Five Directors Re-elected to AGA Board

WASHINGTON − At the December annual meetings of the American Gaming Association (AGA),  the following four members of the AGA board of directors were re-elected to serve for three-year terms:  Richard Haddrill, AGA chairman and chairman of Bally Technologies, Inc.; Gary Loveman, chairman, president and CEO of Caesars Entertainment Corporation; Jamie Odell, CEO and managing director of Aristocrat Leisure Limited; and Timothy J. Wilmott, president and COO of Penn National Gaming, Inc. Larry Ruvo, senior managing director of Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, also was re-elected to the board for an additional one-year term as an at-large director.

In addition to the re-election of five directors, the board welcomed a new director in Richard Byrne, CEO of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.  Byrne previously served as director-elect and was elected for a one-year term as an at-large director, succeeding Adam Rosenberg, managing director and global head of the gaming group for Goldman Sachs & Co., who completed his term as an at-large director. William S. Newby, global head of gaming investment banking at Jefferies & Company, Inc., was selected by the AGA board as a director-elect for the coming year. 

“The return of so many directors is a sign of stability that reflects well on not just our organization, but the industry as a whole,” said Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., president and CEO of the AGA.  “From gaming expansion and Internet gambling to Internet sweepstakes cafes and regulatory reform, there are myriad issues facing the commercial casino industry at the moment, and the vision and guidance of the AGA board will help the industry meet them head on.”

The leadership of the AGA board will remain in place with Haddrill serving as chairman, and Jim Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, as vice chairman. They will continue in their positions until their terms conclude at the end of 2013.

The other current members of the AGA board are Brian R. Gamache, chairman and CEO of WMS Gaming Inc.; Patti S. Hart, CEO of International Game Technology (IGT); Gavin Isaacs, CEO of SHFL entertainment, Inc.; Gordon R. Kanofsky, CEO and director of Ameristar Casinos, Inc.; Michael Leven, president and COO of Las Vegas Sands Corp.; Virginia McDowell, president and CEO of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.; Anthony Sanfilippo, president and CEO of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.; and Keith Smith, president and CEO of Boyd Gaming Corporation.

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