Sherrill to keynote twenty ninth East Coast Gaming Congress

Gov. Mikie Sherrill will ship the keynote deal with on the twenty ninth Annual East Coast Gaming Congress. The occasion will happen April 14–15 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.

ECGC brings collectively trade leaders, policymakers, and different key stakeholders for 2 days of networking, speeches, panel discussions and extra. The 2026 occasion comes at a crucial time for the trade, because it navigates fast change throughout the East Coast market.

This yr’s program will concentrate on main points, equivalent to synthetic intelligence, prediction markets, iGaming growth and the anticipated influence of recent full-service on line casino resorts in downstate New York.

Industry leaders who will ship speeches embody:

• Todd Haushalter, chief product officer, Evolution
• Bill Miller, president and CEO, American Gaming Association
• David Cordish, chairman, The Cordish Cos.
• Soo Kim, chairman, Bally’s Corp.
• Jay Dorris, president and CEO, PCI Gaming
• Joseph Hasson, chief working officer, Mohegan
• Jay Snowden, CEO and president, PENN Entertainment
• Tim Drehkoff, CEO, Rush Street Gaming
• Thomas Reeg, CEO, Caesars Entertainment
• James Allen, CEO, Hard Rock International; CEO, Seminole Gaming

Organizers expressed their pleasure for the governor to talk on the annual occasion, which is the longest-running gaming convention within the United States.

“We are thrilled to have Gov. Sherrill deliver the keynote address at our annual conference,” mentioned co-founder Lloyd Levenson, CEO of Cooper Levenson. “Her participation underscores the relevance of ECGC as a forum where industry leaders and policy makers come together to discuss how to support a successful future for this critical sector.”

“New Jersey has long set the standard for gaming policies that other states follow, with leadership that starts at the top,” mentioned convention co-founder and Spectrum Gaming Group Senior Policy Advisor Michael Pollock.

“Gov. Sherill will be the seventh state leader to address the conference, following a tradition that began with former Gov. Brendan Byrne at our inaugural event.”

Sherrill’s predecessor, Gov. Phil Murphy, addressed the ECGC 3 times throughout his governorship.

The convention can even current its Lifetime Achievement Award to the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers. It will acknowledge AGEM for its longstanding contributions to gaming regulation and integrity.

More data on the occasion is available here.