Massachusetts Gaming Commission hires Richard Day as executive director
By on February 07, 2013
N. Richard Day fields questions from the Massachusetts Gaming
Commission and then was hired as the panel's new executive director.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission Thursday hired a casino regulator in Washington state to be its new executive director.
The commission tapped N. Richard "Rick" Day as its $180,000-a-year executive director. Since 2001, Day, 59, has worked as director of the Washington State Gambling Commission, leading 150 employees.
Stephen P. Crosby, chairman of the commission, said the hiring of Day will make a huge difference for the commission.
Day is expected to start work in Massachusetts in about a month. He will be in charge of the commission's staff. He also will oversee the licensing of employees and contractors, freeing commission members to focus on the criteria for evaluating applications for casino licenses, Crosby said.
"He has 11 years of experience running a facility similar in size to the one we will be," Crosby said.
OH???
"He knows this business cold. He has a great law enforcement background. It's very exciting."
Commission members interviewed Day during their meeting before agreeing unanimously on a voice vote to hire him. Commissioner Bruce Stebbins, who was in charge of the search for the executive director, recommended Day to the commission.
Day said the casinos in the state of Washington are different from those expected in Massachusetts.
Washington has 28 casinos operated by Indian tribes, sixty "mini-casinos," including card games, and 3,500 organizations, including nonprofits, with some form of gambling.
Massachusetts is moving to license three casino resorts around the state, including one in Western Massachusetts, and one slots facility. One casino resort is currently reserved in the southeast part of the state for the Wampanoag Tribe of Mashpee.
Day said he is looking forward to the opportunity to do "something really remarkable" by helping create a new state agency in Massachusetts.
The commission began operating about 10 months ago, after approval of the state's casino law in November 2011. The commission has 23 employees and is expected to eventually have about 150.
"Your experience is exactly what we need," commissioner Gayle Cameron told Day.
Day is a former director of the Montana Department of Corrections, working at that job from 1995 to 2000.
He started his career as a police officer with departments in Bozeman, Belgrade and West Yellowstone, Montana.
During his interview, Day said gaming regulators should not be a barrier to the industry.
"Generally, I think it is essential to make sure you are working with people to promote compliance," Day said.
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/02/massachusetts_gaming_commissio_11.html
The commission tapped N. Richard "Rick" Day as its $180,000-a-year executive director. Since 2001, Day, 59, has worked as director of the Washington State Gambling Commission, leading 150 employees.
Stephen P. Crosby, chairman of the commission, said the hiring of Day will make a huge difference for the commission.
Day is expected to start work in Massachusetts in about a month. He will be in charge of the commission's staff. He also will oversee the licensing of employees and contractors, freeing commission members to focus on the criteria for evaluating applications for casino licenses, Crosby said.
"He has 11 years of experience running a facility similar in size to the one we will be," Crosby said.
OH???
"He knows this business cold. He has a great law enforcement background. It's very exciting."
Commission members interviewed Day during their meeting before agreeing unanimously on a voice vote to hire him. Commissioner Bruce Stebbins, who was in charge of the search for the executive director, recommended Day to the commission.
Day said the casinos in the state of Washington are different from those expected in Massachusetts.
Washington has 28 casinos operated by Indian tribes, sixty "mini-casinos," including card games, and 3,500 organizations, including nonprofits, with some form of gambling.
Massachusetts is moving to license three casino resorts around the state, including one in Western Massachusetts, and one slots facility. One casino resort is currently reserved in the southeast part of the state for the Wampanoag Tribe of Mashpee.
Day said he is looking forward to the opportunity to do "something really remarkable" by helping create a new state agency in Massachusetts.
The commission began operating about 10 months ago, after approval of the state's casino law in November 2011. The commission has 23 employees and is expected to eventually have about 150.
"Your experience is exactly what we need," commissioner Gayle Cameron told Day.
Day is a former director of the Montana Department of Corrections, working at that job from 1995 to 2000.
He started his career as a police officer with departments in Bozeman, Belgrade and West Yellowstone, Montana.
During his interview, Day said gaming regulators should not be a barrier to the industry.
"Generally, I think it is essential to make sure you are working with people to promote compliance," Day said.
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/02/massachusetts_gaming_commissio_11.html
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