Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis appointed Larry Spagnolo as board chair, effective 15 August 2025, replacing Len Rhodes, who did not seek a third term. The Alberta government issued an Order in Council for the appointment; the AGLC will continue as regulator as the province prepares a commercial online gambling market.
The appointment places a new chair at the AGLC as Alberta prepares to open its commercial online gambling market.
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Evoke said Lord Jonathan Mendelsohn stepped down as non-executive chair and director with immediate effect, and appointed Mark Summerfield as his successor. Anne de Kerckhove was named permanent deputy chair while retaining her senior independent director role.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker appointed Dionne Hayden as chair of the Illinois Gaming Board, succeeding Charles Schmadeke, the board said. Her appointment requires confirmation by the Illinois Senate; Schmadeke resigned in July after serving as chair since July 2019.
Sandro Kirchner, a state secretary in Bavaria’s interior ministry, took over as chair of the GGL administrative board on 1 July 2025, the authority said. He succeeds Reiner Moser of Baden-Württemberg; the chair changes annually among the states that support the GGL.
Mike Dreitzer made his first public appearance as Nevada Gaming Control Board chair on 26 June, the source reported. He succeeded Kirk Hendrick, who stepped down the previous week after more than two and a half years in the role. Dreitzer previously led gaming-equipment supplier Gaming Arts LLC.
Bragg Gaming Group said it appointed Holly Gagnon as chair of its board on 30 April. Gagnon, previously the board’s lead director for four years, succeeds Matevž Mazij, who remains CEO and a director.