“I think it speaks to the…changes in the gaming industry, which was traditionally very male- oriented, over the past few years,” said David Schwartz. Several estimated it was about 10 percent. The women agreed that the number was far less than the number of men who hold those jobs. Several casino officials and experts, however, say Atlantic City has more woman-led casinos than any other area of the country. It does not keep information about how many U.S. The American Gaming Association is the national trade group for the casino industry. She added: “it’s probably going to be another 10 years before we get all the inequity out of the workforce.” “I hope I live to see the day where this is not considered news,” Johnson said. Terry Glebocki, CEO of the Ocean Casino Resort, and Karie Hall, senior vice president and general manager of Bally’s, also head casinos in Atlantic City. She joins Melonie Johnson, who took over leadership of the Borgata this year as its president. She is one of two Black women running casinos in Atlantic City. The gambling business Caesars Entertainment hired Jacqueline Grace last week to run the Tropicana casino as its senior vice president and general manager. Some industry officials say that could be the future of the gambling industry. Women now run four of Atlantic City’s nine casinos.

For many years, women have served alcohol to gamblers in casinos, but they rarely supervised the whole operation.

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