen CEO

Ladbrokes has announced that its managing director of digital, Jim Mullen will become chief executive, taking over on April 1st from Richard Glynn. Mullen joined Ladbrokes in November 2013...

Published March 30, 2015