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Breaking: Gaming Board's Director of Compulsive and Problem Gambling apparently now working for casino
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Breaking: Gaming Board's Director of Compulsive and Problem Gambling apparently now working for casino
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When the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board hired gaming lawyer (and Rutgers professor of casino law) Nanette Horner, they sent out a press release about it.
When Horner was chosen to play a "key role" in the "Responsible Gaming Committee" of an international gaming law body, the PGCB sent out a press release.
But when Horner left the agency, and her job overseeing the state's problem gambling programs, apparently to work for casino company Empire Resorts, last week — well, you won't find any press release on their site about that.
Indeed, the PGCB website has deleted the page that once contained Horner's biography. Luckily, it's still available on Google Cache, and testifies to Horner's long career associations with the gambling industry. Her background – gambling law – does not appear to include experience as a therapist, counselor, or specialist in problem gambling.
While state regulations do prohibit at least some PGCB board members from working for "licensed entities," PGCB spokesman Richard McGarvey, who confirmed Horner's departure, pointed out that he believes she will be working for Empire Resorts, a New York company (not licensed, in other words, by the PGCB) which owns and operates Monticello Casino & Raceway in Monticello, New York.
We'll take a closer look at Horner's legacy — and the current state of resources and initiatives to stop problem and compulsive gambling — soon.
In the meantime, it's worth asking: Is this an example of the closeness between the Gaming Board, which is supposed to regulate the gambling industry, and the industry itself? And, if so, can someone so close to the gambling industry be trusted to help prevent and stop problem gambling — when prominent studies indicate problem gambling as the main source of casinos' profits in the first place?
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