{"id":94584,"date":"2018-12-12T08:26:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T16:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=94584"},"modified":"2018-12-12T08:26:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T16:26:27","slug":"american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"American Gaming Association to Name DC Lobbyist Bill Miller Next CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Gaming Association (AGA) has been without a chief executive since August 1, but the lobbying organization that represents casino interests in DC and throughout the country has reportedly found its next leader.<\/p>\n

\"American
Bill Miller is rumored to be the man for the American Gaming Association job. (Image: Business Roundtable\/AGA\/Casino.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CDC Gaming Reports’ <\/i>Howard Stutz has learned that longtime DC lobbyist Bill Miller has been tapped for the job. Miller currently serves as senior vice president of government relations for the Business Roundtable, a group consisting of high-profile CEOs that works to promote pro-business policies in the nation’s capital.<\/p>\n

\n

Former AGA President Geoff Freeman officially stepped down August 1<\/a> to take over the Grocery Manufacturers Association. His resignation came just a month after the gaming industry scored its biggest win in decades: the US Supreme Court’s decision in May to repeal the longstanding federal sports betting ban and hand back such regulatory powers to the states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The AGA is the leading lobbying group that represents the $240 billion US gaming industry. Members include commercial and tribal casino operators, equipment suppliers and manufacturers, and other entities affiliated with the gaming industry.<\/p>\n

According to his Business Roundtable bio, Miller oversees “all outreach to Capitol Hill” for the group and has “more than two decades of experience … representing business interests in Washington.” Prior to the Roundtable, Miller worked for the US Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

Murren Impact<\/b><\/h2>\n

The American Gaming Association isn’t commenting on the CDC Gaming Reports <\/i>article. Stutz says the AGA’s board of directors will vote on Miller’s nomination next week.<\/p>\n

Though nothing is set in stone, Miller might have one powerful casino exec in his corner.<\/p>\n

MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren chaired the AGA board of directors for three years between 2014 and 2017.\u00a0He is also a member of the Business Roundtable. And most importantly, Murren was part of the six-member AGA search committee to find the gaming lobbying group’s next chief executive.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Penn National CEO Timothy Wilmott replaced Murren as AGA chair in November 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

Critical Period Ahead<\/b><\/h2>\n

If Miller is indeed Freeman’s successor, he will have some rather large shoes to fill. DC-based media outlet The Hill <\/i>named Freeman one of the top lobbyists in 2016 for “leading the charge against the federal ban on sports betting.”<\/p>\n

\n

2019 and the years ahead will be a crucial stretch in the US gaming industry<\/a>. Numerous issues are facing the market, with the expansion of sports betting the most pressing current topic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Seven states — Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Mississippi, and New Mexico — have joined Nevada in legalizing full-fledged sports betting in wake of the SCOTUS decision. But there are ongoing efforts in DC to have Congress intervene with a nationwide regulatory framework that would supersede all state laws.<\/p>\n

It’s something the AGA is working against. AGA Senior VP of Public Affairs Sara Slane said in August, “Federal oversight of sports betting was an abject failure for 26 years only contributing to a thriving illegal market with no consumer protections and safeguards. New federal mandates are a nonstarter.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The American Gaming Association (AGA) has been without a chief executive since August 1, but the lobbying organization that represents casino interests in DC and throughout the country has reportedly found its next leader. CDC Gaming Reports’ Howard Stutz has learned that longtime DC lobbyist Bill Miller has been tapped for the job. Miller currently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":94588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,18,61,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAmerican Gaming Association to Name DC Lobbyist Bill Miller Next CEO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The American Gaming Association has been without a CEO since August, but the group that represents casino interests has reportedly found its next leader.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"American Gaming Association to Name DC Lobbyist Bill Miller Next CEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The American Gaming Association has been without a CEO since August, but the group that represents casino interests has reportedly found its next leader.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-12T16:26:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/collage-7.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Devin O'Connor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CasinoorgDevinO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Devin O'Connor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/\",\"name\":\"American Gaming Association to Name DC Lobbyist Bill Miller Next CEO\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/collage-7.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-12T16:26:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-12T16:26:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/02b4fee8814a4003903b0021bffb4ebf\"},\"description\":\"The American Gaming Association has been without a CEO since August, but the group that represents casino interests has reportedly found its next leader.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/collage-7.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/collage-7.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Bill Miller is rumored to be the man for the American Gaming Association job. (Image: Business Roundtable\/AGA\/Casino.org)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/politics\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"American Gaming Association to Name DC Lobbyist Bill Miller Next CEO\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/02b4fee8814a4003903b0021bffb4ebf\",\"name\":\"Devin O'Connor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Devin O'Connor\"},\"description\":\"Devin O'Connor is a senior reporter for Casino.org, covering politics, casino business, entertainment and gaming news on the East Coast. Devin's passion for politics and background in the world of pop culture television gives him insight into the gaming industry backstories that often drive news these days. After graduating from Penn State University with a theater arts degree, he worked at MTV Networks\/Viacom from 2005 to 2010 as a writer and producer. His credits included Total Request Live, New Year's Eve specials, and a special featuring poker superstar Daniel Negreanu. He later moved on to the HGTV\/DIY Network, where he created, wrote, and produced three series specials: That's So House Hunters, That's So 80s, and That's So 90s. Devin came on board with Casino.org in 2014. He lives in Pennsylvania and is an avid marathoner, having completed 15 races. Contact Devin at devin.oconnor@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/devinoconnor\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/CasinoorgDevinO\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/devin-oconnor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"American Gaming Association to Name DC Lobbyist Bill Miller Next CEO","description":"The American Gaming Association has been without a CEO since August, but the group that represents casino interests has reportedly found its next leader.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"American Gaming Association to Name DC Lobbyist Bill Miller Next CEO","og_description":"The American Gaming Association has been without a CEO since August, but the group that represents casino interests has reportedly found its next leader.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2018-12-12T16:26:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":696,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/collage-7.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Devin O'Connor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@CasinoorgDevinO","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Devin O'Connor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/","name":"American Gaming Association to Name DC Lobbyist Bill Miller Next CEO","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/collage-7.jpg","datePublished":"2018-12-12T16:26:27+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-12T16:26:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/02b4fee8814a4003903b0021bffb4ebf"},"description":"The American Gaming Association has been without a CEO since August, but the group that represents casino interests has reportedly found its next leader.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/collage-7.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/collage-7.jpg","width":1200,"height":696,"caption":"Bill Miller is rumored to be the man for the American Gaming Association job. (Image: Business Roundtable\/AGA\/Casino.org)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/american-gaming-association-to-name-dc-lobbyist-bill-miller-next-ceo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/politics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"American Gaming Association to Name DC Lobbyist Bill Miller Next CEO"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/02b4fee8814a4003903b0021bffb4ebf","name":"Devin O'Connor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-4-1-96x96.png","caption":"Devin O'Connor"},"description":"Devin O'Connor is a senior reporter for Casino.org, covering politics, casino business, entertainment and gaming news on the East Coast. Devin's passion for politics and background in the world of pop culture television gives him insight into the gaming industry backstories that often drive news these days. After graduating from Penn State University with a theater arts degree, he worked at MTV Networks\/Viacom from 2005 to 2010 as a writer and producer. His credits included Total Request Live, New Year's Eve specials, and a special featuring poker superstar Daniel Negreanu. He later moved on to the HGTV\/DIY Network, where he created, wrote, and produced three series specials: That's So House Hunters, That's So 80s, and That's So 90s. Devin came on board with Casino.org in 2014. He lives in Pennsylvania and is an avid marathoner, having completed 15 races. Contact Devin at devin.oconnor@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/devinoconnor\/","https:\/\/x.com\/CasinoorgDevinO"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/devin-oconnor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}