{"id":19439,"date":"2024-04-28T14:39:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T21:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/affinity-interactive-appoints-skilled-butera-as-sleek-ceo\/"},"modified":"2024-04-28T14:39:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T21:39:58","slug":"affinity-interactive-appoints-skilled-butera-as-sleek-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/affinity-interactive-appoints-skilled-butera-as-sleek-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Affinity Interactive appoints skilled Butera as sleek CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Omnichannel media, on-line and gaming operator Affinity Interactive has appointed Scott Butera as its sleek president and CEO with immediate form.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-272822\">\n<p>Butera will place approach and oversee operations of Affinity Interactive casinos inns all the blueprint thru Nevada, Missouri and Iowa. He might per chance even lead all print and on-line media platforms, in conjunction with Each day Racing Create.<\/p>\n<p>He replaces&nbsp;Andrei Scrivens, who modified into as soon as<a href=\"https:\/\/igamingbusiness.com\/strategy\/ma\/affinity-agrees-to-offload-nevadas-rail-city-casino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appointed CEO<\/a>of Affinity Interactive in November of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>An industry broken-down, Butera joins the industry having held a series of senior roles at some stage in his profession in gambling. He modified into as soon as most lately CEO of Sports Data Neighborhood, the build he led initiatives to form retail and industry products and optimise ecommerce sales for the Each day Racing Create.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier to this, he modified into as soon as president of Fubo Gaming and had a spell as president of interactive gaming at MGM Resorts Global. Some distance flung from gambling, between 2015 and 2018, he served as commissioner of the Enviornment Soccer League.<\/p>\n<p>Other roles in the gambling sector consist of president and CEO of Foxwoods Resort Casino and Tropicana Entertainment.&nbsp;&nbsp;He modified into as soon as also chief working officer on the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, president of Metroflag Administration and president and COO of Trump Entertainment Resorts.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-butera-to-oversee-long-term-strategic-priorities\">Butera to oversee prolonged-time length strategic priorities<\/h2>\n<p>&ldquo;Affinity&rsquo;s mission to elevate the gaming industry thru progressed skills and unparalleled buyer offerings &ndash; each all the blueprint thru digital media platforms besides in-person gaming &ndash; remains a motive power in the assist of the industry&rsquo; success,&rdquo; Butera acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am desirous to leverage my familiarity with the industry besides my ardour for driving modern alternate to enact on AI&rsquo;s prolonged-time length strategic priorities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>James Zenni Jr, chairman of Affinity Interactive and founder, president and CEO of dad or mum firm ZCG, also welcomed the appointment. He praised Butera&rsquo;s ride and time working in the gambling industry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am assured Scott will combine seamlessly into this expanded position,&rdquo; he acknowledged. &ldquo;Below his management, Affinity will discontinue better success, continuing to bring world-class experiences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The appointment comes a year after a flurry of senior hires at Affinity.<\/p>\n<p>In Also can final year, it appointed skilled govt<a href=\"https:\/\/igamingbusiness.com\/people\/people-moves\/affinity-interactive-names-uysal-as-new-cfo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Halise Ekmen Uysal as its chief monetary officer<\/a>. Uysal joined after beforehand working at Eide Bailly, Chumash Enterprises and Caesars Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Final March, Affinity Interactive also appointed<a href=\"https:\/\/igamingbusiness.com\/people\/affinity-interactive-announces-two-senior-hires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scott Butera<\/a>as chief govt of its Sports Data Neighborhood arm. Moreover,<a href=\"https:\/\/igamingbusiness.com\/people\/affinity-interactive-announces-two-senior-hires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brad Egnor<\/a>joined as chief advertising and marketing officer for man made intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/igamingbusiness.com\/people\/people-moves\/affinity-interactive-appoints-butera-as-ceo\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omnichannel media, on-line and gaming operator Affinity Interactive has appointed Scott Butera as its sleek&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2271,2272],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Affinity Interactive appoints skilled Butera as sleek CEO - 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