Category Archives: Podcasts

BMM Names Director, Business Development

International gaming testing company BMM Testlabs has appointed Tracy Hecker as director of business development for BMM North America. Hecker brings more than 15 years of gaming experience to BMM Testlabs, including roles focused on client relations, project management and account management at DiTronics Financial Services, where she was national account manager for three years,… Read more »

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Michigan Casino Promotes Tribal Executive

Gun Lake Casino, based in Wayland, Michigan, has promoted Virginia Vanderband from director of training to executive director of operational development and training. Vanderband is a citizen of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi. In her elevated role, she will be responsible for strategic workforce planning activities, including the overall administration, coordination and evaluation of the… Read more »

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DraftKings Names Director of Responsible Gaming

Christine Thurmond, a former senior business contributor at the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling, has been named the first director of responsible gaming at DraftKings. Thurmond will “lead the expansion of DraftKings’ already robust responsible gaming framework for its iGaming, sportsbook, and fantasy sports products,” according to a DraftKings news release. She spent almost 20… Read more »

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Wong Reappointed Sands China President

Sands China has reappointed Wilfred Wong as the company’s president in a series of executive moves that saw Grant Chum named chief operating officer and Dylan James Williams assuming the post of general counsel and retaining the position of secretary. Wong, 67, a Hong Kong businessman, has served as president of Las Vegas Sands’ Macau… Read more »

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Pennsylvania Casino Shakes Up Leadership

Wind Creek Bethlehem in Pennsylvania recently announced changes in top management, part of a leadership shakeup in the wake of the casino’s purchase from Las Vegas Sands by Wind Creek Hospitality, a branch of Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Carr, who headed the casino when it was… Read more »

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Novomatic CEO Resigns

Novomatic CEO Harald Neumann announced his resignation last month for family reasons, effective immediately. Neumann had served as Novomatic’s leader for the past six years, and led the impressive growth of the European manufacturing giant. He was appointed CEO in October 2014 after serving as the leader of Novomatic subsidiary Austrian Gaming Industries. Although he’s… Read more »

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Murren Exits MGM

James Murren, MGM Resorts International’s chairman and CEO, announced in February that he would be stepping down after 22 years with the company, 12 of them as its leader. During his tenure with MGM, Murren oversaw the development of CityCenter in Las Vegas, MGM Cotai in Macau, MGM National Harbor in Maryland, and MGM Springfield… Read more »

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