GSA Announces Officers

The Gaming Standards Association announced the results of its board of directors election, including the re-election of IGT’s Adrian Marcu as chairman.

Published March 17, 2014

Skorton to Exit NYRA

David Skorton, president of Cornell University and chairman of the New York Racing Association, will be leaving both establishments at some point for a new post as secretary at...

Published March 17, 2014

California Governor Re-appoints Two to Gambling Commission

California Governor Jerry Brown has named two members to new terms on the California Gambling Control Commission, Tiffany Conklin and Lauren Hammond (l.).

Published March 10, 2014

GLI Appoints Tribal Development Director

Gaming Laboratories International has named Russell Witt as the company’s new national director of tribal development, which serves the needs of tribal regulators.

Published March 10, 2014

Aruze America Names Executives

Aruze Gaming America has named Kelcey Allison its new chief operating officer, and has named Jamison Hill as vice president of sales for North America.

Published March 10, 2014

DeSalvio Exits Sands Bethlehem

Robert DeSalvio, the first president of Sands Bethlehem in Pennsylvania, resigned last week. DeSalvio failed to give a reason for his departure, but the company said it was not...

Published March 3, 2014

Harrison Named Hollywood, Boomtown GM

Chett Harrison has been named general manager at Boomtown Biloxi Casino and Casino Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Gulf Coast properties owned by Penn National Gaming. Harrison replaces Boomtown Manager...

Published March 3, 2014

Pedroza, Vilsant Join Downtown Grand Las Vegas

Two veterans of the hospitality industry have joined the team at the Downtown Grand Las Vegas. Cinthia Pedroza is coming from the Four Seasons, and Max Vilsaint from the...

Published March 3, 2014

William Hill Appoints New Online Operations Director

Juergen Reutter has been named Online Operations Director for William Hill. He was formerly director of mobile operations for William Hill Online.

Published March 3, 2014

Galaxy Adds Sales Manager

Galaxy Gaming has named 30-year gaming industry veteran Steve Venuto as the company’s Northeast regional sales manager.

Published March 3, 2014

GamblingCompliance Appoints Kilsby to Top Americas Post

GamblingCompliance has appointed James Kilsby, a seven-year member of the organization, to the position of managing director-Americas.

Published March 3, 2014

Suzo-Happ Adds EMEA Business Manager

Suzo-Happ has named Thomas Steiner to the position of key accountant and business development manager for the company’s EMEA region.

Published March 3, 2014

Presque Isle Hires GM

Presque Isle Downs casino in Erie, Pennsylvania, announced the appointment of Jeff Favre as the new vice president and general manager.

Published February 24, 2014

Paul Cutter Appointed CTO for Betfair

Betfair has appointed Paul Cutter as chief technology officer. He is the third appointment to that position in the past five years.

Published February 24, 2014

MGM Elects Analyst to Board

MGM Resorts International has elected veteran Maryland-based gaming industry equity analyst Mary Chris Gay to its board of directors.

Published February 17, 2014

Affinity CEO Ross to Depart

David Ross, who has headed Affinity Gaming since it was founded in late 2010, will leave the casino operator in July, the company has announced.

Published February 17, 2014

Former Zynga Game Creator to Head DoubleDown Casino Division

International Game Technology has named former Zynga game executive Jim Veevaert as its vice president of games for its DoubleDown Casino division.

Published February 17, 2014

New York Casino Board Gets First 3 Members

A college president and two former government officers have joined New York’s casino siting board. The three constitute a quorum, and can begin work right away. Two others will...

Published February 17, 2014

BCLC’s Graydon Flips to Paragon

Casino critics and others see a possible conflict of interest as Michael Graydon, former CEO of the British Columbia Lottery Commission, takes over a proposed $535 million casino.

Published February 17, 2014

Fahrenkopf Named BMM Director

Former American Gaming Association President and CEO Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. (l.) has been named a director of gaming testing company BMM Testlabs.

Published February 10, 2014