Leadership in the face of adversity
BILL MILLER: MAKING SURE GAMING GETS A SEAT AT THE TABLE THE AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND CEO looks back on his first year in the role, delving
into the ways the industry has not only survived, but thrived, in the months following the pandemic
SPORTS BETTING
BY CHRIS MURPHY
SBC: Just one year into the job and all was going well until the pandemic hit. As President of the association that a whole industry looks to for leadership, how did you address that challenge? BM: I imagined I would face some challenges when I took this job and it goes without saying that 2020 is without comparison. There wasn’t a playbook. But what we’ve endured the last 20 months, that’s why the AGA exists: to advocate for the casino gaming industry and be our uniting voice in Washington. Looking back, we spent my first year at the AGA working to reinvigorate the association’s position on Capitol Hill and build gaming champions, including relaunching the bipartisan Congressional Gaming Caucus. This investment sustained us through the darkest days of the pandemic and paved the way for our tremendous recovery this year.
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