This year Allie, a veteran casino gaming executive, opened the new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Bristol, Virginia, which has seen huge success since its launch in July.
Under her leadership, the temporary casino’s popularity exceeded expectations and received great support from the community.
“I’m humbled to be included on a list with so many powerful leaders in our industry. Thank you for this amazing recognition and congratulations to all!”, Evangelista said.
For nearly a decade, the Global Gaming Awards have been rewarding success achieved by operators and suppliers across the Americas.
These are the most trusted and prestigious Awards in the gaming industry, due to the strict rules and procedures that have been put in place to establish the nominees and later, the winners.
Winners a chosen by a panel of 100 C-level industry executives, such as Carsten Koerl, Founder & CEO of Sportradar; Peter Arceo, General Manager of Yaamava' Resort & Casino at San Manuel; Sheila Morago, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association; Mary Cheeks, President & General Manager at Jamul Casino; Alex Dixon, CEO of Q Casino and Dubuque Racing Association.
KPMG in the Crown Dependencies is once again independently adjudicating the voting process to ensure full fairness and transparency.
“Our industry is full of remarkable individuals,” said Julian Perry, Editor-in-Chief of Gaming America and Gambling Insider. “We can’t possibly reward them all but we can certainly try to recognize the efforts of as many people as we can,” he added.
Every company and individual is shortlisted for the Global Gaming Awards for a specific reason, which is made publicly available in the official Shortlist magazine. The magazine will be available to read in the coming days so watch this space.
American Executive of the year is the only Awards category with 25 rather than 10 nominees. Below, the full Shortlist for this year’s American Executive of the year:
-Amy Howe, CEO, FanDuel
-Renato Ascoli, CEO, Global Gaming, IGT
-Jay Snowden, CEO & President, PENN Entertainment
-Jordan Levin, CEO, OpenBet
-Brooke Fiumara, Co-CEO, OPTX
-Dan Schrementi, President of Gaming, Incredible Technologies
-Allie Evangelista, President, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol
-Hector Fernandez, CEO, Aristocrat Gaming
-Soo Kim, Chairman, Bally’s Corporation
-Derek Stevens, Owner & CEO, Circa Resort & Casino
-Latisha Casas, Chairwoman, San Manuel Gaming & Hospitality Authority
-Jason Robins, Co-Founder & CEO, DraftKings
-Stephanie Lepori, Chief Administrative and Accounting Officer, Caesars Entertainment
-Jyoti Chopra, Chief People, Inclusion and Sustainability Officer, MGM Resorts
-Alex Dixon, CEO, Q Casino and Dubuque Racing Association
-Brian Gullbrants, President, Wynn Las Vegas & Encore
-Kelly T. Gee, Executive Director, Virginia Lottery
-John Connelly, Global CEO, Interblock Gaming
-Anna Sainsbury, CEO, GeoComply
-Ernie Stevens, Jr., Chairman, Indian Gaming Association
-Kimberly Van Amburg, CEO, Casino del Sol
-LuAnn Pappas, CEO, Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort
-Jennifer Carleton, Chief Legal Officer, Sightline Payments
-Brooks Pierce, President & COO, Inspired Entertainment
-Anika Howard, President & CEO, Wondr Nation
The Global Gaming Awards Las Vegas are organized by Gaming America and Gambling Insider, with KPMG in the Crown Dependencies independently adjudicating the voting process. BetConstruct is the event’s Lead Partner.
Category sponsors include IGT, Aruze Gaming, White Hat Gaming, CasinoTrac, Interblock Gaming, Aristocrat Gaming, Relax Gaming, EGT, Velvix, Bragg Gaming, Amelco and Novomatic.
The winners will be revealed at a luncheon ceremony on October 10 in Las Vegas. The event will be live-streamed for those who can’t be in attendance.
Source: GMB
