Bruce Band to receive WGPC Lifetime Achievement Award
He will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the conference.
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- The conference will celebrate Band’s 47 years in the industry
- Band worked for the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC)
Former MGC Sports Wagering Director Bruce Band has earned the World Game Protection Conference Lifetime Achievement Award.
Band will receive the honor this spring and will be the 14th person to be inducted into the conference’s Hall of Fame.
This year’s conference will be held from March 11 to March 13 at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
“It is a great surprise to be honored by the World Game Protection group,” he said. “[The event] shares information on casino surveillance, cheating, games protection, sports wagering and other forms of casino-related crime around the globe, which we will all eventually see.”
Throughout this 47-year career, Band has impacted both the Massachusetts and New Jersey gaming industries.
Band worked for 30 years with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.
During 2014, Band joined the MGC for a 10-year term. While with the MGC, Band served as the Gaming Agents Division Chief and as the Commission’s inaugural Sports Wagering Division Director.
MGC Chair Jordan Maynard commented, “Bruce Band is a cornerstone of the gaming industry in Massachusetts. We’re incredibly proud that he is an MGC alum.”
World Game Protection Inc. COO Jo Allison described Band as a “regulatory legend” on a recent social media post and said Band is an “outstanding contribution” with “generous dedication to the casino industry.”
The MGC recently released an official seal of approval that licensed operators around the state must include on their digital platforms.
The regulator developed and adopted the new seal “to be a clear signal to those who choose to gamble that they are accessing a platform licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the MGC,” and described this move as a “significant step.”
The displayed seal can help players within Massachusetts’ borders distinguish which operators offer safe and legal ways to gamble.
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