Snowden was named Wilmott’s successor last April when Wilmott announced that he was retiring at the end of 2019. I see myself being with gaming for the rest of my career.” I was with Harrah’s at 22 years old and I’ve worked for two companies. “I went to school in the Northeast, and went back.

“I knew at young age I wanted to be involved with that,” Snowden said. For Snowden, a Las Vegas native, some of his earliest memories were going with his mother, a poker dealer at the Frontier Casino, to pick up her paycheck and seeing the “energy, smiles and laughs” at the casino. It’s easy to get caught up in the enthusiasm if the gaming industry is a passion. “It’s been a whirlwind, but it’s been terrific to see the reaction and watch the business grow,” Snowden said in a recent phone interview. Add to that a gaming empire that includes 41 properties in 19 states – making it the nation’s largest regional gaming operator – and it’s easy to see why Snowden, 43, has been busy. Wilmott as head of the Wyomissing-based gaming company, Penn National signed a deal to acquire a 36% share of Barstool Sports to expand the company’s sports betting and digital presence.

Jay Snowden took over as CEO of Penn National Gaming Inc.

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