New Jersey CRDA Names New Director

Christopher Howard, executive director of the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, will step down from the post and be replaced by the authority’s Deputy Director Matt Doherty (l.)....

Published March 26, 2018

Changes on Naga Board

NagaCorp has announced a number of board changes, including the promotion of Executive Director and CFO Philip Lee Wai Tuck, who assumed the role of executive deputy chairman on...

Published March 26, 2018

GLI Names Client Services Representative

Gaming Laboratories International has named 25-year gaming industry veteran Raul Bouchot as senior client services representative.

Published March 26, 2018

Johnny Church to Upgrade Stratosphere’s Food

Las Vegas top chef Johnny Church has been hired by Golden Entertainment Inc. as its new corporate executive chef. One of his first jobs will be to up the...

Published March 26, 2018

Gun Lake Casino Promotes Althaus

Gun Lake Casino in Wayland, Michigan recently named Eric Althaus general manager and vice president. Althaus previously served as director of table games and assistant and interim general manager...

Published March 26, 2018

Scientific Games Names O’Connor Senior VP

Scientific Games has named Robert O’Connor senior vice president of government affairs, responsible for directing the company’s global government relations and public affairs.

Published March 19, 2018

Catskills Casino Unveils Marketing A-Team

Resorts World Catskills, the newest and largest of New York’s new commercial casinos, has put together a marketing brain trust culled from some of the most experienced executives in...

Published March 19, 2018

Former Austrian Pol Joins Novomatic

A former Green party boss in Austria has retired from politics and become “responsibility manager” for the gaming company Novomatic. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek says she will focus on environmental and...

Published March 19, 2018

Rankin Elected Churchill Downs Board Chairman

Alex Rankin, board vice chairman at Churchill Downs Inc. since October 2017, will become chairman effective April 24, replacing longtime board member G. Watts Humphrey, chairman since 2016. An...

Published March 12, 2018

SG Digital Announces Appointments

Ashley Sandyford-Sykes was named senior vice president of the content team at Scientific Games' new SG Digital division, involved in digital gaming, sports and iLottery. He will be responsible...

Published March 12, 2018

BMM Names Rossouw VP, Operations & Sales

Zeena Rossouw has been named vice president, operations and sales, at gaming testing laboratory and consultants BMM Testlabs' location in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she will provide support and...

Published March 12, 2018

John Brunetti, Hialeah Park Owner, Dead At 87

Hialeah park owner and philanthropist John Brunetti, 87, died March 2 in Florida. He owned a successful New Jersey construction business, then purchased Hialeah, which he had visited as...

Published March 12, 2018

Shoshone-Bannock Names Gallegos CEO

Pamela Gallegos is the new chief executive officer for Shoshone-Bannock Gaming Operations and the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel & Event Center in Fort Hall, Idaho, where a new casino is under...

Published March 12, 2018

Affinity Names Horning Food and Beverage VP

Affinity Gaming named Chris Horning corporate vice president of food and beverage. He will oversee all aspects of food and beverage operations across Affinity Gaming's 11 properties. With more...

Published March 12, 2018

Harrison Leaves UK Gambling Commission

Sarah Harrison (l.) has ended her term as the chief executive of the UK Gambling Commission. Neil McArthur will serve as interim head of the commission. Harrison left the...

Published March 5, 2018

Kerzner Names Michael Wale CEO

Published March 5, 2018

DraftKings Appoints Sportsbook Director

Daily Fantasy Sports leader DraftKings announced it has hired a director of sportsbook operations as the company confirms it is preparing for legal sports betting in the U.S. The...

Published March 5, 2018

World Poker Tour Extends CEO Contract

The World Poker Tour, a subsidiary of Chinese online gaming company Ourgame, has announced a four-year contract extension for CEO Adam Pliska. He first assumed the role in 2009....

Published March 5, 2018

Babilino Named to Head Sales and Marketing for Hard Rock

Hard Rock International last week named Danielle Babilino senior vice president of global sales and marketing for Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos. She formerly worked for seven years at...

Published February 26, 2018

GSA Elects New Board

The Gaming Standards Association has selected a new board of directors for 2018, to be chaired by Roman Czubak, an executive of Austria’s Novomatic AG.

Published February 26, 2018