New Boss for Sydney’s Star

Sydney’s Star casino has a new managing director, Macau industry veteran Greg Hawkins. He’s expected to take the helm of Echo Entertainment’s flagship resort by September, pending regulatory approvals....

Published May 5, 2014

GTECH Appoints Human Resources SVP, Sales Manager

GTECH has named Donna Kimmel as senior vice president of human resources, and Erik Mena as sales manager for Central America and the Caribbean.

Published May 5, 2014

AGA Augments Executive Team

The American Gaming Association named Ron Rosenbaum (l.) as chief operating officer, added Brian Cohen to its development team and named Chris Moyer director of media development and relations.

Published April 28, 2014

CBRE Adds Gaming Consultant, Reorganizes Staff

CBRE Las Vegas has added a new principal—Matt Bear—and announced that three individuals—John Knott (l.), Michael Parks and Brent Pirosch—who will lead its Global Gaming Group.

Published April 28, 2014

G2E Adds Industry Relations Director

Reed Exhibitions has named Ginger Curtis as director of industry relations and programming for the Global Gaming Expo trade show.

Published April 28, 2014

IGT Names GM for DoubleDown Interactive

IGT has named e-commerce, online travel and mobile industry veteran Will Daugherty as general manager of its DoubleDown Interactive subsidiary.

Published April 28, 2014

New England Gaming Expert Resigns from University

Clyde Barrow, a well-known expert in gaming in New England, has resigned from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, where he is director of the Center for Policy Analysis.

Published April 28, 2014

Disgraced Senator’s Activities Included Shilling for Cardrooms

Senator Leland Yee of California, facing federal bribery charges, has long been an active participant in the Golden State’s “pay-to-play” political environment, including advocating bills that would favor state...

Published April 28, 2014

Betfair Names Brooker COO

Betfair has promoted Mark Brooker from director of sports betting to chief operating officer of the bookmaker.

Published April 28, 2014

Penn National Promotes Patel

Penn National Gaming has promoted Ameet Patel from GM of its Columbus casino to the position of senior vice president of regional operations.

Published April 21, 2014

Zynga Names CFO

Zynga has appointed former Best Buy executive David Lee to the position of chief financial officer, replacing outgoing CFO Mark Varnish.

Published April 21, 2014

California Gaming Tribe Hires New CEO for Interactive Initiatives

A 20-year veteran of interactive gaming and social gaming has been hired as chief operating officer by San Manuel Digital, a subsidiary of the San Manuel Band of Mission...

Published April 21, 2014

GameAccount Network Appoints New Independent Director

GameAccount has appointed Seamus McGill as an independent, non-executive director. The company says McGill’s experience will help them enter the U.S. market.

Published April 21, 2014

Kerzner to Retire

Sol Kerzner (l.) will retire as chairman of South Africa’s Kerzner International Holdings after a 45-year career in the casino hotel industry.

Published April 14, 2014

Arneault Is New Diamondhead Chairman

Ted Arneault, a certified public accountant and former chairman of MTR Gaming Group, has been recruited to replace Deborah Vitale as chairman of the board of Diamondhead Casino Corp....

Published April 14, 2014

Bali Named President of RealNetworks

Former Aristocrat Americas CEO Atul Bali has been named president of the Seattle-based digital media group RealNetworks.

Published April 14, 2014

Schweinfurth Named Sci Games CFO

Scott Schweinfurth, the longtime executive vice president and CFO of WMS Industries, has been promoted to the same position at parent company Scientific Games.

Published April 14, 2014

New Jersey CRDA Names New Special Improvement Division Head

New Jersey’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has named a former head of casino security to lead its Special Improvement Division. The SID oversees landscaping and beautification projects in Atlantic...

Published April 14, 2014

San Manuel Digital Names New CEO

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has hired iGaming veteran Matthew Cullen as Chief Executive Officer of San Manuel Digital, LLC.

Published April 14, 2014

Wynn Names Community Relations Director

Wynn Resorts has named Las Vegas community advocate Jocelyn Bluitt-Fisher as the company’s new director of community relations.

Published April 14, 2014