ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Women make up just over half the workers in the U.S. casino industry.
But the top management jobs are still largely held by men. Participants in a gambling conference in Atlantic City said Tuesday the industry needs to do more to promote women, even as it acknowledged some progress. Erin Chamberlin, senior vice president of Penn National Gaming, suggests casino bosses look around the room and see whether mostly one group or gender is represented.
Jacqueline Grace, president of Atlantic City’s Tropicana casino, notes that her parent company, Caesars Entertainment, has pledged to attain gender equity in its management jobs by 2025.
PHOTO INFO – This Sept. 21, 2020, file photo shows the four women who at the time ran Atlantic City casinos posing for a photo on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J. From left, Jacqueline Grace of Tropicana, Terry Glebocki of Ocean Casino Resort, Karie Hall of Bally’s, and Melonie Johnson of Borgata. Since then, Glebocki and Hall have left their Atlantic City jobs. On Oct. 26, 2021, participants in a gambling conference in Atlantic City said women are advancing in the U.S. casino industry but more needs to be done to speed that advancement. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
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NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league is not going to issue a report on its 10-month investigation into allegations the Washington Football Team engaged in harassment and abuse. Goodell said the league would not make the investigation public because of its promise to protect the identities of those who testified. The commissioner spoke after the first day of meetings for the league's 32 owners. He […]
